Dry needling has come up as a modern treatment to ease muscular pain. The practitioner inserts filiform needles into your skin at trigger points. The pointed needle is inserted into knotted or tough muscles to ease these knots and relieve you from any muscle pain or spasms.
The dry needling therapy helps in several ailments including the below ones.
Myofacial pain
Muscle Sprain
Muscle Strain
Knee Pain
Shoulder pain
Tennis Elbow
Golfer elbow
Calf Tightness
Neck pain
Headache
Giddiness
Migraine
Radiate pain
The dry needles are targeted at trigger points, which give respite in muscular pain and sprain almost instantly. It breaks the knot in muscles which lead to pain. The release of knots brings down the intensity of pain to substantially low levels.
It aids in providing quick relief to muscle stiffness and pain. The easing trigger points increase the range of motions or flexibility in an individual. This is the reason why this technique is quite popular for treating sports injuries.
For sportsperson having myofascial pain, 5 to 8 sessions of dry needling therapy are sufficient. While for normal individuals a session a month is good enough.