Dry Needling in Salamander Bay

Name: Bayside Chiropractic Collective
Address: 3/5 Town Centre Circuit, Salamander Bay, NSW, 2317, AU
Telephone: (02) 4984 6897
Price range: $$

Experiencing tight muscles? Acute pain? If you’re looking for a tried-and-true way to get your muscles to relax and experience pain relief, consider dry needling. With this therapy, a dry needle (one without medication) is inserted into the specified area to work on myofascial trigger points; those areas can be extra tight and affect the whole muscle and all the fascia surrounding the muscle.

Dry needling is a safe, effective therapy to achieve pain relief and greater freedom in your body. Ultra-thin acupuncture needles are inserted into dysfunctional areas of soft tissue often focusing on myofascial trigger points – small bundles of uber tight muscle fibres that create outsized day to day pain and restriction. This treatment allows the whole muscle to relax, in turn restoring health to the muscle tissue, relieving pain and allowing better overall function.

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How Does It Work?

The use of the needle releases the trigger points. With the needle, the pain receptors are stimulated and the brain interprets that in a way that it tells the muscle to turn off the pain and relax. The use of the dry needles in trigger points and surrounding muscle tissue, fascia and tendons stimulates certain types of pain receptors within the soft tissues. This activates the nervous system in such a way that it restores a greater brain/body connection and allows the soft tissue to restore a more normal, healthy resting form rather than being in a constant state of tension.

Conditions That Dry Needling Can Address

Those with any of the following may experience benefits from dry needling:

General aches and pains
Tennis elbow/golfer’s elbow
Tendonitis
Shoulder impingement

Neck pain
Low back pain
Frozen shoulder

Achilles tendonitis
Knee issues
Plantar fasciitis

What to Expect

When you meet with Gareth, who has focused training in dry needling, you can let him know what you’re experiencing and he’ll tell you if you could benefit from dry needling. If dry needling is appropriate for you then ultrathin sterilised needles are inserted to areas of concern. They may be left in for up to several minutes. Dry needling is a safe treatment when practiced by trained therapists but If at any time you are uncomfortable with the experience you can say so and Gareth will be happy to reduce the treatment or cease altogether in consultation with what you are happy with.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it painful?

With dry needling, you’ll experience a different type of discomfort, but it’s on the same level as massage. As anyone who has had deep tissue remedial massage knows, it is not always comfortable and relaxing but the results are well and truly worth it. Similarly, with dry needle therapy there is some discomfort but, whilst it is and different sort of pain, it is no more than experienced with deep tissue massage and equally worth it for the benefit you’ll get.

When will I notice an improvement?

The results will be different from person to person and condition to condition. Some patients experience instant relief while others will feel considerably better a day or two later.

Is there anyone who shouldn’t have dry needling?

Those who are pregnant or have electrical gear inside them shouldn’t have the therapy. Additionally, anyone with: abnormal bleeding tendency, compromised immune system, patients with epilepsy, or diabetes.

Will my private health fund cover dry needling?

Yes, it can be claimed as a remedial massage.

Is Dry Needling different to Acupuncture?

Yes. Although there is a lot of overlap in terms of acupressure points and myofascial trigger points used in both modalities, there is a core differnece. Dry needling grew out of trigger point research and is based on a western medicine mindset specifically targeting tension and dysfucntion in the soft tissues. Acupuncture differes in that is it based eastern medicine ideas of restoring energy flow through meridian lines.

Can Dry Needling Be Used In Pregnancy?

Whilst there is no evidence to suggest it is harmful during pregnancy we do not offer dry needling during pregnancy to avoid any potential contraindications for mum and bub.

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