Course description
Are you a physiotherapist looking to elevate your skills in treating chronic pain, muscle dysfunction, sports injuries and neuromuscular conditions?
Join us for an immersive FIMS Certification Course, where you’ll gain hands-on expertise in a highly effective, evidence-based IMS dry-needling technique.
If you have patients that have not seen improvement with conventional treatment plans including exercise, modalities and manual therapy, this is the comprehensive course that will help you help them.
What you will learn upon completion of the FIMS Course:
How to do a full body neuropathic functional assessment
Improve your clinical reasoning and critical thinking process
Identify patients who will benefit from FIMS techniques.
Indications, contraindications, precautions and emergency measures
Safe and clean needle handling practice
Over 150 IMS dry-needling points over 2 weekends, a comprehensive IMS dry-needling course covering the entire body, including TMJ, skull, spine, upper and lower extremities.
What you will get at the end of the FIMS Course:
A certificate of completion
You will be able to roster with your regulatory college*
You will be able to use the designation “CFIMS” (Certified Functional Intramuscular Stimulation practitioner) under your title.
You will get a digital emblem with a unique identification number that you can put under your picture on websites, Instagram handles, business cards, letterheads, resumes etc.
You will have a free lifetime listing on our website for patients, insurance companies, physicians and employers to verify and find you and your current place of practice.
FIMS Merchandise
Prerequisites: Registered with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, 1+ Years of clinical experience preferred but not mandatory
In-Person Learning: 2 Intensive Weekends In Person: 40 hours total
Virtual Component: Case study
Details
Course Location: Triangle Physiotherapy Erin Mills, 2520 Eglinton Ave W, Unit 205, Mississauga
Course Dates for In-Person: JUN 13, 14 2026 and SEP 12, 13 2026
Instructor: Ashish Vora, PT, FCAMPT, CFIMS, CGIMS, MClSc (Adv. Practice) 2023 CPA Mentorship Award Recipient, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, UofT.
