WELCOME TO SMARTCARE EDUCATION™

A letter from the founder.

Hello, happy to have you here!

My name is Dr. Thomas Kauffman and I founded SmartCARE Education™ because I was tired of attending seminars and courses that didn't meet the needs of my fitness-forward practice.

That is why SmartCARE Education™ aims to provide fitness-forward chiropractors and physical therapists up-to-date education, resources and guidance in the treatment and management of orthopedic and sport related conditions.

Our Certified Dry Needling Practitioner™ program, our Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation courses and our Clinical Membership offer fitness forward practitioner, like yourself, with actionable education to help you improve patients outcomes, develop your clinical skills, and become a leader in your community.

You will find our online courses and lectures are broken down into 10-15 minute sections.  This has been done to help you maximize your learning and help you apply the concepts as soon as possible.

All course curricula has been developed with one goal, to become the gold standard in sports medicine and musculoskeletal education for fitness-forward chiropractors, physical therapists like yourself.

Each course is presented with current scientific principles and research alongside a vast amount of clinical pearls and experience, allowing you immediate application of the principles learned in each course into your practice the next day.

Our courses have been designed to meet PACE and APTA standards for chiropractors and physical therapists. However, individual state approval may be required for some states.  

If you have questions about any of our courses, please e-mail us at:  [email protected]

Stay sharp. Stay ahead. 

DC. CDNP. CSCS. FRC

P.S.  Every week I send out "The Performance Doctor." A  free Sports Medicine and MSK rehab newsletter to keep your brain sharp. Join for free here

WHAT PROFESSIONALS ARE SAYING.

“You will walk away from these two weekends with an INCREDIBLE amount of knowledge and experience regarding dry needling. The meticulous attention to detail with each muscle palpation and needle insertion helped my clinical confidence grow much quicker than I thought it would! Great working and learning environment created, Dr. Kauffman is an exceptional teacher and provides you with a bank of resources for long after the course. Cannot recommend this dry needling course enough to any future and current DCs, PTs, and ATCs! ”

“I took the strength and conditioning course for rehabilitation. Great course to learn how to assess an athletes program when they come from a powerlifting or strength background. Would love to learn more about the endurance side! Can't wait for the next course! ”

“I showed up with expectations that were met and exceeded. Dr. Kaufman is considerate of everyone’s time & addresses lots of different learning style/techniques with his presentation/demonstration. I developed effective needling skills AND I took away invaluable palpation knowledge that (as a student) I’ll be able to carry into practice. ”

“Dr. Kauffman is an amazing teacher who’s knowledge of soft tissue modalities goes far beyond just dry needling and exercise. Take this course if you’re interested in dry needling. ”

“Dr. Kauffman is very personable and all about you learning all you can while doing your best. He has the course very organized and in an easy learning order. It is super nice that he keeps it with a small cohort to get lots of hands on and one on one learning with Dr. Kauffman. Highly would recommend any of his courses but especially the Dry Needling course! ”

“I entered the program with skepticism and left feeling confident about the practice of dry needling and my skills to deliver it. I also appreciate Dr. Kauffman being transparent about the mechanisms associated with DN and its integration into an adapting holistic healthcare treatment model. ”

“What a great course, such much knowledge, the instructor was so knowledgeable in this field and willing to be versatile to ensure learning. Would highly recommend to anyone who wants to get into needling!”

“This was by far the best outside of school soft tissue course I have taken. Dr. Kauffman was super in depth and did a great job teaching. You get tons of hands on time and I felt confident leaving the weekend headed to treat patients. Highly recommend this course! ”

“I would recommend this course to any clinician looking to learn more about dry needling and how to incorporate it into a multimodal practice model. The course is set up in a way where you can easily digest all of the information and get in plenty of practice time. I left the first weekend confident and excited to start using everything I learned on my patients the very next day. There were so many courses I could've chose to learn dry needling but I am so happy that I chose this one with Dr. Kauffman! He is a wonderful teacher and I am excited to take more courses from him in the future. ”