Dry Needling Could Help If You’re Living With Aches and Pains

Have you heard of dry needling before? If not, allow us to let you in on a helpful, pain-free therapy technique that may just change your life.

Dry needling has been proven to improve many musculoskeletal conditions, including acute and chronic injuries, overuse injuries, neck pain, headaches, back pain, sciatica, muscle spasms, muscle strains, tendinitis, knee pain, hip pain, fibromyalgia, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, and more.

It’s a safe and efficient treatment option we offer here at Connections Physical Therapy. Dry needling is used to relieve pain and muscle stress while enhancing mobility at the same time.

If you are looking for pain relief in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, or if you want to get more details about how dry needling might help you, ask for an appointment today at Connections Physical Therapy!

Benefits of dry needling

There are tons of musculoskeletal conditions that can be handled with dry needling.

Connections Physical Therapy in Massachusetts and Rhode Island has also found that the vast majority of our patients reached the pain-free outcomes they were looking for when our conventional exercise-based therapies are combined with dry needling.

Our physical therapist will let you know if dry needling is the appropriate treatment course for you, but only after performing a thorough assessment to determine the severity of your condition!

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Does dry needling hurt?

When undergoing dry needling procedures, most of our patients report feeling little or no pain.

Our highly trained physical therapists know how to make the procedure as painless as possible, but with the application of the needle, some patients can still experience a “twitch response.”

This is equivalent to a rapid cramp or ache in the muscle. Sometimes, patients report feeling some muscle soreness during the 24-48 hours after dry needling, which typically goes away on its own.

By applying ice and/or heat packs and drinking plenty of fluids, sore muscles can be treated at home.

How does dry needling relieve pain?

Dry needling treatment methods are used by our licensed Massachusetts and Rhode Island physical therapists as a way to relieve pain.

While it is a common misconception, dry needling is not acupuncture. It is based on a modern scientific study of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems.

While there are some similarities, dry needling is strictly based on Western medicine principles and research.

When performing dry needling, our physical therapist will insert a sterile needle through the skin, into the underlying tendons, ligaments, or muscles that have been affected, in order to relieve pain, decrease muscle tension, and improve mobility.

Dry needling simply provides an environment that enhances the body’s ability to heal, ultimately reducing pain in the process.

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Could dry needling relieve your pain?

There’s only one way to find out. Contact Us Today at Acton, Amesbury, Westwood, North Grafton, Groton, Harvard, Holliston, Leominster, Mansfield, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Oxford, Pepperell, Salisbury, Wellesley, Worcester, MA Centers and Portsmouth, RI to learn more about the benefits of dry needling, and if it could be helpful for your pain condition.

If you are in Massachusetts or Rhode Island and want to know more about our dry-needling services, don’t hesitate to request an appointment at Connections Physical Therapy today. We’ll help you get started on the path toward recovery!