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Dry Needling by a Physical Therapist: What You Should Know. Dry needling is a technique physical therapists use (where allowed by state law) for the treatment of pain and movement impairments. The technique uses a âdryâ needle, one without medication or injection, inserted through the skin into areas of the muscle.
That was because she'd undergone dry needling treatments the previous fall, and her face no longer was tight with pain and tension. Those sessions had been the culmination of a 15-year journey to address her chronic pain that led her through a rheumatologist and a total of 9 neurologists.