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We are proud to acknowledge just a few of the many techniques offered here at Pequannock Chiropractic Group! Dry Needling is a technique that uses a small sterile solid filament needle to treat trigger points. In order to understand dry needling, it is important to know a little bit about trigger points. These points can generally be thought of as tender points in a taut band of muscle that can cause local pain or referred pain. They can also cause movement dysfunction by not allowing a muscle to do its job properly. Trigger points can be caused by repetitive overuse, by a single over-exertion of a muscle, or by muscles trying to protect an injured or painful joint. Dry needling can be used to relax or deactivate trigger points in order to decrease the pain signals they are sending. Dry needling a trigger point can also return a muscle to its normal firing pattern and strength, which, in turn, can improve movement. Active Release is a soft tissue movement based massage technique that