Want to Know About the Dry Needling Therapy in Physical Therapy Clinic?

Posted by South Dublin on January 15th, 2019

Dry needling is actually a technique used by the physical therapists for the treatment of movement and pain impairments. This particular technique is using a dry needle without any injection or medication. A needle is inserted through the patient’s skin into the areas of the muscle. The dry needling therapy is also known as the intramuscular manual therapy and also the trigger point dry needling. It is not in fact the acupuncture and completely different from the traditional acupuncture treatment.

About dry needling:

Dry needling is the part of the contemporary Western medicine principles found by a particular medical research. The trigger point for this therapeutic treatment is a taut bad of the skeletal muscle which is located within the largest muscle group. Such trigger points would be kind to the touch and touching it might cause pain to some other parts of the body.

For this therapy treatment, a thin and filiform needle is used in order to penetrate the skin. At the same time, it also stimulates the core myofascial trigger points, connective & muscular tissues. This needle lets a physical therapist to target the tissues which are not manually clear.

Why choosing dry needling?

• In the physical therapy clinic, a lot of therapists are now suggesting a dry needling for those with the chronic pain and some other related problems.
• It is probably a technique which is the part of the larger treatment plan.
• The physical therapists are using the dry needling treatment technique with a main goal of inactivating or releasing the trigger points in order to improve the range of motion or relieve pain.
• The introductory research supports that dry needling reduces muscle tension, improves pain control and also normalizes the dysfunctions of the motor end plates and also the parts at which nerve impulses are being transmitted to the core muscles. It can definitely help increasing the speed of the return to active rehabilitation of the patients.

When you would like to get dry needling from any physical therapist, you should make sure to ask about his or her education and experience in this field.

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