Dry Needle Therapy

Dry needle therapy is a method that involves pricking a trigger point in a muscle or puncturing a tight muscle band using sterile, disposable acupuncture needles.

The goal of the therapy is to treat myofascial pain and dysfunction in the musculoskeletal system. During the dry needling procedure, the physiotherapist acts on the neuromuscular plate in the muscle, stimulating the body’s muscle cells to regenerate and remodel.

The therapy reduces muscle tension and pain. Dry needling is a very effective method of treating myofascial pain. It can be combined with other physiotherapeutic methods such as manual therapy and soft tissue therapy to manage chronic and acute pain. Needle therapy is used for musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction of various origins.

Therapy is used for:

• overloads associated with sports
• therapy of muscle and fascial trigger points
• pain originating from scar tissue
• high muscle tension
• tendinopathies