Dry needling may end your patients’ pain
Briefings on Outpatient Rehab: Reimbursement and Regulations, April 1, 2009
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From strengthening muscles to rehabilitating from heart surgery, there are almost an endless amount of conditions PTs can help improve. But the most common issue patients come to a therapist for is reducing pain.
Whether the pain is from a torn hamstring, sore back, or hip replacement, therapists have several modalities and exercises to choose from to help patients return to a normal life.
Most therapists treat the pain in noninvasive ways, leaving more invasive procedures to surgeons and other physicians. But a growing number of therapists are using a more invasive technique to treat their patients’ pain.
The technique of dry needling is an option therapists are beginning to learn more about and are considering incorporating as part of their practice.
Although currently only legal for PTs to perform in 11 states (Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia), growing evidence indicates dry needling can be a fast, effective way to treat any patient in which the pain is a result of a trigger point
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