Expand your clinical skills with hands-on dry needling training designed to help you treat myofascial trigger points and relieve musculoskeletal pain.
Many people assume dry needling is the same as acupuncture, but the two therapies are very different. While both use a fine filiform needle, dry needling focuses on releasing trigger points in muscle fascia, following modern Western medical principles.
This therapy has proven effective in treating muscle spasms, chronic pain, and musculoskeletal dysfunction.
In the 1940s, physicians Janet Travell (President John F. Kennedy’s White House doctor) and David Simons pioneered what we now know as dry needling. Since then, research has confirmed that it’s an effective, drug-free, low-risk, and minimally invasive therapy for managing pain.
Also referred to as intramuscular needling, the technique involves inserting a thin needle into myofascial trigger points. These tight knots of muscle tissue can cause pain, tension, and dysfunction throughout the body.
By targeting these trigger points, dry needling can:
Dry needling is now one of the fastest-growing therapies in the U.S. It’s widely used by physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, and medical doctors to treat pain conditions.
Academic and clinical research supports its effectiveness in reducing pain from trigger points and improving musculoskeletal health.
Gain the insights and the expertise to deliver this effective therapy to your patients.
Enhance Your Practice with Specialized Techniques & Protocols
License renewal credit by the Parker University (Chiropractic College)
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Read what attendees have to say about my Dry Needling Course. These testimonials are from real people – you may even know them!
“I treat a lot of patients, especially athletes, for myofascial injuries and the knowledge and skill that I gained during this course has allowed me to resolve their pain faster and with less strain on my body.
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The added bonus of learning how to cup and use Gua Sha instruments, has allowed me to completely change the setup of my office so that multiple patients can be getting therapy at the same time. I can have two patients getting cupped, dry needled, or cold laser without tying up my treatment table. Thank you very much Dr. Hanson!”
– Jeremy Taylor, D.C., Fort Worth, TX
“Dr. Hanson’s Dry Needling course was outstanding – very thorough and personalized. After the weekend, I was able to immediately introduce the dry needling to a few of my current acupuncture patients. They are responding great to the deeper needling technique… especially one of my hip patients. She is doing fantastic and attributes it to the dry needling, even though we had been doing acupuncture before. Thanks, Dr. Hanson!”
– Jennifer J. Panchur, D.C., FIAMA, Wadsworth, Ohio
Dr. Mark L. Hanson has been performing Acupuncture and Dry Needling techniques since 1989. He remains in active practice, using both techniques to help patients return to health.
He is one of the few practitioners dual licensed as a Doctor of Chiropractic and Licensed Acupuncturist. He also holds a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine.
Dr. Hanson teaches the 100- and 200-hour Acupuncture programs for Parker University, as well as a 300-hour Acupuncture Diplomate program in Columbus, Ohio. Additional programs he teaches include Clinical Acupuncture Orthopedics, Cupping, Gua Sha, Ethics, Risk Management, and Documentation.
In recognition of his dedication to the profession and patient care, Dr. Hanson was awarded the Chiropractic Advocate Award 2023–2024 by the Texas Chiropractic Association.
