By Dr Sarah Jarvis | 28 Aug 2015. The swollen âglandsâ that you feel â most commonly on your neck when you have a throat infection â are called lymph glands or lymph nodes. They are connected by a complicated network of tubes called lymph channels, which run all over your body.
Dry needling is an invasive procedure in which a solid filament needle is inserted into the skin and muscle directly at a myofascial trigger point. A myofascial trigger point consists of multiple contraction knots, which are related to the production and maintenance of the pain cycle.
What is Dry Needling? Dry needling is a technique in physiotherapy fields that uses acupuncture needles to treat pain and dysfunction caused by muscle spasms / stiffness, sinus trouble, headaches, and some nerve problems. Nothing is injected into the body with the needle and it is safe and sterile to use.Dry Needling works by changing the way your body senses pain (neurological effects), and by helping the body heal stubborn muscle spasm associated with trigger points (myofascial effects).othing is injected into the body with the needle and it is safe and sterile to use. Dry Needling works by changing the way your body senses pain (neurological effects), and by helping the body heal stubborn muscle spasm associated with trigger points (myofascial effects).