(USING ALL UPPER CASE BECAUSE OF HAND ISSUES).

1. DRY NEEDLING(DN)  IS **NOT**  ACCUPUNCTURE NOR SIMILAR TO IT. IF ONE DOESN'T KNOW THIS THEN ONE SHOULDN'T COMMENT HERE UNTIL HE/SHE DOES.

2. MY BREAST CANCER SURGERY WAS BOTCHED. THE SOFT TISSUE IN MY BACK, CHEST, SHOULDER,UNDERARM WAS A MESS TO PUT IT SIMPLY. I COULDN'T LIFT MY ARM IN ANY DIRECTION. I FELT AS IF THE SURGEON HAD LEFT METAL PLATES IN MY CHEST. I HAD SOFT TISSUE BANDS  PROTRUDING FROM MY ARMPITS LIKE THE STRINGS OF A HARP. THE VERY FIRST COUPLE OF PT SESSIONS BROUGHT ME SIGNIFICANT RELIEF, AS DID THE FOLLOWING ONES.. 

3. THEN I HEARD ABOUT DN AND I JUST KNEW IT WAS FOR ME. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE INNERMOST TRIGGER POINTS THAT WERE BEING RESISTANT AND NEEDED TO BE RELEASED.

ALLELUIA - DN WAS MIRACULOUS! IT FREED UP THOSE TRIGGER POINTS - NO MORE TIGHTNESS, NO MORE RESTRICTIONS, SOFT, FLEXIBLE MUSCLES AND FASCIA  RETURNED. MY HEARTFELT OPINION, IS THAT DN SAVED ME, PERFORMED BY THE STAFF AT ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICAL THERAPY.

4. I HAVE HAD ACCUPUNCTURE AND DRY NEEDLING. I BELIEVE THAT BOTH THERAPIES HAVE A PLACE IN THE OVERALL CARE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S PHYSICAL RECUPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL WELL-BEING.

****HOWEVER, ACCUPUNCTURE BY ITS OWN DEFINITION DOES NOT - AND CANNOT - ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT DRY NEEDLING DOES. DRY NEEDLING IS A THERAPY THAT STANDS ON ITS OWN. I AM LIVING PROOF OF THAT.