Dry Needling Level 2: Advanced
Level II builds on your Level I foundation and takes you into the regions that demand greater precision, anatomical confidence, and sharp clinical judgment. Designed for clinicians who have completed Level I Foundations, this course refines your technique and elevates your clinical reasoning, helping you decide which regions to target and how to tailor your approach to each patient's presentation and goals.
As with Level I, a dedicated online curriculum supports the theory behind every technique, with extensive modules, quizzes, videos, and resources to enhance your learning. You'll study the neurovascular anatomy of high-stakes zones and learn the safe needling corridors that make each region both effective and manageable. Complex, multi-region case studies challenge you to integrate your skills and reason through real-world presentations, so you arrive at the weekend ready to apply that knowledge with confidence.
You'll work through challenging and sensitive areas including the sub-occipitals, TMJ, thoracic spine, the deeper anterior and posterior hip musculature, and the intricate structures of the hands and feet. Throughout the weekend, you'll spend even more time hands-on, refining your palpation, needle handling, and treatment strategies under close instructor supervision, always with clinical relevance and patient outcomes in mind. With growing research supporting dry needling combined with electrical stimulation, you'll also learn to apply e-stim more precisely to target tissues for better clinical results.
By the end of Level II, you'll be a well-rounded dry needling practitioner, equipped to approach complex presentations with skill, confidence, and the clinical understanding to get real results for your patients.
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Students should have successfully completed Elevate Dry Needling Level I: Foundations before proceeding with the Level II: Advanced course.
Participants must be fully registered with their respective governing body and have professional liability insurance.
This course is open to any clinician where dry needling falls within their scope of practice of their regulatory college as a PT, DC, AT, NP or MD.
If you have taken an entry level course with another dry needling company, please email info@elevatedryneedling.com to ensure you are eligible to take Level II.
With two 9-hour lab days, this course qualifies for 18 contact hours.
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Course Instructors: Train with experts who live and breathe dry needling. Our instructors combine deep clinical expertise with a commitment to teaching—so you gain not just knowledge, but also confidence and a strong foundation for success.
Course materials: A detailed manual and lifetime access to video library are provided.
Additional Information: Online pre-course information 9 hours.
