Dry Needling is used for the treatment of muscle pain and dysfunction. The approach is based on Western anatomical and Neuro physiological principles and is not to be confused with Chinese Acupuncture. Dry Needling involves introducing fine, sterile acupuncture needles into trigger points of muscles.
A Trigger point is defined as a hyperirritable spot within a muscle. Trigger points are painful on compression and can give rise to characteristic referred pain, referred tenderness, motor dysfunction and autonomic responses such as temperature and skin changes over the site of pathology. Trigger points are commonly seen in both acute and chronic pain conditions. Dry Needling alleviates the symptoms of trigger points.Dry Needling uses the same needles as Acupuncture and 71% of trigger points actually coincide with acupoints. Not all conditions require needling and the decision to use needles on a client depends on:
