Dry Needling: Precision Relief for Muscle Pain and Tension.
Imagine your muscles as tightly wound knots, a buildup of tension, stress, and overuse causing discomfort and limiting your movement. Dry needling acts as a precise and gentle way of releasing these knots, restoring ease and flexibility to your daily life.
At Greenacre Sports Medicine Clinic, we've been practising and perfecting the art of dry needling since 2008. With extensive experience and in-depth knowledge, our skilled osteopaths use this modality as part of our holistic approach to effectively address muscle pain, improve mobility, and enhance your overall quality of life.
What Exactly is Dry Needling?
Dry needling involves inserting ultra-thin, sterile needles directly into muscle trigger points, those tight, sensitive knots often responsible for pain and stiffness. Think of it as a targeted reset for your muscles, helping them relax and regain their natural function. Unlike acupuncture, which focuses on energy flow and meridians, dry needling directly targets muscular trigger points to provide fast, effective pain relief.
Why Choose Dry Needling?
Dry needling is particularly effective if you're dealing with persistent muscular pain, sports injuries, tension headaches, or repetitive strain injuries. It's a quick, minimally invasive method that works effectively alongside osteopathy treatments, rehabilitation exercises, and preventive care.
At Greenacre Sports Medicine Clinic, osteopaths Ali Youssef and Houda Omran combine dry needling with personalised care plans, leveraging their extensive experience to ensure you achieve the best possible outcomes.
Our Approach: Expert, Empathetic, and Supportive.
We understand that each patient has unique needs and concerns. That's why our approach begins with listening carefully, understanding your specific challenges, and crafting a treatment plan that's right for you. Our priority is ensuring you feel comfortable, supported, and confident throughout your recovery.
Our Clients Frequently Asked These Questions.
- Minimal Discomfort: The needles used are thin, causing little to no discomfort upon insertion, especially in healthy muscles.
- Diagnostic Tool: The twitch response and pain reproduction during treatment serve as valuable diagnostic indicators for our practitioners.
- Mechanism of Action: Dry needling helps relax contracted muscles by triggering the nervous system to inhibit muscle spasms, often the underlying cause of pain.
- Experience and Effectiveness: Our osteopaths, with over 20 years of combined experience, find dry needling to be highly effective for chronic pain treatment.
- Distinction from Acupuncture: Unlike acupuncture, dry needling is based on Western medicine principles and focuses on musculoskeletal and sports injuries.
- Treatment Scope: Effective for various musculoskeletal issues, including neck, back, and shoulder pain, arm pain, headaches, jaw pain, buttock pain, leg pain, and more.
- Procedure Comfort: Our clinic offers traditional and advanced dry needling approaches, including options without needles, to accommodate patients with needle phobias.
- Sterility and Safety: Only high-quality disposable needles are used to ensure safety and hygiene.
- Post-Treatment Care: Recommendations may include applying heat or ice, gentle stretches, or analgesics, depending on individual response and soreness.
- Treatment Duration and Frequency: Most patients require 4-7 sessions to see significant improvements, with the exact number varying based on the condition's duration and severity.
- Integration in Rehabilitation: Dry needling can be a critical initial step in a comprehensive treatment program, aimed at breaking the pain cycle before introducing other therapies.
- Maintenance and Follow-Up: While many patients maintain progress without frequent treatments, occasional sessions can help prevent recurrence of pain.