Dry Needling at Wholistic Health Centre

Dry needling is a skillful therapy that uses a thin, filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying muscular trigger points or muscular and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement problems.

Dry needling does a great job of deactivating muscular trigger points. These are tender knots in a muscle that can refer pain to distant body areas. For example, someone with pain radiating down the thigh to the ankle may have a trigger point at the side of their hip that is only painful to deep palpation. The brief insertion of a needle into this trigger point results in a twitch of the muscle, immediate relaxation of the trigger point, and subsequent reduction of radiating symptoms to the leg.

Like any therapy that has an effect, there is a possibility of unintended side effects. It is important to have a discussion about the benefits, risks, and other treatment alternatives for any type of treatment. With regards to dry needling, up to 10% of people may experience needling insertion pain, muscle soreness, fatigue or bruising.

The staff at Wholistic Health Centre are skilled dry needling therapists and consider dry needling to be a relatively safe and very effective treatment that follows a careful examination and diagnosis.