Got Muscle Pain? Discover Dry Needling with a Trusted Physiotherapist!
Dry needling therapy is an effective modality used to treated myofascial trigger points throughout muscles (or in simpler terms, a technique used to stimulate blood flow and enhance your body’s natural healing response).
It works by inserting a sterile, thin needle into the affected tissue. The hypersensitive area of the muscle tissue will elicit a “twitch response” and the muscle relaxes and resets the involved area. The needle may then be left in for a longer period of time to stimulate blood flow to the area and enhance the bodies natural healing response.
What are the benefits of Dry Needling?
Increase range of motion.
Joints can have their range of movement limited by tight restrictive muscles which causing pressure on them. Dry needling, a physiotherapy technique, relaxes these tissues, letting joints move freely. By doing this the body is in an optimal range again which will help you perform more efficiently and safely.
Increase your strength.
When a tissue is hypertonic, tight and contracted, it is unable to perform its role to 100% function. By relieving the myofascial trigger point stress on a tight muscle it will have greater ability to contract without putting pressure on the tendons and hence give you more control and power when training or performing day to day activities.
Speed up recovery.
Trigger points develop in a muscle from lack of blood supply and oxygen given to the soft tissues when it has been overcontracted. This can be in sustained poor postures or from overuse in exercises. Dry needling increases blood supply to the tissues, quickly relaxing muscle tension and having you feel back to normal fast.
Prevent injury.
Through training or postural demands, the body can develop tightness and trigger points which limit movement and performance, leading to compensations which create excessive demands at certain tissues. This is a huge contributor to injuries. Dry needling technique can break this cycle and restore optimal body function.
What injuries is dry needling effective for?
Headaches
Disc pain
Lower back pain
Tennis/golfers elbow
Achilles pain
Tendinitis
Bursitis
Chronic pain
Neck pain
Rotator cuff injury
Tight hip flexors
Piriformis syndrome
Postural pain
Knee pain
Shoulder pain
Why Choose Elite Health And Performance For dry Needling?
All of the therapists at our physiotherapy clinic don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk. We live and breathe active lifestyles and understand the demands your sport exercise routine or the stresses of daily life and the effects they place on the body.
We’re constantly improving so you can improve too.
Our therapists follow weekly team training as well as constant development to upskill and make sure their patients have the best results. They have all completed a dry needling course and use the modality extensively throughout their days. We know when and how to use this dry needling technique and treatment effectively and with as little discomfort for you as possible. (In fact, it often feels amazing!)
We want you to live pain-free.
Interested in Brisbane dry needling and wondering if it can offer pain relief for your injury? Hit us up for a free no obligation phone consultation so we can discuss your injury and how best to resolve it.