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. 

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Having shoulder pain? Having pain with ANY shoulder movement?

It could be a bursitis or tendonitis in the shoulder.

Sometimes it can be from a fall or it could be insidious and come on randomly. 

Most people will come in holding their arm against their body to reduce the likelihood of movement as most pain in any direction is painful.

The cause is there is a inflammatory process occurring when there is resorption of the calcium deposition 

How can Health Wise Chiropractic Help?
The latest studies showed that ultrasound therapy that is available at Health Wise Chiropractic maybe able to help. research showed that after 6 weeks pain and inflammation decreased.  You may also want to speak to your local G.P in regards to Pain medication to help. 

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So what is Adhesive Capsulitis?
Whilst the cause is unknown, people with diabetes, hyperthyroidism or lung disease might be predisposed to having this condition 

Pain in the shoulder that is limited in ALL shoulder movement is often called Adhesive Capsulitis. There is often no trauma and is insidious in onset. 

There is often 3 stages 

Stage 1- inflammatory stage- we recommend sleeping on the the unaffected side and on the affected side have a pillow for support to avoid internal rotation of the shoulder 
Stage 2- stiffening stage - we recommend walk walking exercises, pulley exercises and muscle stretching 
Stage3- Thawing stage- Perform active Codmans and Wall walking exercise as well as rotator cuff muscle stretches 

How Can Health Wise Chiropractic Help?
Management form the chiropractors in most effective in the later stages. We focus on using Ultrasound therapy coupled with soft tissue therapy with Chiropractic adjustments to the cervical(neck) to aid in healing. 

The best stretch to do is with the wand as seen below

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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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There are so many causes of shoulder pain. But one of the most common is an impingement syndrome. 

The most common complaint is that there is shoulder pain with doing overhead activities. Does this sound like you?

To get more technical, i know i can't help myself, impingement syndrome usually occurs when people have pain between 70-110 degrees of abduction.

How Health Wise Chiropractic can help!

One of the main things is the repositioning of the scapula through stretching and strengthening . 

The team at health wise chiropractic will work on your rotator cuff muscles making sure we release all the trigger points that may be present in the muscles and allow optimal healing. 

We will also adjust the cervical, thoracic and the scapula to allow ultimate range of motion and allows the nerves to communicate effectively with the shoulder. 

Some great take home stretches are shown below! 

​​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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