Muscle “knots” are mini muscle spasms can cause discomfort and tenseness and can otherwise ruin your day. When these knots are “released,” usually through massage or relaxation techniques, you can feel like a new person. Physical therapists are trained to detect and target these “knots” in our muscles. One technique they use is called dry needling, which has been proven to quickly relieve local muscle tension and pain, with little to no downtime. Dry needling can also improve range of motion and ... [Read More]
Dry-Needling
What is dry needling?
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain such as sciatica, knee pain, plantar fasciitis, and muscle aches, just to name a few. Finding relief for chronic pain is something almost every person suffering hopes and dreams of. For more and more sufferers from chronic pain, relief comes in the form of a procedure called dry needling. You’ve probably heard of acupuncture to treat pain, but you may never have heard of dry needling, a technique used by physical therapists to treat neuromuscular ... [Read More]
Dry Needling and Low Back Pain
If you suffer from chronic low back pain, you know that there are many treatment options out there. But pain medication can have dangerous side effects and even cause dependency. Surgery is rarely recommended unless other treatments have failed to provide relief, and injections don’t always provide lasting results. Dry needling is a physical therapy technique that offers an alternative treatment for low back pain without the potential for dangerous side effects. Dry needling is included in m ... [Read More]
Will Dry Needling Help Your Back Pain?
You may be one of the 100 million Americans suffering from chronic pain, defined as pain that lasts longer than six months. Chronic pain can be mild or excruciating, episodic or continuous, merely inconvenient or totally incapacitating. With chronic pain, signals of pain remain active in the nervous system for months, or even years. This can take both a physical and emotional toll on a person. For many people living with chronic pain, finding pain relief can be tough. A lot of trial and error is ... [Read More]
Benefits of Dry Needling for Pain Relief
Dry needling is a physical therapy technique that relieves myofascial muscle pain. As a component of modern acupuncture, dry needling is recognized as a safe and effective way to manage or eliminate even severe chronic pain through trigger point release. Learn more benefits of dry needling and how it could help you, below. Acupuncture as it’s practiced today incorporates aspects of the traditional methods, as well as modern Western techniques. Dry needling is one of the modern practices d ... [Read More]
