Acupuncture and Dry Needling for Sports Performance and Recovery

Curr Sports Med Rep. 2022 Jun 1;21(6):213-218. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000968. ABSTRACT Acupuncture and dry needling share many similarities in their proposed mechanisms of action and their sports medicine-related applications. Pain is the most common indication for these needling treatments, but there also are some limited studies on their use for ergogenic purposes. Needling can likely improve […]

Effects of dry needling on muscle spasticity of the upper limb in a survivor of traumatic brain injury: a case report

J Med Case Rep. 2022 Jun 14;16(1):237. doi: 10.1186/s13256-022-03408-5. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Survivors of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury typically present with spasticity, an upper motor neuron lesion associated with hyperexcitability of the stretch reflex due to disinhibition of cortical influences on spinal cord circuits and structural and functional changes in skeletal muscle. There is […]

The posterior/medial dry needling approach of the tibialis posterior muscle is an accurate and safe procedure: a cadaveric study

BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Jun 14;23(1):570. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05530-3. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that tibialis posterior muscle plays an important role in equinovarus foot deformity in patients who had suffered a stroke and it is one of the most frequently injected lower-extremity muscles for the management of spasticity. Our aim was to assess if a needle […]