Functional Intramuscular Stimulation – FIMS, Mississauga

Attention: Physiotherapists 

Level UP Your Practice with the Functional Intramuscular Stimulation (FIMS) Course!

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:

1. How to do a full body neuropathic functional assessment
2. Improve your clinical reasoning and critical thinking process
3. Identify patients who will benefit from FIMS techniques.
4. Indications, contraindications, precautions and emergency measures
5. Safe and clean needle handling practice
6. 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:

1. A certificate of completion
2. You will be able to roster with your regulatory college*
3. You will be able to use the designation “CFIMS” (Certified Functional Intramuscular Stimulation practitioner) under your title.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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 and presentation: 40 hours total

Course Location: 

Triangle Physiotherapy Erin Mills

2520 Eglinton Ave W, Unit 205, Mississauga

Fees: Early Bird Registration: Register before May 31, 2025 to get $100 off. Use code LUSEP25 at registration
After May 31 Fee is $1900.00 plus HST1900$1,900 + HST

Course Dates for In-Person: 

Sep 13, 14 2025 and Jan 10, 11 2026

Instructor:

Ashish Vora, PT, FCAMPT, CFIMS, CGIMS, MClSc (Adv. Practice)

2023 CPA Mentorship Award Recipient,

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, UofT.