Dry Needling
"DRY NEEDLING IS A SKILLED INTERVENTION THAT USES A THIN FILIFORM NEEDLE TO PENETRATE THE SKIN AND STIMULATE UNDERLYING MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS, MUSCULAR, AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN AND MOVEMENT IMPAIRMENTS. DRY NEEDLING TARGETS A TRIGGER POINT, WHICH IS THE DIRECT AND PALPABLE SOURCE OF PATIENT PAIN, RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL “MERIDIANS”, ACCESSED VIA ACUPUNCTURE.
