Acupuncture and Dry Needling

Acupuncture

The technique of acupuncture involves the placement of hair-thin needles along specified channel points on the patient’s body that are charted from a traditional Chinese-medicine framework.

Acupuncture has been shown to release muscle spasms, relieve pain, and support overall emotional wellbeing. The specific channel points chosen by the acupuncturist target the patient’s nervous system regulation, creating a release of endogenous opioids, known as “happy hormones.” This balances the body's stress response and dampens the brain’s pain signals from the specific area and related organs.

Acupuncture is a great way to integrate the mental aspects of your health with the physical responses to pain and stress — with the added benefit of improved digestion, sleep, and tissue tension!

Dry Needling

Dry needling is a specific type of acupuncture targeting myofascial pain points around musculature. The technique involves inserting acupuncture needles into areas of the muscle in order to stimulate the myofascial contraction. In turn, this will reflexively cause a release of tension in the area treated, relieving tightness, pain, and imbalance.

Dr. Sandeep uses dry needling to release trigger points throughout the body as part of a whole-body approach to reducing your pain and improving movement.