Dry Needling
Dry Needling, also known as Trigger Point Acupuncture, Connective Tissue Acupuncture, Physical Medicine Acupuncture or Intra-Muscular Stimulation (IMS), is an effective and efficient treatment strategy for muscular pain and myofascial dysfunction. Dry Needling relaxes hyperactive muscles and provides the long-term pain relief and increased quality of life that you deserve.
Dry Needling is now Mainstream
Nowadays, Physicians, Physical Therapists, and Chiropractors all use Dry Needling extensively and effectively within their practices for the treatment of Myofascial Pain & Dysfunction. But for optimal results, Dry Needling requires the technical skills of a highly trained practitioner who's spent years developing and refining their needling skills. So come see why many patients and professional sports figures bypass their teams’ physical therapists to experience our Dry Needling treatment.
Scar Therapy
My approach to treating Scar Tissue really depends on how long the scar has been there and what stage of healing the scar is at. All scar tissue can be improved to some extent. This includes simple surgical incisions, keloid scars, burn-scars and even bacterial induced granulation & fibrotic adhesions.
My preferred techniques for Scar Tissue is Dry Needling, and Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM).
In the video below, you can see how a surgical scar from a successful lumbar laminectomy has infiltrated the surrounding connective tissue, much like a tree's roots might infiltrate the soil around the tree. And in much the same way that tree roots can wreck havoc on water pipes, sewer lines, and residential foundations, scar tissue infiltrate can wreck havoc on the normal physiologic motion of your bones, joints, organs, nerves and blood vessels that it adheres to and envelops. Unfortunately for those suffering with pain, these connective tissue adhesions are invisible on MRI, CT Scan and X-Ray. Many failed back surgeries and post-surgical complications are the result of this type of invisible scar tissue infiltration.
Just as Scar Tissue Infiltrate is invisible to current imaging technologies, it's also impervious to deep tissue massage, joint manipulation, stretching, diathermy, and ultrasound (both traditional and shockwave). The only way to release Scar Tissue Infiltrate is with aggressive local needling, as demonstrated in the video below.
