I have used dry needling on many occasions. My experience leads me to believe my ligaments and muscles sort of bunch up tight trying to protect my joint. The dry needle technique allows the area treated to release in order for healing to occur. For example my SI joint can become inflamed to the point of the swelling preventing my leg from swinging to walk. I've had almost immediate relief with dry needling to sort of let go and combined with exercises for strengthening the muscles keep the swelling at bay for some time. The relief of pain and the movement it provides is worth it to me. I hope this makes sense.

Hi I use massage, acupuncture and chiropractor. I find with all of these if they go to deep with needles or massage to hard I will have adverse reactions. the Chiropractor I cant go to if my joints are very angry and inflammation is high. Also never able to do two visits in a row. Your body will have some increased inflammation right after treatment. But if you stick with it and let them know when it is giving you bad reaction or not. It will eventually help. Good Luck Dont you feel sometimes you are always in therapy. UGH

I did try acupuncture once. It did absolutely nothing for me but the guy I went to was really great and he was extremely honest because he said you have a 50/50 shot. I did it for a year and I was getting nothing out of it. But I don't know if dry needling is like acupuncture that I do not know. But his exact words were you don't know until you try it.