Dry Needling

Posted by lmc @lmc, May 8 7:48am

A year ago, I had a total knee replacement which was unsuccessful. I have been in physical therapy for 11 months and have strengthened my quads, etc. Now, I am experiencing pain from my knee to my groin. The orthopedist has recommended dry needling to relieve the pain.
Any comments?

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@marymargaret0501

@nonnahelen dry needling is for many things. Pain, mobility, anxiety, to break muscle patterns like the damage we cause by slouching, thats just an example, and/or when we want to build new muscle patters like joint replacemen therapy, or back surgery, simple training for a walk or run. The uses and applications are pretty endless. Dry needling was developed by a cardiologist believe it or not. The idea is to bring blood flow and other inflammatory helpers to a specific site and also to mimic the process muscles go through when they are worked out. Inflamation gets a bad rap however it is not all bad. The inflamatory response is how the body heals and often grows. I mean good growth, like new nerve pathways and stronger musculature and the like. When muscles are worked out, tiny, itty-bitty tears occur in the muscle fibers. That's what we feel after a good work out. Not pain per say, but the muscles telling you they got a good workout. The body's response to that, to the microscopic tears in the fibers of muscle, is what helps build up muscle tissue making them more strong. So dry needling mimics those tiny tears, but it can be used for trigger points, anxiety, muscle patterns like not activating, and the body does the rest, in response. It's such a great tool I think. It helps me a lot.

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Thanks,Marymargaret for clearing that up and glad that you have received those benefits.

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@marymargaret0501

@nonnahelen dry needling is for many things. Pain, mobility, anxiety, to break muscle patterns like the damage we cause by slouching, thats just an example, and/or when we want to build new muscle patters like joint replacemen therapy, or back surgery, simple training for a walk or run. The uses and applications are pretty endless. Dry needling was developed by a cardiologist believe it or not. The idea is to bring blood flow and other inflammatory helpers to a specific site and also to mimic the process muscles go through when they are worked out. Inflamation gets a bad rap however it is not all bad. The inflamatory response is how the body heals and often grows. I mean good growth, like new nerve pathways and stronger musculature and the like. When muscles are worked out, tiny, itty-bitty tears occur in the muscle fibers. That's what we feel after a good work out. Not pain per say, but the muscles telling you they got a good workout. The body's response to that, to the microscopic tears in the fibers of muscle, is what helps build up muscle tissue making them more strong. So dry needling mimics those tiny tears, but it can be used for trigger points, anxiety, muscle patterns like not activating, and the body does the rest, in response. It's such a great tool I think. It helps me a lot.

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You seem very knowledgeable. Have you ever heard of a condition in the knee called synovitis oor angry knee syndrome. Which is what I was diagnosed with after 9 months of therapy and still not an adequate bend in my knee. Which changed my whole approach with my knee and me feel sooo much better.

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