DRY NEEDLING IN MARKHAM

• While it may look similar to traditional acupuncture, Dry Needling is a completely different, highly specific medical treatment focused entirely on your muscular and nervous systems. At Form & Function Markham, our certified physiotherapists and chiropractors use this advanced technique to target myofascial trigger points—those deeply embedded, painful “knots” in your muscles that massage therapy sometimes cannot reach.

During a session, a sterile, ultra-thin needle is inserted directly into the tight muscle band. This precise insertion often elicits a brief “local twitch response,” which is the muscle’s way of rapidly contracting and then completely releasing. This powerful reset immediately relieves the muscular spasm, restores normal blood flow to the oxygen-starved tissue, and eliminates the chronic, referring pain that has been holding back your mobility and athletic performance.

 Dry needling is a highly effective, evidence-based tool that works exceptionally well alongside manual therapy and exercise rehabilitation to treat:

• Chronic Muscle Spasms & Knots: Reaching the deepest layers of the glutes, back, and shoulders to instantly deactivate hyper-irritable trigger points that cause constant aching.

• Sports Injuries & Athletic Recovery: Speeding up the healing process for strained hamstrings, tight calves, and IT band syndrome by forcing overworked muscles to relax and reset.

• Tension Headaches & TMJ (Jaw Pain): Targeting the specific muscles in the neck, base of the skull, and jaw that are responsible for severe, radiating headaches and clenching pain.

• Tendonitis & Overuse Injuries: Stimulating a fresh healing response in stubborn conditions like Tennis Elbow, Golfer’s Elbow, and Plantar Fasciitis by improving local tissue circulation.

• Sciatica & Lower Back Stiffness: Releasing the deep pelvic and lumbar muscles that compress the sciatic nerve, drastically improving your pain-free range of motion.