Dry needling is a type of acupuncture used to treat knots trigger points and tight muscles it is a great technique that is less painful than manual therapy at getting rid of scar tissue if you are having pain anywhere we can specifically put the needles in locally manipulate them to break down the scar tissue helping the muscle return to its normal fully functioning length i mostly do half manual therapy and the other half of the session i use dry needling the combination of the two techni