Train smart and recover fast with Portland Dry Needling.
Work + Rest = SUCCESS
Injury therapy
Research shows dry needling can relieve your chronic or acute injuries.
Recovery Accelerant
Using dry needling as a regular recovery tool helps your body better manage your rigorous training plan.
Rehab to Performance
Use dry needling to train and compete so you can perform at your highest potential.
"I have been dealing with a significant spinal injury over the last 4 months, and Sarah’s dry needling has been the most effective treatment thus far. As a skeptic, I was completely blown away by the effectiveness of dry needling for pain management and therapeutic recovery."
— DRE G., PATIENT
FAQs
Why do I get better faster with dry needling?
Dry needling signals your brain to move more efficiently through your body’s natural healing process to move quickly towards resolution. Additionally, a needle that is inserted into the skin lights up your body’s HPA axis to produce systemic anti-inflammatory effects.
Why do I need to make dry needling a regular part of my training recovery?
Sarah’s goal is to support your physiology so you can practice and compete. The quicker you can recover the quicker you can get back to training. Overtraining, or under recovering, can add stress to the body ultimately affect performance. Dry needling is a passive form of recovery helping you recover faster from hard workouts, or acute or chronic injuries.
What injuries can dry needling treat?
Tennis elbow
Headaches and migraines
Joint problems
Myofascial pain
Plantar fasciitis
Shin splints
Shoulder impingement
Spinal issues
TMJ
Tendonitis
Trigger points
Whiplash
Running injuries
Knee pain
Hip pain
How many dry needling treatments will it take to work?
Using a needle to manipulate the body’s healing process every 72 hours for 2-5 weeks is a typical treatment plan for the relief of chronic injuries. Acute injuries may require a shorter duration to treat. Using dry needling as part of your recovery plan is recommended every 1-2 weeks, depending on your training load.
Does it hurt?
Dry needling is aimed at your myofascial trigger points (MTrP). MTrPs are hyperirritable spots in the muscles that cause referred pain in other areas of your body. Dry needling of your MTrPs has an analgesic effect when your practitioner needles for a local twitch response (LTR). An LTR is an involuntary spinal cord reflex that cause the muscle to contract. A LTR can be surprising, and sometimes cause a dull ache that “hurts so good.” The mechanism of action of dry needling is the same as heavy exercise and you may leave feeling sore, much like you may feel after a heavy training session.