How long has dry needling been around?

Dry needling finds its origins as far back as the early 1900s from Sir William Gower, MD who defined the term fibrositis. The evolution of trigger points was progressed by Arthur Steindler in the 1930s and this was further progressed by Drs. Travell and Simons in the 1940s. The practice of “wet needling” evolved through the middle part of the 20th century. In the 1980’s Drs. Travell and Simons presented their work in the first edition of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual. This was refined through the ’80s and ’90s by Chan Gunn, MD through his work with The Treatment of Chronic Pain: Intramuscular Myofascial Pain of Radiculopathic Origin. Throughout the 20th century what we now know as dry needling was developing.