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Dry Needling

As a registered Myotherapist, I am unable to conduct acupuncture. I am however, able to do dry needling. But what exactly is dry needling? Let me explain.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctors and Acupuncturists conduct Acupuncture. Myotherapists conduct dry needling. We utilise the same tool, just a different technique. We are utilising the same tool, simply with a different technique.

Where TCM will analyse and focus on your tongue, pulse and other areas of your body to determine what is going on with your health, Myotherapists’ will utilise touch to feel for ‘tight’ muscles. When a client is holding their breath, squirming under my pressure or grunting from pain and discomfort I offer dry needling as an option.

Dry needling is nowhere near as painful as it sounds. Using an alcohol swab to clean the surface area, I will then insert the needle. I will mark the area specifically with the tip of a cotton bud that has been soaking in Betadine.

Dry Needling has a wide range of benefits. Dry Needling is able to treat the tightness of muscles from the inside out. Dry Needling is not uncomfortable and does not hurt. Dry Needling is a highly specific modality, focusing on the deeper layers of the muscle without the pressure and the pain of manual therapy.

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Cupping

Cupping is the ancient art of suction cups utilised throughout the ages to enhance blood flow, help with damp, cold and wind movement around the body (traditional Chinese medicine techniques) and help with other pathological factors.

The type of cupping treatment I utilise with a vacuum cupping set. This is where a ‘gun’ application is placed on top of the valve at the top of the cup and air is sucked out of the cup. This creates a negative pressure, which in turn allows the tissue to be lifted up into the cup rim.

The pressure will cause changes beneath the skin including fascia and muscles. This method of cupping assists with stretching the muscles away from the skeleton, while enhancing the flow of blood. Additionally, it assists with the moving out of toxins from the deeper muscle fibres in the area the cups are working. It may be uncomfortable for the initial application of the cup.

Utilising this form of treatment can assist in the repair of injury and can also prevent scarring of the local area by correctly aligning collagen fibres throughout the repair phase and help in the reduction of localised inflammation and helps in the recovery by enhancing nutrient rich blood supply to the injured area. Most areas of the body can have cups applied to help in the injury recovery process, post-surgery (where possible), scarring and collagen matrix repair.

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