Dry Needling and IMES

Inside this course you'll learn...

  • Foundations of Dry Needling and Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation for orthopedic and sports injuries.

  • Contraindications and precautions of Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation and Dry Needling

  • Common IMES parameters for chronic and acute injuries and pain

  • DN and IMES protocols for common orthopedic and sports injuries

Course Launching Dec 1st, 2024

Early bird pricing ends December 1st, 2024

    1. Welcome!

    2. How to use this course

    3. Course Pre-test

    1. The Basics

    2. Benefits of Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation

    3. General Contraindications and Precautions

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Contraindications and Precautions

    5. Risks of Dry Needling and IMES

    6. Module Quiz

    1. Diving into Frequency, Intensity and Pulse Width Pt 1

    2. Diving into Frequency, Intensity, and Pulse Width Pt. 2

    3. Electrical Stimulation Parameters FIP

    4. Finding an ESTIM Machine for you

    5. Considerations when adding IMES to Dry Needling

    6. Frequency, Intensity and Treatment Times

    7. Module Quiz

    1. Posterior Shoulder

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Anterior Shoulder

    3. Distal Bicep Tendinopathy

    4. Neck Strain

    5. Anterior Leg

    6. Hamstring Strains

    7. Lateral Hip

    8. Lateral Knee

    9. Lateral Elbow

    10. Medial Elbow Pain

    11. Low Back

    12. Mid-Scap Pain

    13. Patellofemoral Pain

    14. Posterior Hip

    15. Mid-Back Spinal Erectors (T + L)

    1. Course Evaluation

    2. Course Exam

About this course

  • 33 lessons
  • 3 CE hours
  • 15+ Videos and Protocols
  • Lifetime Access and Updates

Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Kauffman is a chiropractor, strength and conditioning professional and educator. Dr. Kauffman owns and operates The Athlete Spot, a chiropractic and sports rehabilitation clinic focused on improving athlete health and human performance. He is also the founder and educator at SmartCARE Education. Dr. Kauffman's passion of guiding and helping others learn, led him to establish SmartCARE Education in 2021. Since then, Dr. Kauffman has been teaching Dry Needling and Rehabilitation courses aimed to help students and professionals master a variety of strength, conditioning and rehabilitation principles to improve patient outcomes. With over 11 years in the fitness, and human performance industry, Dr. Kauffman provides a different perspective to injury management, rehabilitation, and performance optimization which can be experienced in his courses.

Thomas Kauffman

DC, CDNP, CSCS, FRC™