Dry Needling for Myofascial Pain Relief

Dry needling is commonly used by an extensive list of health professionals and commonly by podiatrists. Dry needling is not a painful experience, it is often not even noticeable. The type of needle used in this treatment is a single use sterile acupuncture needle that gets inserted into a muscle trigger points. By inserting a dry needle (the same as an acupuncture needle) into a muscular trigger point it helps to reduce pain, improve blood flow by producing a local twitch response to relieve the muscle.
Some people are quite apprehensive to try dry needling thinking it will be painful, sore or have a fear of needles.
When the needle itself is put into the muscle it can feel like a small pin prick and most people don’t even feel it enter the muscle. The good thing is during dry needling you may feel a slight discomfort as the trigger point is being released and this can feel like a small shock or some people report as muscle twitching. This sensation is quick and a sense of relief after this twitch is generally felt. The twitch response in an involuntary movement in the muscle as the trigger point is released.