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Bridge to 50 Hours / Optional DN2 Enhancement


  • Fort Wayne, Indiana (map)

Advanced Continuing Education’s Dry Needling Bridge to 50 Hours

This course is designed to aid dry needling practitioners in Indiana in meeting the IAPTA's recent mandate requiring 50 hours of dry needling education by the end of June 2024. We place special emphasis on safety, particularly in mitigating risks associated with needling near lung fields.

The course structure includes several sections: an updated evidence review, a safety review emphasizing lung field considerations, high-value techniques selected by our Advanced Continuing Education team, reviews and hands-on practice of techniques chosen by course participants via pre-course polling, and a discussion or review of alternative dry needling techniques.

Our course's main objective is to bridge the gap between a participant’s current continuing education (CE) volume and the required 50 contact hours mandated by the IAPTA. We facilitate this by welcoming participants who have completed their initial training with other CE providers to join our course.

To offer greater flexibility, we offer a tiered participation structure, enabling participants to opt out of sections they find less meaningful, thus earning fewer CEUs. However, safety-related portions of the course will be mandatory for all participants.

  • Bridge Tier 1:

    • Schedule: Friday only

    • Content: 10 hours in-person + 5 hours asynchronous

    • Total: 15 hours

    • Price: $700

  • Bridge Tier 2 (Includes Tier 1):

    • Schedule: Friday + half day Saturday

    • Content: 15 hours from Level 1 + 5 hours in-person on Saturday + 3 hours asynchronous

    • Total: 23 hours

    • Price: $900

  • Dry Needling 2 (DN2) (Includes Tiers 1 and 2):

    • Schedule: Continues from Saturday through Sunday until 5pm

    • Content: Total of 35 hours (27 in person)

    • Price: $1,200

    • Participants can opt for just Level 1 or both levels of the Bridge course, depending on their needs. Those looking to further their skills can continue with the DN2 course over the weekend.

  • To be eligible to register for this course, you must be a licensed PT, ATC, OT, DC, PA, NP, MD, DO, DPM.

  • You must complete an accredited dry needling level 1 course with any company as a prerequisite to this course

  • Students and APTA members are eligible for a 10% discount! Email advancedcontinuingeducation@gmail.com with transcript or proof of APTA membership to receive the promo code

  • Registration for this course will close on June 21st

  • All required materials for this course will be provided

This structure provides an exceptional value proposition for participants, helping them comply with the 50-hour rule without spending time or resources on advanced courses that may teach techniques they find irrelevant or obscure.

  • To be eligible to register for this course, you must be a licensed PT, ATC, OT, DC, PA, NP, MD, DO, DPM.

  • You must complete an accredited dry needling level 1 course with any company as a prerequisite to this course

  • Students and APTA members are eligible for a 10% discount! Email advancedcontinuingeducation@gmail.com with transcript or proof of APTA membership to receive the promo code

  • Registration for this course will close on June 13th

  • All required materials for this course will be provided

Advanced Continuing Education’s Dry Needling 2

This is the second course in AConEd’s two part series. This course builds on the foundation established in Dry Needling 1 and empowers the clinician to safely perform dry needling techniques in parts of the body that require more refined skills.

The two course series (Dry Needling 1 and 2) combine for 55 hours of continuing education credit through the APTA and 50 through the BOC. (Dry Needling 2 is 25 BOC CEUs and 35 APTA and IOTA CEUs)

  • To be eligible to register for this course, you must be a licensed PT, ATC, OT, DC, PA, NP, MD, DO, DPM.

  • You must complete an accredited dry needling level 1 course with any company as a prerequisite to this course

  • Students and APTA members are eligible for a 10% discount! Email advancedcontinuingeducation@gmail.com with transcript or proof of APTA membership to receive the promo code

  • Registration for this course will close on June 21th

  • All required materials for this course will be provided

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