A woman resting on the massage table during an acupuncture or dry needling treatment. Although they may look similar, there are differences between dry needling and acupuncture.

What Is The Difference Between Dry Needling and Acupuncture?

In today’s rapidly expanding realm of therapeutic techniques, two often-confused treatments are dry needling and acupuncture. While both employ slender, sterile needles inserted into the body, their origins, intentions, and methodologies diverge significantly. Dry Needling, a modern intervention rooted in Western medicine, targets specific trigger points in muscles to alleviate pain, improve range of motion,…

Benefits of Prehabilitation—Therapy prior to Joint Replacement

Did you know that patients who have therapy before and after their joint replacement tend to have better outcomes than those that have therapy only after replacement?  Studies have shown that patients that perform rehabilitation prior to surgery (“prehabilitation”) tend to have better outcomes overall.  Prehab can help you perform better after surgery, including: We…

The Impact of Stress

Stress plays a big role in our physical and mental health and can magnify symptoms that we may feel. People can become overwhelmed with daily stressors such as housework, childcare, caring for elder relatives, finances, school, and more. Often people may feel guilt about the stress they feel but don’t know what to do to…

SMART Goals

Happy New Year! What better way to ring in the new year than new year resolutions to improve your health and well-being in 2023. Help prevent the mid-January slump we often experience with these resolutions by utilizing SMART goals. SMART goals give us a leg-up on being successful due to focusing on 5 characteristics: S…