How does dry needling work?

Trigger Point Dry Needling is a technique that the therapists at Lone Peak Physical Therapy utilize for the treatment of muscular tightness or spasms that may be attributing to functional limitations with movement and pain. These muscular spasms may be the result of an acute injury or chronic pain. This muscular tightness can irritate the nerves exiting the spine and therefore cause the muscles to protect the body by contracting. This can lead to dysfunctions that are peripheral to the spine and affect the appendages. Trigger point dry needling utilizes thin filiform needles to insert into the affected muscular to stimulate the muscle and release the muscle allowing the muscle to have increased flexibility and decreased pain. This then allows the muscle to heal due to the physiologic effects following the needling of increased oxygen and blood to the area.