Dry Needling Education Resources
Research, clinical insights, and conversations in dry needling.
Latest Briefing
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The Briefing Special Edition
Cervicogenic headache, start to finish: the neck exam, the evidence, the treatment sequence, and a printable decision tree for dry needling clinicians.
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Edo Zylstra reads the literature each week so you can spend Monday treating. One idea per issue, a line to repeat, and what it changes in the clinic.
The Briefing Issue 11
A negative straight leg raise clears only itself. Plus: how often to needle, the hamstring that keeps tearing, and a delayed pneumothorax.
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The Briefing Issue 10
Sixty-three lateral hip pain patients — 40% were told to have back surgery. How to tell when the hip is the source and when the spine is, plus…
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The Briefing Issue 09
Free the segment and the glute fires on its own, the dry needling window that closes in 72 hours, and the shoulder that really belongs to the neck.
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The Briefing Issue 08
Groin pain that traced to an L3 disc, a tennis elbow that ignored the shockwave dose, and a needle that changed the tissue but not the pain. Treat…
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The Briefing Issue 07
Two needling injuries in one week, what a fatty paraspinal on MRI really means, and the sciatica shot that did nothing. Three papers, no needles tested.
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The Briefing Issue 06
A vertebral artery dissection review, a C5 palsy study, and deep neck flexor endurance in migraine — three papers, no needles, and what each one changes in the…
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Longer reads on the framework, the consensus paper, and how we teach.
We Put the Whole Dry Needling Decision on One Page
Nine dry needling experts, four rounds, unanimous agreement — our new open-access IJSPT paper puts the whole treatment decision on one page.
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Exercise After Dry Needling Matters
Dry needling opens a window — less pain, more range. The exercise you do afterward is what turns that short-term relief into a lasting change. Here's why.
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Podcasts, interviews, and recorded talks featuring the Tactical Physio team.
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