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Dry Needling


 

Dry Needling 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 


Benefits of Dry Needling

 

  • Quick- needling a specific trigger point should not take longer than 3 minutes

 

  • Immediate feedback when a local twitch response is triggered

 

  • Less overall pain during treatment vs. soft tissue mobilization

 

 

 




What is it?

  • Insertion of a solid filiform needle into the skin to treat muscle pain, also known as intramuscular stimulation

 

  • A needle is inserted into the skin and muscle directly at a myofascial trigger point

 

  • A myofascial trigger point consists of multiple contraction knots that are related to the pain cycle

 

  • Needling of a trigger point causes a local twitch response (LTR)

 

  • A local twitch response is an involuntary spinal cord reflex causing pain relief