Hi Amanda, Thank you for the welcome! Dry needling was suggested to me by my primary care physician. She had other patients who had good success with relief from chronic neurologic pain using dry needling.
My understanding of why it works for me is that chronic nerve pain can cause us to tense up, causing muscles to spasm, which then release only part way leaving knots of tension. The dry needling targets those knots and causes them to loosen, which also can release muscle tension in other connected areas.