Can dry needling help treat Shin Splints?
Yes!
Shin splints often occur in athletes who have recently intensified their training routines. This increase in activity overworks the muscles, tendons and bone tissue, causing shin splints. Endurance athletes listen up - To The Point PDX and dry needling can help your painful shins.
Wearing improper or worn out footwear while exercising commonly leads to shin splints. Overtraining can also cause this common and uncomfortable condition.
You might feel tenderness, soreness or pain along the inner side of your shinbone and mild swelling in your lower leg if you are suffering from shin splints. It can be sharp and razor-like or dull and throbbing. The pain could be aggravated by touching the area and might stop when you stop exercising.
Trigger point therapy in Portland is effective at treating your shin splints.
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