Hi all,
I’m looking into offering this in my PT practice. Would like to hear some input. Did it really help? Did you recommend it for other athletes, friends or family?
Thanks in advance
Hi all,
I’m looking into offering this in my PT practice. Would like to hear some input. Did it really help? Did you recommend it for other athletes, friends or family?
Thanks in advance
What’s a PT practice?
Sorry, PT is short for Physical Therapy.
I’m a big believer. I work in the sports performance setting where it is used by 3 of our pt’s on a daily basis and the patients swear by it. I have had it on my shoulder a couple of times and Im certain it helped. The research behind it seems pretty solid and the results speak for themselves.
Sorry, PT is short for Physical Therapy.
I thought it was Potty Training
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Hi CB,
I am 54 a d in otherwise great shape. That said, i have a lot of training related issues that require chiro and accupuntur. I have a good friend that does accupunctur. I can say that for muscular spasms/strains her technique works equally as well and is quite effective when compared to the electrical stimation done in sports medicine chiropractic.
I would and do recommend it to my friends.
It is absolutely effective for lower back pain of which I suffer and ITBS.
Obviously “allowed” by PTs in your state (some don’t).
Are you simply looking for anecdotes or have you actually looked through the literature? One would assume more “positive” anecdotes reported on a forum such as this.
Big controversy between dry needling and accupuncture (same “procedure” more or less, but quite different applications - i.e. accupuncture zones/meridians/or whatever they call it vs. a trigger point/painful area). Probably some turf battles between PTs in some states and chiropractors as well I would assume.
Sort of related…has acupuncture/needling been proven effective for Achilles tendinitis? I’m suffering…3 weeks complete rest and not feeling good at all. Would that sort of procedure help promote blood flow and speed healing?
Never believed it would work until I tried it and it did work… Astonishingly well…
Will happily use it now mainly for muscular release to,assist in addressing muscular imbalances and tightness etc…
Try it, you might like it…
might … likely better for muscular issues than chronic tendinosis, though “peppering technique” has been used for that as well (mostly in Europe)
Thanks. It’s been a difficult injury to deal with.
Sort of related…has acupuncture/needling been proven effective for Achilles tendinitis? I’m suffering…3 weeks complete rest and not feeling good at all. Would that sort of procedure help promote blood flow and speed healing?
3 weeks is nothing for an achilles to repair itself. I was down for 6 months last year, and it looks like i’m in the middle of another 6 month recovery now. the only thing that I think has helped is Prolotherapy. you might want to look into it. But- with the achilles- nothing is magic. It gets little blood flow, heals slowly… if at all.
3 weeks is nothing for an achilles to repair itself. I was down for 6 months last year, and it looks like i’m in the middle of another 6 month recovery now. the only thing that I think has helped is Prolotherapy. you might want to look into it. But- with the achilles- nothing is magic. It gets little blood flow, heals slowly… if at all.
I wonder if Human Growth Hormone would help. Isn’t that supposed to rebuild cartilage/tendons?
3 weeks is nothing for an achilles to repair itself. I was down for 6 months last year, and it looks like i’m in the middle of another 6 month recovery now. the only thing that I think has helped is Prolotherapy. you might want to look into it. But- with the achilles- nothing is magic. It gets little blood flow, heals slowly… if at all.
I wonder if Human Growth Hormone would help. Isn’t that supposed to rebuild cartilage/tendons?
Hah. don’t know. but, lemme’ know if you find any research on HGH and things like achilles and PF.
My theory is that for injuries like Achilles tendonosis (not 'itis, which is inflammation), it doesn’t heal because there is very little blood flow. So, you need to stimulate an inflammatory/healing response in the area- which i believe is why Prolo or PRP therapies kinda sorta work. Or, at least they might help, as they irritate the hell out of the tendon, stimulating blood flow and help it heal. I had dry needling on my PF at one time, and I didn’t notice any improvement. But- I think each person’s injury is a little different, so it may help some.
I had it done for back/hip issues at a local PT here in Denver and thought it was great. I could really feel a difference before and after. The availability of dry needling would definitely influence my choice of a PT for future problems.
I have a PT that I worked with for about 4 months coming back from a sprained ankle while training for ironman. I still go see him the Monday after races to get dry needling done on my calfs. Sore for a few hours but then feel great.
Just be clear to your patients about calling it dry needling as opposed acupuncture so you don’t confuse them.
Hah. don’t know. but, lemme’ know if you find any research on HGH and things like achilles and PF.
Guess it doesn’t work: Growth hormone does not stimulate early healing in rat tendons.
I have found it incredibly helpful. My exeperience is that in the hands of a top practicioner (the guy I see here in DC is just unbelievably good) it is a gamechanger in in terms of injury/overuse recovery for endurance athletes. That said, I think there is alot to learn and know to administer it effectively.
…not to hijack, but you mentioned tendonosis.
I have a high hamstring tendonosis for which I have not found anything that improves it in a material way.
I can only run 1-2x/week; and even then only at steady pace (no intervals).
Some have mentioned prolotherapy, but that seems like a $1,000 wager with very uncertain odds.
My primary treatment has been physical therapy - at first in a clinic, now on my own - foam rolling, and rest.
What other options are out there with some history of success?