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Pain Management
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DRY NEEDLING
Dr. Patel uses a number of techniques for acute and chronic pain such as myofascial trigger point needling, micro and milli current electro stimulation, cupping, soft tissue release and targeted massage to release areas of musculoskeletal problems.
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Dry Needling trigger-point therapy helps facilitate healing and recovery in stressed or injured muscles. Over time, either due to overuse or injury, muscle fibers aren’t able to properly expand and contract, which leads to tightness or that “knot” you feel, or a decrease in your range of motion.
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This technique involves inserting high quality acupuncture needles into a muscle or muscle group to elicit a “twitch” response. The contraction of the muscle allows the muscle fibers to relax, increases blood flow to the area allowing the body’s own healing mechanisms to go to work and releases histamines. Thus, reducing the stress load on your muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia.​ It treats dysfunctions in skeletal muscle, fascia, and connective tissues. With dry needling, needle are place in myofascial trigger points. These are tight bands of skeletal muscle located within a larger muscle group.
Dry needling stimulates "triggering points" and relieves pain in the neuro-muscular systems. When done on an affected muscle, it increases range of motion in joints, relaxes tight muscles, promotes tissue repair, improves blood flow, reduces pain, improves strength and speeds up the recovery process from an injury and/or surgery.
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Many patients often report immediate relief after treatment. The needle causes injury signals to be sent to the brain, creating a series of events to replace or repair damaged tissue with healthy tissue. Dr. Patel treats areas of the body with deep muscle pain that are not treatable by home pain management techniques such as stretching and rolling.
