Dry Needling Helps Relieve Chronic Muscle Tension
Not all muscle knots can be worked out by stretching. Knots that involve the connective tissue surrounding muscles, called myofascial, require more intensive means in order to be relaxed. "Trigger points" are areas of isolated spasm involving muscle and myofascial tissue. When muscles are chronically tense or injured, they can develop trigger points. There are several different methods people can pursue to relax trigger points and restore muscle function . It's important to get these knots diagnosed and treated, as they can cause localized pain, referred pain along nearby nerve pathways and overuse of other muscles as the body attempts to compensate for pain by putting the knotted muscle out of action. One of the methods for treating this condition that has grown in popularity over the past few years is functional dry needling . Functional Dry Needling In this form of therapy, a trained practitioner inserts a thin needle into the muscle knot. This is part dia...