DRY NEEDLING

Dry Needling Treatment with Total Physical Therapy

Total Physical Therapy is the best full-service physical therapy clinic based in Denver, Colorado. Our entire staff is dedicated to ensuring that you have a quick and complete recovery from your sports-related injury. We pride ourselves on our personalized care where you receive maximum one-on-one time with your doctor.

Our dry needle therapy service can be combined with other forms of therapy to ensure you have the quickest recovery possible. Additionally, our approach to dry needling therapy ensures a long-term recovery that targets myofascial trigger points and you can use it to alleviate knee pain, relieve stress from tight muscle fibers, or enjoy an improved range of motion.

Total Physical Therapy relies on proven, evidence-based therapy techniques to relieve your pain, restore your full range of motion, and treat your musculoskeletal injuries. Physical therapy has been proven to speed up your recovery time and even help prevent future injuries. No matter your physical therapy needs, our team of licensed physical therapists is here to offer a holistic approach to treatment that will get you back to your active and healthy lifestyle.

What is Dry Needling?

Dry needling is a common physical therapy modality. Dry needling uses thin monofilament needles to penetrate the skin and target muscular trigger points in the body. This process relieves pain, increases blood flow, reduces tension, and can restore mobility. Dry needling is often used in tandem with other physical therapy treatments to provide a comprehensive approach to care and recovery.

Which Injuries Can Dry Needling Treat?

Dry needling is an ideal and effective treatment for various ailments and injuries. By relieving pain, improving tissue healing, and restoring muscle functioning, dry needling can treat medical conditions including:

Neck pain
Migraines and headaches
Back pain
Tennis elbow
Sciatica
Joint injuries

Health Benefits of Dry Needling

Dry needling benefits include an extensive list of musculoskeletal injury treatments.

Here are some of the top benefits of dry needling:

Provides quick pain relief

By targeting your body’s trigger points, dry needling can encourage your body’s healing process and quickly relieve joint or muscle pain.

Restores full range of motion

By reducing pain and relieving pressure, especially along your joints, dry needling can restore your full range of motion, enabling you to pursue the sports and activities you love without restriction.

Speeds up your recovery

Injuries can take a long time to heal, and if you don’t pursue proper treatment, a nagging injury can become even worse. Dry needling can speed up your recovery so you’re back to your active, healthy lifestyle sooner than you even expected.

Innovative Muscle Pain Treatment

Dry needling is a modern treatment that eases muscular pain. It releases tension within the muscles by targeting trigger points, thereby increasing flexibility and range of motion.

How Does Dry Needling Work?

There’s much more to this healing process than simply sticking needles into a patient’s body. Dry needling is a scientific, evidence-based treatment method that encourages your body to heal naturally. When the small needles are inserted, this puncture creates a small lesion that prompts your body’s healing response. This works to heal injured or inflamed soft tissue. The natural healing response from your body relieves pain, helps to restore motion, and speeds up your overall recovery time.

Is Dry Needling the Same as Acupuncture?

Comparing dry needling vs. acupuncture comes down to a few factors. While this process may sound similar to acupuncture, dry needling is actually a different type of treatment. Acupuncture uses similar tools as needles, but performs a different type of treatment for the body. Acupuncture uses thin, metallic needles to puncture the skin along specific acupuncture points that influence your body’s energy flow or Qi. Many traditional practitioners believe that disruption in your body’s energy flow, which may be caused by an ailment or injury, can cause disease and prevent a full recovery. Acupuncture has been used to treat a variety of ailments, including back pain, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis, and more.

The Pros & Cons of Dry Needling

PROS

Precise Treatment

Dry needling lets you target specific muscles and acupuncture points that cause pain. Because inserting needles utilizes trigger point therapy, dry needling is a highly precise therapeutic method. As tiny needles enter the skin to relax the tension, the surrounding tissue relaxes. This needle insertion stimulates stretch receptors and pressure receptors.

Improved Posture

Dry needling can improve your posture, an essential part of preventing injuries in the future. Poor posture habits result in compromised body mechanics, muscular imbalances, excessive joints, and inflammation throughout the body. Dry needling minimizes all of these issues.

CONS

Side Effects

The cons of dry needling mostly deal with dry needling side effects. For example, you can experience bruising and swelling around the area where the needles are inserted. In the short term; however, because of the increased inflammation dry needling causes.

Schedule Your Dry Needling Appointment Today

You don’t have to spend another day in pain. Total Physical Therapy is here to help. Get started with your recovery and give us a call at (303) 758-5060 to schedule your preliminary physical therapy appointment. Our doctors will evaluate your therapy needs and determine a specialized treatment plan designed for you. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff is available daily throughout the week to offer support and detailed information about how we can treat any of your musculoskeletal injuries.

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