Dry Needling in Highlands Ranch
Dry needling is a modern therapy intended to alleviate muscular pain. While the procedure may sound scary, dry needling is safe and often an effective treatment for patients with certain musculoskeletal presentations. We are pleased to offer this service at Highlands Family Chiropractic.
How Does It Work?
During a dry needling session, a practitioner (at our practice, it’s Dr. Charlotte) inserts several filiform needles into your skin. Filiform needles are ultrathin, short, stainless steel needles that don’t inject any fluid into the body. That’s why the term “dry” is part of the name.
Dr. Charlotte places the needles in specific muscles or tissues, depending on how the patient presents to the clinic and her exam. The needles are superficially inserted into the skin and will remain there for about 10 to 20 minutes. Dr. Charlotte will determine how long at each session.
Conditions Dry Needling Can Address
Here are some of the most common conditions for which patients seek this therapy:
- Back pain
- Disc problems
- Headaches (tension and migraines)
- Joint problems
- Neck pain
- Pain in the extremities
- Repetitive motion disorders (like carpal tunnel syndrome)
- Tendinitis
- TMJ
- Whiplash
While acupuncture and dry needling both use the same needles, they have different ways of approaching where to insert the needles and the goal of the procedure.
Dry needling is designed to address 3 main things: reduce pain, induce an inflammatory response to reset the healing phase of tissues, and reduce muscle contractions. Therefore, the analysis of where to insert the needles differs from acupuncture, because dry needling looks for areas like these to target. Acupuncture is more known to address a person’s energy flow or chi based on meridian points in the body.
What qualifications does Dr. Charlotte have to provide dry needling?
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