Kinesiotaping and Post-dry Needling Soreness

Effects of Kinesiotaping on Post-Needling Soreness by Dry Needling on Active Trigger Points

Application of trigger point dry needling can induce post-dry needling soreness. This is not a negative experience, but sometimes some patients want to reduce it as much as possible. Different therapeutic strategies targeting to decrease post-dry needling soreness need to be investigated. Since Kinesiotaping has been advocated for decreasing tone in the muscle tissues, it would be a potential intervention for this objective.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Generalized neck-shoulder pain with symptoms provoked by neck postures, neck movement, or palpation of the cervical musculature

Exclusion Criteria:

• any contraindication to dry needling
• whiplash injury;
• previous cervical surgery;
• cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy;
• diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome;
• having undergone any therapy intervention for the neck are in the previous 6 months;
• fear to needles;
• less than 18 or greater than 65 years of age.