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Acupuncture<\/h2><\/div>

Acupuncture is the insertion of small needles through the skin. The needles activate a healing response from the body\u2019s nervous system and trigger a release of <\/span>chemicals that help reduce pain and inflammation. Acupuncture is not only used to <\/span>reduce pain and inflammation, but also to stimulate blood flow, promote healing, and <\/span>reduce muscle tension. During an acupuncture session, the client is assisted into a <\/span>comfortable position and the needles are left in place for a set period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Physical Therapists have received acupuncture certification through the <\/span>Acupuncture Foundation of Canada. They use acupuncture in conjunction with other <\/span>physical therapy treatment techniques, including manual therapy, taping, and exercise <\/span>prescription.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dry Needling<\/h2><\/div>

Dry Needling is the insertion of a small needle into a muscle in order to release shortened bands of muscle tissue and to decrease trigger point activity. Trigger points <\/span>are tension spots, or \u2018knots\u2019 in the muscle. They are tender to touch and often refer <\/span>pain to nearby areas of the body. Trigger points may develop in response to trauma, <\/span>strain, overuse, or muscle weakness. Dry needling helps reduce muscle tension and <\/span>pain generated from trigger points; it also makes the muscle tissue more responsive to <\/span>other types of treatments such as massage and exercise. <\/span><\/p>\n

Our therapists have received Functional Dry Needling training through <\/span>KinetaCore<\/i><\/span>, and they use dry needling in conjunction with other treatment techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1018,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1154"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4509,"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1154\/revisions\/4509"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/okotoksphysicaltherapy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}