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Master Dry Needling: From Essential Basics to Advanced Techniques


  • MORGANTOWN, WV Hampton Inn & Suites, 325 Granville Sq. Morgantown, WV (map)

Schedule:
Friday: 8am - 8pm
Saturday: 8am - 8pm

24 Dry Needling Hours to comply with WV Board requirements for Chiropractors to perform Dry Needling in their office.

Take your chiropractic skill set to the next level with this hands-on Dry Needling training led by Dr. Hayes. Learn when and how to incorporate dry needling into your clinical approach to help your patients achieve better outcomes and relief.

Dr. Hayes will teach and demonstrate practical dry needling techniques for treating areas throughout the body, including needle selection, anatomical landmarks, insertion techniques, treatment positioning, needle retention times, and clinical application.

This immersive course is designed to give you more than just knowledge—you’ll have the opportunity to practice the techniques throughout the seminar under instruction, allowing you to build confidence and develop the hands-on skills needed to incorporate dry needling into your practice.

You’ll learn how to:

Identify appropriate patients and clinical situations for dry needling

Apply dry needling techniques to different regions of the body

Understand proper needle placement, insertion, and technique

Determine appropriate treatment duration and application

Integrate dry needling into your existing chiropractic care strategies

Develop greater confidence through extensive hands-on practice

By the end of the course, you’ll have the knowledge, hands-on experience, and practical tools to confidently incorporate dry needling into your chiropractic practice, subject to your state’s scope-of-practice and training requirements.

You’ll also receive a starter supply of needles and essential supplies to take back to your office, giving you the tools to begin putting your training into practice right away.

Don’t just learn dry needling—experience it, practice it, and leave ready to put your new skills to work.

 

Dr. Hayes has been practicing in Tulsa since 1979.  He graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1977.   Dr. Hayes is the co-developer of Myofascial Disruption Technique, a soft tissue technique that is responsible for the resolution of many soft tissue conditions including ankle sprains, knee sprains, shoulder conditions, etc.  

Dr. Hayes has published numerous research papers in international peer reviewed journals including Ergonomics, Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.  His research has been conducted on bedding, arthritis, back packs, and Myofascial Disruption Technique. See more information on Dr. Hayes here


24 CE Hours For:
AK, CO, CT, DE, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA*, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV*, WY
*Approval in process


Cost:
$0 - Doctor Program Members
$599 - Non-Member DCs
*Rates increase $75 the Monday prior to the seminar. This includes Doctor Program members.


How did you hear about this seminar:
Attendee Name & Preferred Email:
Attendee License # and State of License

Approval Numbers:
(some states do not provide approval numbers)
PACE: 042427DN
CE Broker: 20-1411881


Attendance Policy
Upon arrival at a live seminar, you will sign in using our registration log. The seminar monitor will record your official arrival time.

Before leaving for the lunch break, you must sign out. The monitor will document your departure time. When you return from lunch, you will sign in again, and the monitor will note your return time.

When you leave the seminar and do not plan to return—whether at the scheduled end time or earlier—you must sign out. The monitor will record your final departure time.
If you do not sign in and out and our monitor assign the times of arrival and departure, you will not get any CE hours for attending as we cannot prove to a state board that you were there the full time.

CE Hours:
To earn full credit for an hour, you must sign or log in within 10 minutes of the hour's start and stay signed/logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes. Credit is awarded only in full-hour increments—partial hours are not credited. However, you are welcome to attend for less than the full scheduled time and will receive credit for each full hour completed.

Cancellation and Transfer Policy
You may cancel your registration or transfer to another seminar of equal or lesser cost up until the Monday prior to the scheduled seminar. If you transfer to a seminar of lesser cost before that Monday, the overage will be refunded, minus a 3.5% credit card processing fee. If you cancel before that Monday, your registration fee—minus a 3.5% credit card processing fee—will be refunded. After that Monday, all fees become non-refundable and non-transferable.

Seminar Policy
Seminars will proceed as scheduled as long as at least one doctor is registered at least one week prior to the seminar date, and none of the exceptions listed below apply. If no registrations are received by that time, the seminar will be canceled.

Exceptions to Scheduled Seminars: A seminar may be postponed, canceled, or adjusted due to unforeseen circumstances, including but not limited to:
Acts of God (e.g., natural disasters), Government regulations or restrictions (e.g., COVID-related shutdowns), Instructor medical emergencies, Major travel disruptions (e.g., flight delays or cancellations that prevent arrival). If any of these events occur, you will be notified immediately and offered a suitable alternative—such as a rescheduled date, a substitute instructor, or a switch to a live-streamed format—provided the alternative preserves the legitimacy and accreditation of your continuing education hours.

Attendee Code of Conduct
To maintain a professional and respectful learning environment, any participant who engages in disruptive or inappropriate behavior toward others will be asked to leave the seminar. According to the CE Hours Policy above, attendance credit will be granted only for the time you are physically present in the seminar room. Fetterman Events reserves the right to remove any person who they deem is being disruptive or inappropriate and inhibiting the learning of other attendees.

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