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FAQs About Dry Needling

For the time that I’ve been using dry needling as a modality for recovery and performance enhancement, I’ve learned that many people have questions about the practice. Is it the same as acupuncture? What is it used for? Etc.

Why S&F?

My mom hates that I go by the name ‘Sue’. My entire family calls me Susan. And like everyone else, when I was really in trouble, it was first and middle name. I was Susan Ann.

S&F’s Pentamodal Method of Dry Needling

Structure & Function’s Dry Needling follows a Pentamodal Method, resulting in a comprehensive approach to Dry Needling. Dry Needling is simply an extension of our practice. Our practice is holistic ...

Dry Needling Education

First, we need to look at dry needling the way we look at manual therapy. There are many wonderful manual therapists teaching different forms of soft tissue mobilization, mobilization and ...

Bridging the Gap

S&F Education was started in September, 2016 by Sue Falsone. It was started out of a need to create an integrated and welcoming space for physical therapists, athletic trainers, chiropractors ..

Six Facts About Dry Needling

Dry needling has become one of my most used modalities in my clinical practice. The more I learn about it, the different techniques, the physiology and how to apply it to injury, performance ...

What is Dry Needling?

Dry Needling is NOT the same as acupuncture. We use the same tool (a fine, filament needle) but the similarities stop there. Acupuncture is rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine.