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Anyone tried Dry Needling or Acupuncture for Pain or Neuropathy?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Feb 19 8:05am | Replies (297)Comment receiving replies
I am doing PT now for neck pain. They have done dry needling twice, only prescribed once a week. They used only 4 needles in my shoulder neck are and only left them in for 6 minutes.
Can anyone else tell me how long the needles we’re left in and how many needles they used on your pain area?
At another PT provider 2 years ago, they used dry needling for neck pain on the other side (finally went away) and added about 12 needles and then attached TENS machine stimulus to the needles.
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I've had acupuncture where they attach the TENS machine to the needles and leave them for awhile. However, dry needling done by a PT who is also a sr instructor for dry needling is a different technique. The needle is used quickly in and out a few times palpitating the trigger point.