Dry needling is typically performed by a physical therapist to relieve pain and improve mobility. Needles are stuck into muscular knots, which triggers contraction followed by muscle relaxation.

Get pricked to ease muscle pain? A complimentary treatment called dry needling may work. Though the jury's still out, here's what happens. A physical therapist inserts thin needles with no ...

Let’s be honest – hearing “dry needling” for the first time often raises eyebrows. Needles? In muscles? On purpose? Yes – and it’s more effective (and less scary) than it sounds.