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Dry Needling - Why It Works

7/25/2021

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A growing number of people – from athletes to people with injuries or chronic pain – are beginning to experience how dry needling has the ability to provide sweet relief for intense muscle pain and mobility issues.

Dry needling and trigger point therapy has been used for decades in Chinese Medicine and acupuncture but it’s become an increasingly popular drug-free way to treat musculoskeletal pain.
Just like in acupuncture we use thin, dry needles — “dry” in the sense that they don’t inject anything into the body — that are inserted through the skin into the muscle tissue. Our main focus is muscle and connective tissue and trying to restore mobility.

How Does It Work?


When muscles are overused or strained, they can develop knotted areas called myofascial trigger points that are irritable and cause pain.

An overused muscle undergoes an energy crisis where, because of prolonged or inappropriate contraction, the muscle fibers are no longer getting adequate blood supply.  If it’s not getting that normal blood supply, it’s not getting the oxygen and nutrients that will allow the muscle to go back to its normal resting state.

The tissue near the trigger point becomes more acidic, and the nerves are sensitized, which makes the area sore or painful.

Stimulating a trigger point with a needle helps draw normal blood supply back to flush out the area and release the tension.  When muscles are this tense, even the prick sensation can also fire off nerve fibers that stimulate the brain to release endorphins – the body’s own “homemade pain medication.”
To locate a patient’s trigger points, we palpate, searching for painful, knotty areas and perform orthopedic testing. 

Once a trigger point is located, the we insert a needle through the skin directly into it. At times we might need to move the needle around a bit to try to elicit what’s called a local twitch response, which is a quick spasm of the muscle. This reaction can actually be a good sign that the muscle is reacting.
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Some patients feel improvement and change in their pain and mobility almost immediately after a dry needling session. 

It’s important to continue to keep the affected muscles loose by continuing to move them within their new range of motion after treatment, he adds. There can be some soreness for 24 to 48 hours afterward.

Our Sessions Combine Dry Needling, Gaston, Cupping, and KT Taping As Needed To Address Fascia and Muscle Pain Mobility Issues 

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Holistic Skin Care - MicroNeedling

7/25/2021

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Microneedling is a state-of-the-art, medical aesthetic procedure that encourages your skin to revitalize and renew itself naturally. It is an innovative, more affordable and gentler alternative to laser resurfacing treatments and chemical peels.

Microneedling achieves smoother and younger looking skin with minimal downtime.

Microneedling stimulates your skin’s natural production of collagen and elastin, reducing the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, sun spots, scars, and other signs of aging on the face or anywhere on the body. 

We use the new, state-of-the-art FDA approved MD Pen. This medical grade microneedling device penetrates deeper than others – with finer, more comfortable needles.
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Results after 5 sessions

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Results after 6 sessions

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Results after 4 sessions
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5 Warning Signs You Have Poor Gut Health

7/25/2021

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Your gut has an incredible amount of control over your overall health but it can be kind of confusing to understand why or how to identify what symptoms are cause for concern. 
The gut microbiome contains a mix of good and bad bacteria that plays many important roles in our body: protecting against dangerous bacteria, regulating metabolism, aiding in digestion, creating vitamins, managing hormone levels, and disposing of toxins.  It makes sense when there's a deficiency in the system

5 signs 
that you may need stool analysis. 
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​Not having 1-2 solid bowel movements every day


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​Pain or bloating after meals or snacks


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​Multiple food sensitivities or have tried many types of diets like FODMAPS or GAPS


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​Acid reflux or too little acid


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​International travel that resulted in traveler's diarrhea that was never tested or treated

Why Test?

There are a whole range of markers on a stool test that help us get a really clear idea about what is going on inside your large intestine that may be contributing to your symptoms. But a stool test also gives us clues about other parts of the digestive system, like the stomach, small intestine, liver, gall-bladder and pancreas. This is why I like my clients to start with a simple one-day sample stool test, that they can do at home. But most importantly, a stool test gives us information about whether you have a dysbiosis - imbalance of good, bad and commensal bacteria in the large intestine, and/or a gut infection such as those caused by parasites, bacteria, viruses, worms and yeast/fungus.

The GI Map by Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory is the latest evolution of comprehensive DNA stool testing, using PCR technology.


The GI MAP stool test is a powerful tool we use to analyze your microbiome, digestive function and inflammation in the gut.  With this incredible stool analysis, we can gain a clear picture of what's going on in your gut and how to balance it.

​Dr. Jennifer Bezjak 
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