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Advanced pelvic health home study
Pelvic dry needling—taught step by step.
Develop external examination, clinical reasoning and dry needling skills for female and male pelvic musculature and related lumbar, abdominal and hip structures—on your schedule.
16 home-study CE hours
Self-paced
Unlimited access
MASTER DRY NEEDLING OF THE PELVIC FLOOR
Advanced Home Study
Based on the live pelvic seminar and broken into clear, progressive instruction.
Regular tuition
$895
With code INTRODN
$695
16 home-study CE hours
Immediate course access
External pelvic techniques only
Study at your own pace
Enter INTRODN during checkout. Confirm home-study acceptance with your licensing board.
This course does not teach internal pelvic-floor needling. A prior live, in-person Level 1 or Level 2 dry needling course is required. Pregnant participants or lab partners may not take part in practical needling.
Continuing education for licensed healthcare professionals
Senior-level PT, AT & DC students welcome where permitted
Advanced pelvic-region education
Connect precise anatomy to the whole clinical picture.
Pelvic dysfunction can be associated with pelvic pain, low-back pain, incontinence, voiding dysfunction and sexual pain or dysfunction. This course helps clinicians evaluate the broader pelvic region and select external dry needling strategies when the technique is within their scope and clinically appropriate.
The curriculum covers male and female pelvic anatomy, external manual examination, neurological involvement, pelvic and hip musculature, related lumbar and abdominal structures, electrical stimulation and patient-centered clinical reasoning.
CLINICAL REASONING
Understand the presentation.
Connect symptoms, mechanism, surgical history and examination findings.
ANATOMICAL PRECISION
Choose depth and direction carefully.
Apply established safety and clean-needle principles to advanced regions.
CLINICAL APPLICATION
Integrate technique purposefully.
Use external needling and e-stim within a broader treatment strategy.
How home study works
Prepare. Watch. Practice. Complete.
The course can be completed intensively over two days or progressed at your own pace.
01
Prepare first
Review prior coursework, the supplied manual and pelvic-region anatomy using a 3-D anatomy app.
02
Study each section
Follow the step-by-step presentations, clinical reasoning and technique instruction.
03
Practice with a partner
Secure a willing, nonpregnant volunteer and supply the needles and materials needed for practice.
04
Complete the course
Finish required practical work and testing within one year to receive applicable CE credit.
Clear course boundaries
External application with serious attention to safety.
The practical work focuses on externally accessible pelvic musculature and associated neuroanatomical structures throughout the thoracolumbar spine, abdomen, pelvis and hip complex.
Because this is an advanced course, every participant is expected to enter with foundational dry needling competence, OSHA-aligned bloodborne-pathogen knowledge and clean-needle handling skills.
External pelvic techniques
Male and female anatomy
Bloodborne-pathogen safety
Informed consent and waivers
16-hour curriculum
From anatomy to advanced external application.
The curriculum follows a progressive sequence so each region and technique builds on the clinical foundation established before it.
01
Foundations, literature & pelvic anatomy
Review the emergence of pelvic dry needling, current literature, detailed regional anatomy and essential safety considerations.
02
Case history & clinical reasoning
Use patient presentations to connect mechanism, surgical history, neurological involvement and tissue findings to intervention choices.
03
Male & female pelvic examination
Practice external manual examination, palpation and clinical assessment strategies for the male and female pelvis.
04
Related lumbar, abdominal & hip structures
Review clinically important tissues outside the pelvic floor that may contribute to pelvic-region symptoms and dysfunction.
05
Anterior and superficial pelvic structures
Study external applications involving the superior pubic ramus and attachments, superficial and deep transverse perineal structures, bulbospongiosus and ischiocavernosus.
06
Deep pelvic structures
Develop techniques for obturator internus and externus, pubococcygeus, iliococcygeus and coccygeus with careful attention to anatomy and depth.
07
Hip and pelvic ligaments
Explore dry needling applications for selected ligaments of the hip and pelvic region within a patient-centered treatment strategy.
08
Research, consent & proficiency
Complete the literature update, informed-consent review, required technique practice and post-course written examination.
Course objectives
What you should be able to demonstrate.
This course requires active practice and competency—not passive video watching alone.
Demonstrate pelvic, hip, lumbar and abdominal anatomy and palpation competency
Apply external dry needling techniques with appropriate safety considerations
Use clinical reasoning and evidence to select an appropriate intervention
Recognize neurological involvement associated with pelvic-region dysfunction
Integrate electrical stimulation with selected pelvic and related structures
Differentiate musculature presenting with atrophy versus hypertonicity
Select insertion depth based on tissue involvement and the clinical objective
Complete the written pelvic-region dry needling examination
Read before purchasing
Everything you need before beginning.
These requirements protect participants, lab partners and the advanced nature of the training.
Prior live training
Complete MDN Level 1 or Level 2—or an equivalent live, in-person introductory dry needling course from another provider.
License and coverage
Hold an active healthcare license and malpractice insurance, with dry needling included in your applicable scope.
Qualified lab partner
Arrange a willing volunteer who will complete the liability waiver. A pregnant person may not serve as learner or partner.
Safety competency
Enter with established bloodborne-pathogen training and clean-needle handling competency from prior education.
Anatomy preparation
Review major-joint and pelvic anatomy with a 3-D anatomy app. MDN recommends Human Anatomy Atlas by Visible Body.
Supplies and completion
Provide your own needling supplies and complete the course requirements within one year to receive eligible CE credit.
Course acceptance
Approval and scope vary by profession and state.
MDN lists approval information for physical therapists, athletic trainers, chiropractors and certain occupational therapists. Your board determines whether home-study hours qualify toward dry needling education or license renewal.
16 home-study CE hours
BOC and PACE information available
State-specific PT and OT guidance
Approval does not independently authorize dry needling within a clinician’s scope of practice.
Learn when you’re ready
Advance your pelvic-region skills for $695.
Use code INTRODN to save $200 from the regular $895 tuition.
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