DRY NEEDLING
A NEW NAME FOR AN OLD THERAPY
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DRY NEEDLING
At SFIM we know that everyone's body and issue is unique. One of our priorities to never take a one-size-fits-all approach and treat each patient as an individual with a treatment plan customized to their needs.
We create treatment plans specifically for each patient by customizing the following service offerings:
Dry Needling, and Myofascial Acupuncture
Pelvic Floor Acupuncture and Dry Needling Therapy
Herbal Medicine and Functional Medicine
We create treatment plans specifically for each patient by customizing the following service offerings:
Dry Needling, and Myofascial Acupuncture
Pelvic Floor Acupuncture and Dry Needling Therapy
Herbal Medicine and Functional Medicine
Supporting You on a Path to Full Recovery
The more we study dry needling, the more we understand its benefit and expand its use in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. Addressing everything from low back pain, migraines, and sports injuries; dry needling proves beneficial in the most common muscle, tendon, ligament, and joint issues.
WHAT IS DRY NEEDLING?
Dry needling is a skilled technique performed by trained acupuncturist or MD aimed at managing neuro-musculoskeletal injuries, pain, and movement dysfunction. Dry Needling utilizes the same thin filiform acupuncture needle to penetrate the skin, fascia, and muscles to address adhesions, trigger points, and connective tissue. By doing dry needling, just like in acupuncture, we are able to speed up healing and relieve pain by decreasing muscle hypertonicity, increasing joint range of motion, and correcting movement dysfunction through releasing a trigger point adhesion.
WHAT CAUSES TRIGGER POINTS?
Trigger points result when a muscle is overloaded, either suddenly or chronically. All people have at least a few trigger points, given that so many common situations cause them. Potential causes of trigger points include:
- Maintaining an awkward position too long
- Poor lifting habits
- Carrying an overloaded purse
- Bad posture
- Sitting on a wallet in the back pocket
- Hitching up your hip to carry a child
- Sitting at a computer for too long
- Any type of repetitive motion
- Poorly designed shoes
- Limping
- Falls
- Car accidents
- Structural anomalies (short arms, one leg that is longer than the other, an asymmetrical pelvis, etc.)
MOST COMMON ISSUES TREATED
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Low back pain, neck and shoulder pain, hip pain, calf pain
- Persisting pain that worsens over time
- Aching pain in the muscle
- Deep muscular pain that is not improved by massage or chiropractic
- A tender knots or adhesive spots in the muscle
- Difficulty sleeping due to muscular pain.
Pelvic Floor Acupuncture Therapy for Men and Women
The pelvic floor can be explained as the muscles and ligaments that are attached to the pelvis and support the abdomen. These muscles are responsible for controlling bladder and bowel movement. Pelvic floor dysfunction is the most common problem that can be explained as the inability of a person to control the muscles of their pelvic floor. As a result, patients may experience symptoms such as difficulty having a bowel movement, urinary incontinence, pain with intercourse, pain with a climax, and many other symptoms.
If you have any of these signs and symptoms associated with pelvic floor dysfunction, we can help:
If you have any of these signs and symptoms associated with pelvic floor dysfunction, we can help:
- Lower back pain Muscle spasm in the pelvis
- Discomfort during sexual intercourse (among women)
- Discomfort with ejaculation and testicular Pain
- Bowel strains or constipation
- Urinary issues e.g. painful urination, sudden urge to urinate
- Pressure in the pelvic region or rectum