To answer the 2nd question, we must 1st understand what it is, what it does, and who it may help. Trigger Point Dry Needling is a treatment using tiny needles inserted into sore, tight, tense, painful muscles in an effort to relieve those areas of pain. These painful...
Neck Pain
The Top 3 Things to do if you have Neck and Radiating Arm Pain
Many assume the worst when they have pain radiating in their arm. That they have some pinched nerve or that they are going to need surgery. But before you walk down that road, lets consider the alternative. Lets think about the most likely culprit and know it can be...
Neck Pain and Dizziness
Did you know that it is possible to get dizziness from neck pain called cervicogenic dizziness or CGD? This is not the most common form of dizziness (<1%), but nonetheless causes issues for the person suffering. Individuals with cervicogenic dizziness often feel a...
Headache Help
Did you know that there are more than 15 different headache classifications? When people think about headaches, most think about tension-type or migraines. Some headaches are associated with diet, stress, the environment, or even hormones. In these instances, the...
The 3 Most Important Things To Do If Living With Neck Pain
Neck pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical attention or treatment. Each year about 10-20% of the population suffers with neck pain. Many neck pain sufferers go weeks, months, or even longer without finding a solution right for them. People often...
National Physical Therapy Month does not stand for Pain and Torture
Every profession, cause, and random nonsense seems to have a day, week or month these days, so lets make you painfully (pun intended) aware that October is National Physical Therapy (PT) Month. PT…that stands for physical torture, physical torment, physical...
What Can I Do About This Annoying Headache?
To those out there suffering with monthly, weekly, or worse daily Headaches, you are not alone. An estimated 3% of the population (about 10 million) struggle with chronic headaches (>15/month). Different headache classifications exist including tension, cluster,...
The #1 Thing To EASE Your Neck Pain
Struggling with Neck Pain? Looking for that Solution that will end all your suffering? Searching the internet just hoping to find that ONE piece of advice to solve all your problems? If so, then keep reading. This may be the MOST important thing you learn in your...
Adherent Care for Neck Pain Improves Outcomes
As I previous wrote before regarding back pain, adherent care for neck pain results in differences compared to non-adherent group A study published in 2016 by Horn et al. examined data from 298 patients to assess the care delivered. They sought what effect following...
Why imaging of your spine does not tell the story
Many of the patients who come to see me with spine (neck or back) problems in particular already had imaging. Most if not all come in saying “I have arthritis” or “I have degenerative or bulging/herniated discs”. Yes, well so do 50-70% of...
