Dry Needling
Dry needling is a therapeutic technique where thin, sterile needles are inserted into trigger points (knots) in muscles to relieve pain and tension. It helps reduce muscle tightness, improve blood flow, and promote healing. Unlike acupuncture, which is based on traditional Chinese medicine, dry needling is rooted in modern Western medicine and focuses on treating musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.
Does This sound like you?
- Are you worried about pain that doesn’t go away no matter what you do?
- Are you frustrated that other treatments haven’t worked?
- Are you having trouble keeping up with the life you want to live and are missing out on being active again?
- Are you still looking for a long-term solution so you can get back to doing the things you love?
If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you are in the
right place!
You see, many people in Chislehurst and Dulwich suffer unnecessarily with pain and stiffness because they’re told…
- Just do a few exercises on this piece of paper and you’ll be fine (then months later they’re still suffering…)
- It’s “normal” with (lifestyle, aging) to have knee, back, or hip pain.
- Just rest it and take some painkillers.
- Surgery is the only option (and you can’t get in to have the surgery for a while)
The Truth Is...
- A few exercises on a piece of paper often doesn’t change anything. You might get a small temporary relief, but then when you get active again you’ll still be suffering from the same pain (I bet you’ve already experienced it!)
- It’s common to get pain and stiffness as you get older but not a foregone conclusion. You just need to be prepared to invest time and energy into maintaining your strength, balance and flexibility as you get older.
- Drugs and surgery are not the only option. It’s just the only option your doctor can offer you.
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Are You Looking for a Natural Solution for your Aches and Pains?
Here’s 3 things you can do:
1. Make a decision about getting help.
Many people with long-term aches and pains feel let down by other treatments that they are afraid to try another option. They procrastinate and slowly start to believe that they’re going to have to “live with it” for the rest of their lives. Years later, this means they’re still in pain and don’t have the lifestyle they dream of.
2. Avoid taking painkillers or strong medications.
If you’ve been suffering with joint pain chances are you’re been given lots of medications, and maybe even injections or surgery. All of these medications just hide the pain, they don’t actually fix what’s going on, so the pain continues anytime the medications stop. These prescriptions aren’t good for your long-term health. It would really help to try a natural solution, like Dry Needling, which has helped so many people just like you when their healing process halts and they’re stuck with constant pain.
3. Get A Natural Solution With Dry Needling
Combining Dry Needling with physiotherapy often helps people with constant pain and limited mobility. We see people all the time at Wellness In Motion who get back to the life they want. If your pain is negatively impacting your life, interfering with your ability to spend time with family, or keeping you out of your favourite activities, sports massage can naturally help you get back to living the way you want.
How Does Dry Needling Actually work?
Dry needling is a neurophysiological evidence-based treatment technique which involves the insertion of sterile acupuncture needles into tight, painful knotted up muscles (trigger points). The points that are needled are selected based on extensive anatomical knowledge. We needle where you feel the pain, the spinal level that supplies the area where you feel the pain in addition to other muscles that can refer pain to the area you are experiencing your symptoms i.e. treating the underlying causes. Research supports that dry needling improves pain control, reduces muscle tension, normalizes biochemical dysfunction of muscles, and facilitates an accelerated return to active rehabilitation. At Wellness In Motion we always incorporate dry needling with other physiotherapy modalities such as massage and joint mobilisation to ensure no stone is left unturned in seeking solutions for the problems you bring to us.