Dry needling is a treatment used by trained professionals, such as licensed physical therapists. It’s similar to acupuncture, involving the use of tiny, sterilized needles. Dry needling experts use these to reach trigger points in their patients’ muscles, causing contractions that ease tension and reduce pain. Although this may sound uncomfortable, it involves minimal discomfort and it only produces a twitching sensation within muscles.
If you’re experiencing muscle pain or tension, you may be considering dry needling or physical therapy as a source of relief. REPAIR SI can help you learn more about dry needling and its benefits.
Dry needling offers unique benefits
Dry needling can be performed as a stand-alone treatment or used in concert with other treatments, such as traditional physical therapy. Some of dry needling’s benefits are:
- Targeting knots of tension directly — A physical therapist doesn’t have to use indirect methods when they treat trigger points.
- Providing relief quickly — Some patients report relief relatively quickly, and one patient in a study experienced a reduction in pain from only one treatment.
- Treating small or delicate muscles — A trained professional can use dry needling in areas like the jaw that may be hard to work with.
Dry needling also has other unique advantages. It has a low risk of negative effects. It involves no medication, requires no downtime after treatment and typically doesn’t leave a mark. You can visit a professional for dry needling and move on with your day immediately after the evaluation.
Find out more about dry needling
Still thinking it over? You may have some questions about a treatment that involves needles, or that is simply new to you. You can arrange an evaluation with REPAIR SI professionals to talk about dry needling. Our team can meet with you to discuss your health concerns, whether dry needling may help and how we might proceed. We can also recommend treatments to use alongside dry needling, such as physical therapy, manual therapy or other options. We’ll work with you to create a treatment plan.
Contact our team today for more information about how we can use dry needling to help you or to schedule an initial evaluation.