Dry Needling & Acupuncture Harley Street
Acupuncture is one of the many skills a physiotherapist can use in a holistic approach to the management of injury, pain and inflammation. Acupuncture is used as a means of stimulating the body’s own healing chemicals in order to aid recovery and enhance rehabilitation. Acupuncture may be suggested by your physiotherapist as part of your integrative treatment plan
What conditions is it used for?
- Muscle tension/tightness
- Joint stiffness/pain
- Soft tissue adhesions (Scar tissue)
- Nerve problems
- Tendon pain
- Wellbeing maintenance
- Sports Injuries
How does it work?
Conventional Acupuncture involves the use of single use, pre-sterilised, disposable needles of varying widths, lengths and materials that pierce the skin at the Acupuncture points. The Physiotherapist will determine the locations of the Acupuncture points, based upon the assessment of the cause of the imbalance. A number of needles may be used at each treatment and these are typically left in position for some 20-30 minutes before being removed.
Trigger point Acupuncture may also be used to facilitate relaxation in specific muscles following trauma such as whiplash injury; for longer term unresolving muscle pain such as repetitive strain injury (RSI) or as a means to obtain increased muscle length in order to aid stretch and rehabilitation such as sports injuries. Here the needle is placed into the affected muscle until it is felt to relax under the needle and then removed. Trigger point needling is often much quicker and therefore does not require the 20-30 minute treatment time.
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