Dry Needling Dallas
Simple, Holistic Solution for Chronic Pain
If you have chronic pain because of muscle knots and tension, you can use all the help in the world! At AlignRight Injury & Rehab, Dr. Z proudly provides dry needling as an alternative to pain medications and drastic surgeries. Would you like to learn more information about this exciting treatment we offer? Read the details here and then contact us to schedule your first appointment at our Dallas clinic!
What Is Dry Needling?
As a holistic method of addressing muscle pain, dry needling takes advantage of thin needles in specific places of the body called trigger points. The needle penetrates just deep enough into the skin to release tension. Does this remind you of acupuncture? Although both use needles, their philosophies and techniques are different. Beginning in ancient China, acupuncture needles are positioned based on meridians to optimize energy flow, but dry needling is based on Western scientific research.
How Does Dry Needling Work?
You may wonder how anyone could know where to put dry needling. When placed accurately in a trigger point or muscle knot, the needle releases tension by breaking up adhesions in muscle fibers. As a result, muscles and nerves relax and feel less pain. Often, during this procedure, we typically put in multiple needles during the same session. Together they provide for more complete relief. After we identify a trigger point, we put thin needles inside and around that area and leave them for several minutes. Depending on the severity of the knot, we may slightly manipulate the needle for deeper tension release.
Who Can Dry Needling Help?
Chiropractors are specialists in musculoskeletal issues, which means Dr. Z is the perfect professional to provide dry needling! Basically, if you or someone you know struggles with the following, they might want to consider dry needling:
- Headaches and migraines
- Muscle strains and sprains
- Neck, back, and sciatic pain
- Rotator cuff tendonitis
- Plantar fasciitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Repetitive motion injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome or tennis elbow
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
Essentially, dry needling can treat almost any condition with localized muscle tension.
Benefits of Dry Needling
Other than pain relief, dry needling has many other positive outcomes for recovery, such as:
- Reduction in inflammation.
- Restoration of normal nerve signaling.
- Improvement in blood flow and flushing out of harmful biochemicals.
- Less muscle compensation and better posture.
- Better performance for athletes.
- Increased range of motion, function, and flexibility.
Unlike medications and surgery, dry needling is less invasive and not harmful to your health. Whether Dr. Z recommends this treatment only or combining dry needling with traditional chiropractic care, chronic pain and dysfunction can be overcome!