Dry needling as one of the methods of eliminating myofascial trigger points

Dąbrowska Maria, Lisiecki Jakub, Biernacki Maciej, Grzonkowska Magdalena, Ulenberg Agata, Ulenberg Grzegorz. Dry needling as one of the methods of eliminating myofascial trigger points. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(02):120-126. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1171112 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5264 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/854452 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.01.2018. Revised: 10.01.2018. Accepted: 11.02.2018. Dry needling as one of the methods of eliminating myofascial trigger points Maria Dąbrowska¹, Jakub Lisiecki¹, Maciej Biernacki¹, Magdalena Grzonkowska¹, Agata Ulenberg², Grzegorz Ulenberg³ 1 Department of Anatomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum 2 Fundamentals of Clinical Skills Laboratory and Medical Simulation, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Collegium Medicum 3 Cathedral treatment of Nursing, Department of Nursing in Intensive Care Medicine Abstract Dry needling is one of the methods used to treat myofascial pain syndrome. The treatment involves the use of disposable acupuncture needles but dry needling and acupuncture are not the same. In most cases, the treatment includes myofascial trigger point puncturing. The desired effect to be achieved during the procedure is eliciting a local muscle contraction. The most common response after treatment is pain in the needled area. Keywords: dry needling, trigger points, myofascial trigger point