Stimulate your immune system to heal you with dry needling Dry needling has become a go to treatment for stubborn trigger points and muscle conditions. The process is pretty simple: locate the target tissue and attack it with a thin acupuncture needle (5-10 acupuncture needles can fit inside the mouth of a typical hypodermic needle). In the case of trigger points, sometimes the muscle that is being treated will twitch or jump, this is a sign of trigger point release. When treating more chronic conditions like tennis elbow or piriformis pain, it is not as common to get the twitch response. Needle stimulation causes tissue relaxation and…
