Relief with Dry Needling: Discover ESRA REHAB’s Certified Therapy

At ESRA REHAB, we believe in offering cutting-edge therapies to ensure optimal relief and recovery for our clients. Our certified therapists utilize Dry Needling, a specialized technique designed to alleviate pain and stimulate healing.

What is Dry Needling?

Dry Needling involves inserting thin needles into specific trigger points, targeting knots or tension in muscles, fascia, or connective tissues. These needles, similar to acupuncture needles but with a different treatment objective, aim to release muscle tension and promote natural healing responses.

What is a trigger point?

Trigger points are hypersensitive spots in muscles, often referred to as knots or taut bands. They’re associated with palpable nodules or tight bands within the muscle tissue that cause localized pain and discomfort. These points can develop due to overuse, injury, poor posture, or stress, resulting in muscle tension, reduced blood flow, and limited range of motion. so if you are a dentist, barber, policeman or firefighter you are at risk of these trigger points. these points show themselves as pain even away from the original site of the issue.

The pain pattern associated with trigger points can vary depending on their location and the affected muscle. It often includes referred pain, where discomfort is felt in other areas of the body rather than at the site of the trigger point itself. For instance, a trigger point in the shoulder muscle might cause pain that radiates down the arm or up into the neck, creating a distinctive pattern of discomfort. Dry Needling targets these trigger points to alleviate both the localized pain and the referred pain patterns associated with them.

What do you need to know about this therapy?

Dry Needling, a therapeutic technique, aims to treat these trigger points by inserting thin needles into them. The needles create a local twitch response, causing the muscle fibers to contract and then relax. This process helps release muscle tension, improve blood flow, and alleviate pain by deactivating the muscles, thus:

1. Dry needling offers pain relief and reduced soreness. If you’re comfortable with fine, sterile needles, this therapeutic approach, recommended by your physical therapist, can help release muscle tension, alleviate tendonitis, reduce inflammation, and aid in healing.

2. Dry needling’s impact on chronic muscle tightness; It targets trigger points within skeletal muscles, often referred to as knots or myofascial pain syndrome. By focusing on these trigger points, your therapist aims to relieve pain, improve movement, and reduce muscle tension, resulting in better pain management.
3. Trigger points tend to develop in various areas.   These areas are the neck, back, arms, and legs. Dry needling addresses a range of conditions, including shoulder pain, headaches, knee discomfort, Achilles tendonitis, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, hip, and gluteal pain.
4. Embracing therapeutic dry needling. Dry needling actually means promoting healing fast and easily, not just within trigger points but also addressing muscular issues like rotator cuff damage. By creating micro-lesions in the tissue, this technique fosters improved blood flow and encourages healing in the targeted area.
5. Differentiating from acupuncture, therapeutic dry needling operates under Western medicine principles. This therapy focuses on releasing trigger points, relieving muscle tension, reducing the adhesions in a tissue, and restoring over-activated muscles. Acupuncture, on the other hand, originates from Chinese medicine, concentrating on balancing body energy or internal organs pain.

6. No injection of any solution into the body. this makes the therapy a minimally invasive procedure.

Certified Expertise at Your Service

Our therapists are certified in Dry Needling, ensuring safe and effective treatment. By precisely targeting trigger points, this therapy addresses a wide array of conditions, from muscle pain and spasms to chronic pain syndromes.

The ESRA REHAB Difference

With our certified therapists, you can experience the benefits of Dry Needling in a safe, controlled environment. We tailor sessions to suit your specific needs, ensuring a comfortable and effective treatment process.

Ready to experience the relief Dry Needling can offer? Book a session with ESRA REHAB and embark on your journey to optimal well-being!