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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539073043449{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Only recently becoming popular in North America, dry needling is widely used by all physiotherapists in Australia and many other regions across the globe. Typically, the technique is used for treating musculoskeletal conditions, including acute and chronic neck pain, back pain, tennis elbow, runner\u2019s knee and Achilles tendinopathies. Many sporting clubs use dry needling as part of their in-house recovery treatment for the athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dry needling is based on Western medicine and neuro-physiological principles. It is different from traditional Chinese acupuncture, which includes diagnosis and reasoning based on Chinese medicine assessment. Both traditional and western dry needling work on meridian points and 71% of trigger points actually coincide with acupuncture points.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_cta h2=”” h4=”The world\u2019s first dry needle” shape=”square” style=”custom” add_button=”bottom” btn_title=”Show Me” btn_style=”custom” btn_custom_background=”#cc2737″ btn_custom_text=”#ffffff” btn_align=”right” custom_background=”#ffffff” btn_link=”url:%2Faustralia%2Fwhy-red-coral%2F|title:Myotech%20Pain%20Free%20Dry%20Needles||”]Through extensive consultations with medical, health and rehabilitation professionals, Red Coral invented the world\u2019s first dry needle. The Myotech Dry Needles are designed specifically for use within dry needling, trigger point therapy, myotherapy and deep tissue stimulation.[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539073064311{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

How does dry needling work?<\/h2>\n

Dry needling involves the use of a solid filament needle to stimulate a twitch response to release muscle tension and pain, allowing the body\u2019s biochemistry to produce a natural analgesic. It helps to treat the limitations and restrictions that are found during physical assessment. For most conditions, dry needling has little or no post treatment side effects with equal or better therapeutic effect than other manual therapies.<\/p>\n

The needles are inserted into trigger points to deactivate and resolve them. Your muscular pain then disappears.<\/p>\n

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What is a trigger point?<\/h2>\n

A trigger point is a hyperirritable spot within the muscle. It is usually painful to touch and may refer pain elsewhere. Your trigger point may give you abnormal movement and \u201cautonomic\u201d changes such as temperature and skin changes at the site of a pathology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539073116089{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The benefits of Dry Needling<\/h2>\n

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