Someone sticking a needle in your muscle and wiggling it round sound enjoyable? It didn’t to me both. But, at the very least for me, a bodily remedy approach set off level dry needling is price slightly discomfort.
Curious about making an attempt it? Read on to be taught extra about dry needling remedy.
What is Dry Needling Therapy?
Dry needling remedy is likely one of the instruments bodily therapists use to scale back ache. It loosens up tight spots in your muscle tissue.
When she does dry needling, UVA Health bodily therapist Erica Teune, DPT, places a small needle via your pores and skin and right into a taut band of muscle (known as a myofascial set off level). She strikes the needle round till the muscle twitches. That “hits the muscle reset button” on tightness, Teune explains.
It’s known as “dry,” as a result of there’s no treatment within the needle. All the reduction comes from releasing the set off level.
What Can Dry Needling Therapy Treat?
Sidelined by Pain?
UVA Health’s sports activities medication workforce might help you discover the trigger and provide help to get again to your favourite actions.
Dry needling helps with many various situations, comparable to:
- Joint issues
- Tendonitis
- Whiplash
- Muscle strains
- Iliotibial (IT) band syndrome
- Migraine and stress complications
- Spine points
- Temporomandibular ache (TMJ)
It’s normally one a part of an entire bodily remedy plan.
What Does Dry Needling Feel Like?
Dry needling generally is a little uncomfortable. Sometimes it feels bizarre when the therapist strikes the needle round. How uncomfortable it’s depends upon the muscle.
Does It Work?
Research exhibits dry needling helps ache, Teune says.
“There was an umbrella review posted in the Journal of Clinical Medicine about the effectiveness of dry needling for musculoskeletal pain that showed evidence in favor of dry needling,” she shares.
Personally, I can’t deny the advantages of dry needling. It’s helped me by loosening painfully tight muscle tissue from knee and elbow issues. That’s after stretching and foam rolling haven’t been sufficient. It’s even helped my continual migraines.
How Do You Get Dry Needling Therapy?
You want a prescription out of your physician for a bodily therapist to do dry needling.
Your therapist will ask questions on your well being to ensure dry needling is secure for you. They’ll additionally discuss concerning the targets and dangers of the remedy with you.
“We recommend drinking plenty of water after, using heat, and we educate on stretching and specific exercises,” Teune says.