{"id":11238,"date":"2025-01-03T13:42:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/blog\/?p=11238"},"modified":"2025-01-03T13:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:42:47","slug":"dry-needling-whats-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/blog\/general\/dry-needling-whats-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Needling: What&#8217;s The Point?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0Written By: <a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/instructor\/jhandschumacher\" title=\"Jason Handschumacher\">Jason Handschumacher <\/a><\/strong><strong><span>PT, DPT, OCS<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dry Needling: What\u2019s the Point?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/course\/PDNEJH.1\/dry-needling-what-is-the-point#WEBINAR\/LW012525.1\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture1-4.png\" width=\"106\" height=\"180\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11240 aligncenter size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture1-4.png 267w, https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture1-4-177x300.png 177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Do you do <a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/course\/PDNEJH.1\/dry-needling-what-is-the-point#WEBINAR\/LW012525.1\">Dry Needling<\/a>? A question I get about once a week. Providers and patients are looking for non pharmacological ways to reduce pain and enhance function. You want to offer it but before you spend hours and money on additional training, what is the point?<\/p>\n<p>What is Dry Needling?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it just medical terminology applied to Chinese Acupuncture?<\/li>\n<li>Is it just for Myofascial Trigger Points?<\/li>\n<li>Is it even legal where I practice?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions I often get asked:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You do Dry Needling?<\/li>\n<li>Trigger Points only?<\/li>\n<li>What about cartilage insertion?<\/li>\n<li>Tendinopathy? Neural tracts?<\/li>\n<li>Is it your stand alone treatment?<\/li>\n<li>Where is the latest research?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can spend 10 minutes on PubMed or on social media and get opinions across the spectrum. Some look more like advertisements from a Snake Oil salesmen that make you, and your patients\/general public, believe this is the latest greatest thing to \u201ccure\u201d their ailment. You will also see the cynical, probably well educated and well read, but jaded Physio who \u201cdoesn\u2019t believe in that stuff\u201d. Both have a point &#8211; bad pun I know.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/course\/PDNEJH.1\/dry-needling-what-is-the-point#WEBINAR\/LW012525.1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-4.png\" width=\"131\" height=\"175\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11239 alignleft size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-4.png 255w, https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-4-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a>After 7 years of <a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/course\/PDNEJH.1\/dry-needling-what-is-the-point#WEBINAR\/LW012525.1\">Dry Needling<\/a> practice, training and study &#8211; I land in the middle of them. I want to help people as best I can but also don&#8217;t want to play into codependency and actually practice \u201cEvidence Based\u201d in an era of \u201cwe gotta get paid for what we do\u201d. Where is that evidence and can I trust the source? Over the past 6 months of researching the research I have found where we have learned a ton about neurochemistry and anatomy affected by the needle (and the electrical current) but still so many people feel \u201cmeh\u201d after treatment. We have Ultrasound guidance to insert needles precisely into meniscus cartilage and fascial planes, blood work reports of reduced inflammatory markers and increased synovial fluid concentrations. I can give you details about Enkephalin and Dynorphin concentrations, Interleukin 6 and 10, and GABA in the anterior horn of the spinal cord. I see changes in brain activity in pain reducing regions on a Functional MRI with needles inserted into the thigh. So why is pain reduction \u201cno different than a placebo\u201d. Join me for a <a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/course\/PDNEJH.1\/dry-needling-what-is-the-point#WEBINAR\/LW012525.1\">Live Webinar January 25th<\/a> and we\u2019ll talk about:<\/p>\n<div data-v-6b79c9fc=\"\" data-v-2be2ad9c=\"\" class=\"highlights ml-2\">\n<ul>\n<li>Simplify the concept of what dry needling is, and what it is not<\/li>\n<li>Various &#8220;schools of thought&#8221; surrounding DryNeedling<\/li>\n<li>Research from around the world and multiple professions<\/li>\n<li>Video demonstration, Case study, and Q&amp;A with instructor and other participants<\/li>\n<li>Effective, evidence-based interventions<\/li>\n<li>Certification requirements\/costs, legality and billing questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><strong>Jaons\u2019s Upcoming Live Webinar CE Courses:<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>January 25th: 10:00am-5:00PM EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-xl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/course\/PDNEJH.1\/dry-needling-what-is-the-point#WEBINAR\/LW012525.1\">Dry Needling: What is the Point?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-xl\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/instructor\/jhandschumacher\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><b> to view Jason&#8217;s Instructor Page &amp; OnDemand CE Courses<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\">About Summit Professional Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Summit equips Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and SLPs with better continuing education courses that provide CEUs while impacting patient outcomes. Find high-quality on-demand CE along with the largest offering of live options \u2014 including live webinars, live streams, and in-person courses. Want to deep dive on a topic? 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