Dry Needling in Lower Plenty, Melbourne – Diamond Valley Physiotherapy

Reduces Muscle Pain: One of the main reasons why people prefer dry needling therapy is it helps them get instant relief from muscle pain. This method can be effective if you are struggling with either acute injury or something chronic.

Accelerates the Body’s Natural Healing Process: This treatment involves the use of needles that can create a small lesion in the tissue. Thus, it increases blood flow to the treated area which can speed up your healing process.

Alleviates Soreness and Tightness: Your body will inevitably feel very tight and sore during an injury. It may turn severe if you don’t treat your injury well. Apart from exercising, stretching, and medication, you can opt for a soothing dry needling massage. It is an excellent way to reduce tightness and soreness, helping you recover as quickly as possible.

Safe and Natural: Since this massage therapy doesn’t induce any pain in the body, it is safe and natural to ease your muscle or joint pains. Besides, it is a good alternative to pharmaceutical drugs.

Improves Flexibility: Dry needling physio is a process in which the blood flow increases throughout the body. This can promote an improved range of motion and enhanced flexibility in your body.

Increases Oxygen Circulation: Using the trigger point therapy treatment can ease joint pain and loosen up the muscles. With proper circulation of blood, each body gets a sufficient amount of nutrients and oxygen, necessary for overall well-being.

Resolves Headaches and Migraines: Another reason why people opt for dry needle therapy is its ability to help prevent headaches and migraines. As this healing treatment focuses on trigger points in the tissues and muscles, it soothes and relieves tension.

Creating Lesions: Each dry needle inserted into the body creates a small ‘lesion’ in the muscle’s tissue.

Brain Response: The brain interprets this lesion as a minor injury. It then takes action to repair or replace the affected tissues with new, healthy ones.

Twitch Response: This series of sequences directed by your brain is called a ‘twitch response’. Once the brain evokes a twitch response, the muscle fibres in the trigger point begin to relax.

Reducing Inflammation: Consecutively, the inflammation in the affected area begins to gradually reduce. Muscles then start returning to their normal state.

Evaluation: Our expert physiotherapist will first assess your areas of discomfort and pain. We use non-invasive evaluation techniques to determine the trigger points.

Devising a Treatment Plan: Based on the assessment, the specialist will develop a treatment plan specifically catered to your health condition and bodily needs. It may be possible that our physio for dry needling could recommend other complementary treatments along with this method.

Treatment: We will conduct your first therapy session once you are comfortable with our advised treatment plan.

Post-treatment Advice: After the treatment, our therapist will advise on the dos and don’ts that you need to follow. We will also schedule the next appointment with you.

Dull Ache: As the needle reaches the trigger point, you may feel an achy or cramping sensation. This is normal and fades quickly.

Sensations: You may feel slight sensations when the needle is inserted, including twitching or a deep burning sensation. Twitching is a clear sign that the therapy is working.

Muscle Responses: Muscles may twitch or feel cramped during the session, indicating that the therapy is effectively targeting trigger points.