Is Dry Needling the Same as Acupuncture?
Acupuncture and Dry Needling both use the same type of needle, and the same locations. You must have 3-4 years of graduate level training in order to practice acupuncture. The requirements for Dry Needling are generally 1 – 2 weekends for providers that are already licensed. Dry Needling will also target specific muscles that are tight and try to get them to release or twitch. Acupuncture may work on an area of tension, or may work on distant locations that can get those muscle to release. If you like treatments that “gets right in there” and you feel the muscle jump, this is for you.
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What is Dry Needle Therapy Good For?
Dry Needle Therapy is used to help tight muscles relax. Somestimes this will happenafter an injury, and sometimes we see it in endurance sports. The muscle is used the same way over and over again, and get tight. Proper nutrition and hydration can help prevent muscle knots, but is not as effective once the knot is already there. Dry Needling can help break up those tight bands and get the muscle prerforming as it should
FAQs
Dry Needle Therapy can have permanent results. Once the muscle is released it should function as normal until unless it gets injured again or if it is used until fatigue
Our Clinic is located in the South Pearl Street neighborhood. It is West Wash Park by the Whole Foods.
Dry Needling can be more intense than acupuncture. Sometimes people like having the stringer stimulation. They like feeling the muscle twitch and release. For others, it can be too strong. There is the possibility of bruising around the insertion site.
It is important to know that it does not have to be painful to work. More pain does not necessarily mean we will get better results either. Whether you are getting treatments with us or someone else it is important to communicate if it is feeling uncomfortable. That being said, most of my patients say that the treatments they receive with me are not as bad as they have received from other providers.
This will be determined by how long the trigger points have been there and how tight the muscle is. Generally I don’t recommend more than twice a week. We need to allow time in between appointments to let the muscle heal and recover. If the muscle just continues to get irritated over and over, that will not allow it to get better.