As part of our commitment to providing the highest standard of healthcare. Reclaim Physiotherapist’s and Remedial Massage Therapist’s are trained in Western Acupuncture and Dry Needling.
Western Acupuncture is used to reduce localized pain by stimulating nerves, muscles, and connective tissue, boosting the body’s natural painkillers and increases blood flow. In contrast, traditional Chinese Acupuncture is based on the belief that it can restore the flow of Qi, an energy that flows through your body.
What is Dry Needling?
If you only compared dry needling and acupuncture with a photo, you might be stumped to identify each. Both acupuncture and dry needling use thin, stainless steel needles. For both practices, needles are inserted into the skin and both treat pain. However, this is where the similarities stop.
Dry needling is a modern treatment designed to ease muscular pain. A practitioner inserts several filiform needles into your skin. Filiform needles are fine, short, stainless steel needles that don’t inject fluid into the body. That’s why the term “dry” is used.
Practitioners place the needles in “trigger points” in your muscle or tissue. Dry needling is also sometimes called intramuscular stimulation. The points are areas of knotted or hard muscle.
Dry needling stimulates the muscles releasing of the knot and relieves any muscle pain or spasms associated from that. The needles will remain in your skin for a short period of time. The length of time depends on your treatment plan.
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