Dry Needling

• To assess range of motion restrictions.

• To assess muscle imbalances

• To assess stabilizing muscle inhibitions.

Exstore System is a musculoskeletal assessment system that allows practitioners to find areas of muscle motor inhibition causing weakness and pain, and test specific muscles to treat the underlying cause of injury and pain.

• Treatment aims to restore function

• Release restrictions

• Calm the nervous system

• Reduce pain

• Speed recovery

Trigger points are often tender knots, or tight bands in the muscles. Pressing on a trigger point can signal referred pain with a pain pattern distant from the spot.

They can be active or latent.

• Active ones are any point that causes tenderness and referred pain on palpation. Palpation may also cause autonomic symptoms such as skin redness, sweating, and dizziness.

• Latent trigger points don't evoke pain spontaneously, and local or referred pain occurs only with strong finger pressure. They may change muscle activation patterns or cause muscle weakness in pain-free patients.

Release of fascia adhesions loosens muscles that are tight, shortened and weak.

This helps joints and muscles receive more Qi-energy and blood circulation.

Often the shortened muscles are the root cause of reduced range of motion and pain.

Causes

• Ageing

• Injury sustained by a fall, by stress or birth trauma.

• Lack of exercise - commonly in sedentary persons between 55+ years.

• Bad posture -

  • upper and lower crossed pattern

  • swayback posture

  • telephone posture

  • cross-legged sitting

• Muscle overuse and respective micro-trauma

• Weightlifting

• Chronic stress condition - anxiety, depression, psychological stress trauma,

• Vitamin or mineral deficiencies - vitamin C, D, B; folic acid; iron.

• Sleep disturbance,

• Joint problems and hypermobility