Dry Needling works to help athletes in several different ways. One big benefit is that dry needling can kick start a systemic healing response. By creating very small micro-trauma to the soft tissue area being treated, the body responds in a positive way by creating a natural healing response. This can help an athlete recover faster or heal more completely. Think of it as a small push to get the healing ball rolling.
Dry Needling can also help release trigger points or tightness in muscles. This can be very useful in helping athletes gain range of motion, flexibility and improve performance. Dry needling has been shown to have a larger positive deformation effect on soft tissue compared to massage. This means it is better at helping soft tissue return to a more normal state.
“Dry Needling (DN) is considered a skilled minimally invasive intervention that uses a thin filament needle to penetrate a variety of altered or dysfunctional connective soft tissue including derma, fascia, muscle, scar tissue, ligaments, tendon, peripheral nerves, neurovascular bundles, and even rigid structures such as bone. DN is primarily used for the management of acute and chronic neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments. It is considered a form of medical therapy, and many different terms of this type of medical therapy currently exist; these include intramuscular stimulation, trigger point acupuncture, trigger point dry needling, myofascial trigger point dry needling, intramuscular manual therapy, and/or biomedical acupuncture. DN is defined as “dry” because no chemical solution is involved with the insertion of the needle into the tissue. This makes DN distinctly different from “wet” needling, which does involve injection of solution via a needle into connective tissue.” As defined by the Institute for Athlete Regeneration
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