What is Dry Needling?
Dry Needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points (painful knots in muscles), tendons, ligaments, and connective tissue or near nerves for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.
Dry Needling Upper Traps
Electrical Dry Needling for Plantar Fasciitis
Electrical Dry Needling for Shoulder Pain.
What is Dry Needling Used For?
Dry needling (DN) is a technique used to treat dysfunctions in skeletal muscle, fascia, and connective tissue, and, diminish persistent peripheral nociceptive input, and reduce or restore impairments of body structure and function leading to improved activity and participation. DN is a modern, science-based intervention for the treatment of pain and dysfunction in musculoskeletal conditions such as neck pain, shoulder impingement, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches, knee pain and arthritis, shin splints, plantar fasciitis, low back pain and sacroiliac dysfunction.
Dry Needling Paraspinal Muscles for Lower Back Pain
Electrical Dry Needling for Lower Back Pain
Is Dry Needling Effective?
Dry needling has been proven to be both very safe and very effective in treating pain and improving function in a variety of orthopedic problems. It can be performed as a stand-alone treatment, but often times it is incorporated into a traditional physical therapy treatment plan of care.
Dry Needling along with Electrical Stimulation for Calf Strain Injury
Is Dry Needling covered by insurance?
Dry Needling is not a covered benefit by insurance. Please call our office for pricing and appointment scheduling and to see if dry needling may benefit you!
Dry Needling with Electrical Stimulation for IT-Band and Anterior Knee Pain
Dry Needling with E-Stim targeting a deep lower back muscle group
Lecturing at UMass Lowell to the physical therapy doctoral students
Electrical Dry Needling a patient with upper trapezius muscle trigger points
Electrical Dry Needling a patient with tennis elbow
