How does acupuncture and dry needling help fix muscle pain?

​How does acupuncture and dry needling help fix muscle pain? 

Dry needling of the gastrocnemius muscle in a marathon runner

​Muscles need two things in order to properly work: activation and strength. 

1. Needling motor points of injured muscles will help activating the muscle and through the muscle's motor neuron it help reconnecting it with your brain 🧠.

2. Needling around the injury site the needle breaks up accumulations and cause micro trauma. Blood then brings the healing cells of inflammation, nutrients and oxygen and carries away waste products. 
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3. Various Traditional Chinese Acupoints stimulate circulation, reduce pain, swelling, inflammation and move energy. 

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