What is dry needling?

We use acupuncture needles to help release muscle tension and pressure. 

Most commonly in my patients, i leave the needle in for around 5 to 15 minutes depending on the extent of the muscle complaint and how responsive the patient is to the treatment. 

When the needle is inserted into the muscle there are several reactions that occur to heal the body, including: 
1. Reseting the tight muscle back to a normal resting length. 
2. Improve blood flow.
3. Decrease pain and release neurotransmitters. 
4. Improve Movement

The best muscles that respond to dry needling are:

Deltoids- A common cause of shoulder pain, and great for people that do a lot of push ups and heavy over head weights. 
Latissimus Dorsi- Can cause shoulder pain and back pain.
TFL-ITB- When this muscle becomes tight, it can cause knee pain
Glut Muscles- dysfunctional glut muscles can cause lower back pain , hip pain and knee pain. 
Gastroc/Soleus muscles- My personal favourite as these are really sore to work on when i treat patients bu nthe needles are really effective in relaxing the muscles 
Upper Trapezius- Common sore muscle that leads to poor posture, prolonged stress and can be very painful 
Infraspinatus- This muscle often gets weak and overloaded when we use are arm and shoulder a lot. 
Wrist extensor- Tennis elbow relief 
​Temporalis- great for tension and general headaches. 

​​If you want more information. Please call Health Wise Chiropractic 03 9467 7889 or book online to see one of our Chiropractors in Sunbury or Bundoora Today!

Health Wise Chiropractic Sunbury- Shop 3/21 Dornoch Drive Sunbury 3429 
​Health Wise Chiropractic Bundoora- Office 1 12/16 Mcleans Road Bundoora 3083 ​​​

Subtrochanteric Bursitis, what is it?
First lets talk about what a bursa is, a bursae(fluid filled sac) is a thin lubricant that are located at various areas in the body that help with friction between the bone and the surrounding soft tissue(Skin, Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons)

The two major bursae in the hip are the subgluteous medius and subgluteus maximus. My patients are often middle aged and have pain in the hip with a limp. Sleeping on the side where the bursae is inflamed is often to painful. 

What can cause it?
This is where Chiropractors really assess the body as there are many things that can cause a bursitis. There is often a loss of internal rotation. Other things can cause a bursitis in the hip are low back dysfunctions, a leg length discrepancy and arthritic conditions. 

How Can Health Wise Chiropractic Help?
Depending on what we find in a consultation, we often do the following:
- fixing the leg length discrepancy 
- adjusting the pelvis and hip 
- stretching the hip abductors
- if the problem is long term, we use our ultrasound therapy. 
- after a couple of weeks, adjusting the hip when the inflammation has decreased is usually performed by the trained chiropractor. 

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Below are some stretches the Chiropractor may prescribe. 

What is Scheuermanns Disease?

Do you or does your child have a increase hump in their mid back? It Could be Scheuermanns.
- This is when the endplates in three or more vertebrae have not not grown properly in the teen years which is believed to be the cause of the deformity.
- It is important to get X-rays diagnosis as its essential to differentiate bad posture(aka a functional cause) versus Scheuermanns.

How can the team at Health Wise Chiropractic Help?

The chiropractors will evaluate the spine and muscles to see whether its just a functional problem(bad posture) or whether it is Scheuermanns. If the curve is less than 60 degrees, most cases respond to conservative care with Chiropractic which involves postural exercises, hamstring stretches (see below) and adjusting the spine with soft tissue therapy to surrounding muscles.

​​If you want more information. Please call Health Wise Chiropractic 03 9467 7889 or book online to see one of our Chiropractors in Sunbury or Bundoora Today!

Health Wise Chiropractic Sunbury- Shop 3/21 Dornoch Drive Sunbury 3429 
​Health Wise Chiropractic Bundoora- Office 1 12/16 Mcleans Road Bundoora 3083 ​
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