Dry needling is an intramuscular manual therapy (IMT) technique used by physical therapists to target myofascial trigger points through the application of acupuncture needles. Although Lewit published the first study to recognize dry needling in 1979, the treatment received minimal attention in the following years. It wasn’t until the 2000s that the technique became more […]
Pelvic health physical therapy has an interesting history. In my experience, it’s a service that many therapists are not interested in providing, and it encompasses issues that are not often talked about. But it seems to keep coming up in my world. At least two people I talked to in preparation for my Professional Resolutions […]
In school we were taught to assess the joints above and below the affected joint; this is a good starting point and accounts for all of our 2-joint muscles, but I would argue that the connections of the body should drive us to look even deeper than that. Our body is a whole unit and […]
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