Dry Needling For Achilles Tendinopathy / Tendonitis — Does It Help?

Описание: Dry needling for Achilles tendonitis can be good for relieving the symptoms - especially when these include tight calf muscles - but it's not a silver bullet that will get rid of your Achilles problem. Sports physio Alison Gould takes a look at what science says about dry needling for Achilles tendonitis and explains what else needs to be done for your tendon to heal properly.

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📚Chapters in this video:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:45 What is dry needling?
00:02:42 What are trigger points?
00:03:40 Why might dry needling help?
00:05:44 What the research shows
00:08:05 Dry needling Achilles tendonitis
00:10:57 Pros and cons

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References:

Nuhmani, S., Khan, M.H., Ahsan, M., Abualait, T.S. and Muaidi, Q., 2023. Dry needling in the management of tendinopathy: A systematic review of randomized control trials. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 33, pp.128-135.

Solomons, L., Lee, J.J., Bruce, M., White, L.D. and Scott, A., 2020. Intramuscular stimulation vs sham needling for the treatment of chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy: a randomized controlled clinical trial. PLoS One, 15(9), p.e0238579.

Stoychev, V., Finestone, A.S. & Kalichman, L. Dry Needling as a Treatment Modality for Tendinopathy: a Narrative Review. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med **13**, 133–140 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12178-020-09...

Trybulski, R., Stanula, A., Żebrowska, A., Podleśny, M. and Hall, B., 2024. Acute Effects of the Dry Needling Session on Gastrocnemius Muscle Biomechanical Properties, and Perfusion with Latent Trigger Points-A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial in Mixed Martial Arts Athletes. Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 23(1), p.136.

Rathbone, Alasdair TL, Liza Grosman-Rimon, and Dinesh A. Kumbhare. "Interrater agreement of manual palpation for identification of myofascial trigger points: a systematic review and meta-analysis." The Clinical Journal of Pain 33.8 (2017): 715-729.