What is Dry Needling?
Information about Dry Needling for Physical Therapy
Needling Mechanisms: How Dry Needling Works
Integrative Dry Needling fuses filament needles to inoculate minor lesions into the soft tissues (skin, muscles, fascia, tendon and ligament, etc) to activate the healing process, resulting in pain relief and restoration of healthy physiology.
The pathophysiology of myofascial pain involves:
(1) sensitization of central nervous system and peripheral nervous system,
(2) soft tissue dysfunction, which includes a number of histological abnormalities and molecular events and
(3) musculoskeletal biomechanical imbalance.
The widely known concept of trigger points and their referred pain patterns are one of these histological abnormalities.
To achieve effective lasting pain relief, physical therapists and chiropractors needs to deeply understand:
- mechanism of dry needling
- mechanisms of formation of trigger points
- mechanism of twitching response
and be able to clinically apply multiple approaches.
“Presently we have a great confusion of various ideas regarding Dry Needling. Dr Yun-tao Ma’s book is destined to play a truly integrating role, explaining mechanism of dry needling, offering a system for practical application and clarifying misunderstandings. Current myofascial trigger points approach focuses on localized or regionalized symptoms.Integrative systemic Dry Needling pays attention to both regionalized symptoms and their pathological influence over the entire musculoskeletal system.”
- Peter Lundgren, Physiotherapist, Director AKNA Institute, Sweden