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Dry Needling V. Acupuncture
🎾🏃♂️⛷️ Say Goodbye to Muscle Knots: Dry Needling for Racket Sports, Runners, & Athletes! 🏂🏸🏃♀️ I've had a jiu-jtisu athlete return to high level competition twice as fast as her doctor predicted, and a runner repeatedly get PR times on their races all thanks to dry needling! Wondering about the difference between Dry Needling and Acupuncture? While both use fine, sterile needles, Dry Needling is rooted in Western anatomy and targets myofascial trigger points (muscle kn
Shelley Hardin Salinas
Oct 211 min read


RICE vs RESTORE: Why the old injury advice is changing
If you train jiu jitsu, wrestle, lift, or stay active year round, you have probably heard the same advice after a tweak: RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation). RICE came from a good place. It was meant to reduce pain and swelling after an acute injury, especially in the first couple of days. The problem is how RICE has been used in the real world: too much rest, too much icing, and not enough progressive return to movement. Today, even major sports medicine voices describe
Shelley Hardin Salinas
Mar 44 min read
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