After a long day of hard, physical work, you could have tired and strained muscles. The strain can be due to an overstretch or a slight tear in the muscle.
Many people ignore this pain, and they continue to work through it – while the muscle strain just gets worse and worse. However, not addressing the pain could make the injury turn into a permanent chronic condition.
If you have a strained muscle in your back, arm, or leg, then dry needling may be the holistic and nonmedicinal solution you’re looking for. Let’s talk about what dry needling is, how it works, and where you can go in the Greater Austin area for an evaluation and treatment that provides lasting relief from your muscle pain.
How Does Dry Needling Work?
Dry needling specifically addresses “trigger points,” which are small knots that have developed in a muscle. A trigger point is often highly sensitive and painful when touched. The therapeutic technique is also known as “trigger-point dry needling” or “myofascial trigger-point dry needling.”
During a dry needling session, your medical practitioner will insert and remove the hair-thin needles at these trigger points in order to hopefully relieve you of muscle pain. No medicine is used, just the gentle internal action of the needle stimulating the muscle, which is why it is called “dry” needling.
Treating Your Strained Muscles Through Dry Needling
The goal of dry needling is to cause the area of knotted muscle to contract and then to relax. By having a physical therapist work on your muscle internally in this way, you should feel a dramatic decrease in pain and tension caused by the strained muscle. During the dry needling treatment, the amount of time that it takes depends on the type of pain being treated and how long it has persisted.
Dry needling is different from acupuncture in that it treats actual points of muscle tension, and the needles are usually quickly removed; in comparison, acupuncture aims to steady a person’s “energy flow” inside the body, thereby quelling pain. In acupuncture, the needles stay inside the skin for a period of time during each session.
Dry Needling in Austin, Texas
With dry needling, you will no longer have to tolerate strained muscles for a prolonged amount of time. Here at Endeavor Physical Therapy & Wellness, we are here to provide dry needling and other therapeutic treatments for your aching muscles. Our highly skilled physical therapists have many years of experience in successfully treating patients who are suffering from muscle pain.
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation, contact our friendly staff today by calling us at (833) 215-9272 or by calling our location near you. If you prefer, you may also fill out our easy-to-use online appointment request form now. We look forward to providing you with optimum physical therapy solutions to address your muscle strains, from dry needling to physical therapy exercises and beyond!
