Dry Needling – Upper Cervical Health of Connecticut

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An increasingly popular drug-free way to treat musculoskeletal pain.

Dry needling involves a healthcare professional inserting a fine filiform needle into the body to encourage a healing response in cases of neuromusculoskeletal issues and movement dysfunction.

It differs from acupuncture since it is a Western medicine treatment that targets the specific trigger points that are causing you pain or limiting your mobility.

Benefits of Dry Needling Include:

Pain Relief: It can reduce pain in patients suffering from musculoskeletal conditions.
Muscle soreness reduction: Dry needling can decrease tightness and muscle soreness.
Promoting muscle recovery and healing: It improves blood flow and provides essential nutrients and oxygen to the affected area.
Treating myofascial trigger points: Dry needling targets and releases trigger points within muscles.
Enhancing mobility: It can reduce pain and improve mobility.

Typically, 3-5 sessions, each lasting approximately 15 minutes, are required.

The practitioner feels for trigger points with their hands or with a trigger point map, which shows common areas on the body where trigger points are likely to develop. Once they locate a trigger point, they insert a needle directly into it, through your skin.

Dry needling is considered very safe, with very little risk of complications. You might feel some stiffness, soreness or bruising at or around the area of your trigger points. In rare cases, you could experience bleeding or infection.

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