Dry needling is such a huge part of recovery that most people never use.

Using it now for my back. Still on the fence.

That’s a terrible downvote to reply ratio.

Had a piriformis that would not release. Less than 5 sessions and was good to go.

Insurance only pays for 4 trigger point injections per year. I use dry needling after that. It seems to help.

I was forced to try it last year as a last resort - turns out my "back pain" was actually inflamed sacro-iliac joints in my pelvis. The needler not only diagnosed that in real time, but she also seemed to cause the inflammation to go down like 50% just in the one session. She did the thing where they run electricity through it also.

Mine was going for like 2 months before 4 acupuncture sessions essentially ended it. There was nothing woo woo about it (like I thought acupuncture was). It was like 6-7 REALLY long needles that were put in highly targeted spots. It's actually hard to believe how little it hurts (I think it hurts more when they take them out.)

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For the most part it doesn't hurt. But I had one session where they attempted to work on some IT band pains and I've never had it since. If they get too close to a nerve and hit that "right spot" it can hurt like a mofo. My whole leg felt like it was on fire immediately. I'd had instances where they hit a nerve and it was uncomfortable. This had me wrenching on the table.

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Yeah, but if they hit a nerve, they should immediately re-orient that for you. Last time I was there, I actually had one bleed. It's surprising how rarely they seem to hit blood vessels.