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.
Dry needling for the treatment of soft tissue trigger points and pain should not be âownedâ by any one healthcare discipline. While dry needling does share some similarities with acupuncture treatment, itâs application by physical therapists for the treatment of trigger points and pain are very different.