As a Buddhist, Hal Taylorson has an aversion to taking medication, but as a neck pain sufferer, he needed some relief. He started getting dry needling treatments from a physical therapist as an ...

Do you want a towel to bite down on?” my physical therapist asked. I trusted her, but I knew this was going to hurt.

APEX, N.C. (WTVD) -- Lori Nash started her own cleaning business 21 years ago. But, the time spent doing hard, physical labor eventually caught up with her. "I was really starting to get a lot of ...

Computers, commuting and even kids are just a few of the life stresses that can cause tension knots. Massages may help, but some physical therapists are suggesting needles instead. Dry needling may ...

Dry needling is a technique physical therapists use (which is allowed by Colorado state law) to treat neuromuscular and myofascial pain (pain originating in the muscles, nerves, and surrounding ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The summer travel season with people in cars and planes leads to back pain for many. A certain therapy used to beat back pain and neck pain may help. A team from Mayfield Brain and ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - We've all heard of acupuncture, using tiny needles to alleviate pain and other problems. But there is something similar to that called dry needling. Gary Kearns, ScD, is an ...

To ease it, her physical therapist, Kolten Tea, used dry needles to help loosen the deep muscles in her lower back and thigh, in addition to other exercises. After inserting the needles, Tea sent a ...

Dry needling is similar to acupuncture and may offer some relief from rheumatoid arthritis. However, there’s limited evidence to support the benefits of this therapy. Dry needling is a therapy that ...

Move over, acupuncture; there’s a new Far East favorite in town: dry needling. Similar to acupuncture, dry needling involves inserting thin needles into trigger points, or hyper-irritated muscle ...

Today there are many more diagnostic and treatment options available. From bone scans to MRIs, from biomechanical video analysis to gait retraining, from muscle stimulation to kinesio tape, ...

Alex Pierce, 25, took up distance running with great enthusiasm a couple of years ago. Then she developed knee pain so severe that she could not climb stairs. So Pierce, a doctoral student in food ...