Dry Needling Therapy
Reduce pain, release muscle tension, and restore function with professional Dry Needling at Peak Physio in Miramar, Wellington. This highly effective technique targets trigger points within muscles to promote healing and improve mobility — making it a powerful tool for injury recovery and chronic pain management.
What to expect?
Your physiotherapist will begin with a thorough assessment to identify affected muscles and trigger points. Fine needles are then gently inserted into these areas, which may cause a brief twitch response or mild discomfort. Most patients feel looser, lighter, or more mobile after treatment. Sessions are safe, professional, and tailored to your comfort level.
What to expect?
Dry needling is a modern, evidence-based treatment used by physiotherapists to treat myofascial pain, muscle tightness, and movement dysfunction. Fine, sterile needles are inserted into specific trigger points in muscles, stimulating a healing response, improving blood flow, and reducing neuromuscular tension. Unlike acupuncture, dry needling is rooted in Western anatomical and neurophysiological principles.
What to expect?
Dry needling may be a good fit if you're dealing with persistent muscle tightness or discomfort, recurring sports or overuse injuries, chronic musculoskeletal pain, limited flexibility or mobility, or poor posture and muscular imbalance.
Our physiotherapists will assess your condition and determine whether dry needling is the right addition to your treatment plan.
What to expect?
Dry needling relieves muscle pain and tension, releases myofascial trigger points, improves range of motion, speeds up injury recovery, and enhances muscle function — particularly effective for ongoing tightness or pain that hasn't responded to other treatments.
Neck, shoulder, and lower back pain
Sciatica
Headaches and migraines
Tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow
IT band syndrome
Hamstring tightness and shin splints
Plantar fasciitis
Chronic muscle tightness and postural imbalances
