Dry Needling in Ottawa ON

Sports Acupuncture treats muscle imbalances to increase your joint mobility, relieve tendinitis and joint pain, increase your muscle elasticity and flexibility and increase the percentage of muscle fibers that are recruited for contraction to increase your strength. This advanced method of acupuncture helps you get back to being active again quickly and pain-free!

A motor point is a place on the muscle where the electrical resistance is the lowest and where the motor nerve first activates your muscle. It's usually near the belly of the muscle. Low electrical resistance means it's highly reactive to electrical impulses so a stainless steel acupuncture needle can create an "action potential" and cause the nerve to fire and the muscle to twitch. This will usually "reset" a tight or shortened muscle which brings quick results for chronic pain, muscle imbalances, and lost flexibility.

Once the muscle twitches, the needle can be removed immediately or it can be used for microcurrent electrical stimulation for further release of the muscle and pain reduction if necessary.

A trigger point is a sensitive spot in the muscle or connective tissue (fascia) that becomes painful when compressed. Pressing on a trigger point can cause referred pain and can help identify the external area in the body generating the pain.