Dry Needling

Soft tissue your muscles, tendons and ligaments doesn’t always heal cleanly. Sometimes it develops taut, restricted bands, commonly called trigger points, scar tissue, or adhesions. When that happens, it can genuinely limit how well a joint or muscle moves, and that restriction is often what’s quietly driving ongoing pain and discomfort.
Dry needling involves inserting a fine acupuncture needle directly into and around these tight bands. The body responds to the needle as a foreign object, triggering a localised inflammatory response. That response helps break down the restrictive tissue, allowing things to move more freely again.
It’s a technique we use fairly often alongside other treatments, particularly where we’ve identified a specific trigger point contributing to a patient’s symptoms, rather than as a standalone treatment.