My lovely wife. I blame her for sparking my passion for dry needling. A little background on her will help. She’s a pediatric physical therapist, smart as a whip, and very skeptical of my manual techniques. As I was completing my fellowship I was feeling pretty confident in my skills when she came to me with complaints of bilateral cervicothoracic junction and upper trapezius pain.
Topics: Dry Needling, dry needling courses, dry needling education, Manual Therapy, trigger point dry needling
Topics: Abstract of the Week, clinical skills, Dry Needling, dry needling study, Manual Therapy, trigger point dry needling
My lovely wife. I blame her for sparking my passion for dry needling. A little background on her will help. She’s a pediatric physical therapist, smart as a whip, and very skeptical of my manual techniques. As I was completing my fellowship I was feeling pretty confident in my skills when she came to me with complaints of bilateral cervicothoracic junction and upper trapezius pain.
Topics: Dry Needling, dry needling courses, dry needling education, Manual Therapy, trigger point dry needling
Shortly after being trained in dry needling, I was searching for willing subjects who would allow me to hone my skills. I had a long term patient I was seeing who I was treating for a thoracic compression fracture. We had a pretty good rapport and it came to light that he had had a rotator cuff and labral repair 2 years earlier. He voiced frustration that he never could attain full end range elevation compared to his uninvolved side. He heard me talk about dry needling and asked if I would take a look at his shoulder and see if he’d be a candidate.
Topics: Courses, Dry Needling, glenohumeral joint mobility, Manual Physical Therapy, manual therapy, Manual Therapy, trigger point dry needling
This week we're taking a look the abstract "Treatment of temporomandibular myofascial pain with deep dry needling." As you may know, Temporomandibular dysfunction is often associated with myofascial pain and can be challenging to treat successfully. Choosing to perform dry needling on muscles of mastication surely comes with risks, i.e. increased risk of bleeding, bruising, needing to consider the anxiety that often accompanies this presentation, etc.
Topics: Abstract of the Week, Courses, Dry Needling, Manual Physical Therapy, manual therapy, Myofascial Pain, Temporomandibular dysfunction, trigger point dry needling
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