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  2. Dry needling - Wikipedia

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    Dry needling can be divided into categories in terms of depth of penetration: deep and superficial dry needling. [4] Deep dry needling will inactivate myofascial triggers points by provoking a local twitch response (LTR), which is an involuntary spinal cord reflex in which the muscle fibers in the taut band of muscle contract.

  3. Clean Needle Technique - Wikipedia

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    The Clean Needle Technique course is a one-day program composed of a lecture portion, a demonstration of practical application, a written exam, and a practical exam. The instruction portion of the course is on the same day as the exam portion. [2] Applicants have only one chance to pass the written exam and two chances to pass the practical ...

  4. Talk:Dry needling - Wikipedia

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    A 2017 systematic review on dry needling effectiveness over a wide range of body regions [1] reported positive impacts from dry needling on a wide array of body regions. The aim of this review was to determine how effective trigger point dry needling was based on high-quality randomized control trials for all body areas rather than a specific ...

  5. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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    Therapists may use myotherapy (deep pressure as in Bonnie Prudden's approach, massage or tapotement as in Dr. Griner's approach), mechanical vibration, pulsed ultrasound, electrostimulation, [15] ischemic compression, trigger-point-injection (see below), dry-needling, "spray-and-stretch" using a cooling spray (vapocoolant), low-level laser ...

  6. Acupuncture - Wikipedia

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    The most frequent mild adverse event was needling or unspecified pain, followed by bleeding. [99] Although two deaths (one stillbirth and one neonatal death) were reported, there was a lack of acupuncture-associated maternal mortality. [ 99 ]

  7. Collagen induction therapy - Wikipedia

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    Collagen induction therapy (CIT), also known as microneedling, dermarolling, or skin needling, is a cosmetic procedure that involves repeatedly puncturing the skin with tiny, sterile needles (microneedling the skin).

  8. Gua sha - Wikipedia

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    Gua sha, or kerokan (in Indonesia), is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice in which a tool is used to scrape people's skin in order to produce light petechiae. ...

  9. Plasma needling - Wikipedia

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    Plasma needling is a minimally invasive aesthetic medical procedure purported to rejuvenate skin, minimize the appearance of hypertrophic and hypotrophic scars and stretchmarks, and reduce pattern hair loss through multimodal physical and biochemical cellular stimulation. It is a combination of classical medical micro-needling by Dermaroller or ...