Dry needling is provided by Jaxson and Kara at Nova Physiotherapy. They have taken additional training and are certified to use dry needling during your physiotherapy treatment.Dry needling uses a fine filament needle (no medication or injection) inserted through the skin into tight or sensitive areas of muscle called trigger points. These taut bands of muscle can be tender or refer pain to other areas.
Conditions often treated with dry needling:
- Headaches and migraines
- Neck and back pain
- Muscle spasms
- Hip and knee pain
- Sciatica
- Tennis elbow and Golfer’s elbow
- Shoulder pain or rotator cuff dysfunctions
- Frozen shoulder
- Achilles pain or foot dysfunction
- Carpal tunnel
- Chronic pain
