Dry Needling and Graston Therapy are THE ONLY modalities that help release the rock hard muscles in my legs that go into horrible, strong spasms and cramping so bad, that it feels like my tendons are being pulled off the bone!! Primarily in inner hip joint. Trigger Points develop on IT Band and along Peroneal tendon down the lateral aspect of lower leg and into ankle. Sometimes in calf and hamstrings NOTHING has been more EFFECTIVE and LASTING than adding electrical stim to the Dry Needling. It's the ONLY ANSWER TO RELIEVING MY SPASTIC muscles! I love it! Not sure if I have Stiff Person Syndrome or not! I wish you would do a video about this SPS! 😢 Your channel is OUTSTANDING!!❤
Nice summary of some of the topics covered during my five years at the Guangzhou School of Medicine. When you ready to speak to an expert I can put you in touch with one of my professors.
You can call it whatever you like, but what you're practicing is acupuncture. Physical therapy has incorporated elements from various fields, including athletic training from athletic trainers, manual therapy from professions such as massage therapy and orthopedics, spinal adjustments from chiropractors, and now cupping, scraping, and acupuncture from Chinese medicine. each field has hundreds if not thousands years of recorded history and physical therapy is 100 years at most.
We do not do athletic training per se that’s more of an exercise physiologist. We differ because we differentiate those exercise and prescribe exercises based on what the patient needs. Manual therapy like massage yes we do but its such a small part of physiotherapy. Spinal adjustments again are rarely done due to its lack in clinical evidence. Dry needling is different than acupuncture based on its purpose. Dry needling is used to to aide in muscle knots and pressure points which is also backed by evidence. Dry needling however is more to try to aid in pain and illnesses (not saying they do not do this, but they are not backed by evidence). But to comment on your statement yes Physiotherapy incorporates elements of different fields but its still in its own field (and backed by medical evidence)
@@c2h5oh49@c2h5oh49 As someone licensed in both physical therapy (PT) and acupuncture (ACU), I offer my perspective on the matter. Needle insertion is not a part of PT training and, therefore, should not be considered within the PT scope of practice. Furthermore, borrowing concepts from other professions and simply renaming them is unethical. Merely completing a weekend course on needle insertion does not suffice for proficiency. Patient safety is a paramount concern. The perceived distinctions you brought up arise from a lack of understanding about acupuncture training. The concepts of trigger points and Ashi points (points on the body that do not align with a meridian pathway) have been documented in the literature for centuries.
basically it is acupuncture that has been rebranded… I am studying physiotherapy and TCM, yes both in bachelor. I still hold my ground that dry needling works under the wing of acupuncture. Whatever dry needling technique has developed, acupuncture has already have it established unfortunately. So it is not a new technical skill. It is marketing and plagiarism.
I dare to say no one really needs dry needling. Pain is a functional response that makes us modify our behaviour in a way we can recover. It doesn't make any sense to spend valuable time to achieve only a short term pain relief. I have been working as a physiotherapist for close to seven years now and I don't needle. The rare cases that my patients ask for dry needling and I let one of my collegues needle them has never really provided a clear benefit. Also we shouldn't overlook that any passive treatment has the potential to decrease self efficacy and self image.
