Dry Needling & Soft Tissue Tx

Direct manipulation of soft tissues/muscles can often help reduce pain/tightness and improve recovery from tissue injury. Depending on patient goals we will determine as a team the best course of action with manual therapy techniques.

Dry needling is a manual technique that uses thin needles (similar to acupuncture) to cause a twitch response in tight/painful muscle fibers. These problematic muscle fibers will contract into exhaustion and finally relax. This allows a window of opportunity for a patient to work through a greater range of motion with less pain.

Soft tissue treatment (tx) is the use of soft tissue and joint mobilization to increase muscle relaxation and greater joint mobility that can often be difficult to achieve independently. This treatment aims to reduce pain and improve performance in conjunction to specific exercise programming.