Medical Acupuncture is a safe and clinically effective treatment that involves the insertion of thin needles into particular anatomical structures, such as nerves and receptors, to stimulate responses in the central nervous system. This treatment is the biomedical adoption of Chinese acupuncture methods, though it is not the same as traditional Chinese methods.
Practitioners place the needles in “trigger points” in your muscle or tissue. Dry needling is also sometimes called intramuscular stimulation. The points are areas of knotted or hard muscle.
Dry needling practitioners say the needle helps release the knot and relieve any muscle pain or spasms. The needles remain in your skin for a short period of time, depending on the practitioner.
