CHICAGO -- For patients with plantar fasciitis, a notoriously difficult condition to treat, an Italian team has come up with a novel approach that uses dry-needling combined with a steroid injection, ...

Plantar fasciitis, the most common cause of heel pain, ... This technique is known as dry-needling. Dry-needling creates a small amount of local bleeding that helps to heal the fasciitis.

But dry needling may help, say researchers in Spain. ... Often heel aches are caused by plantar fasciitis, inflammation of the tissue band on the bottom of your foot.

Dr. Luca Sconfienza and colleagues injected 44 plantar fasciitis patients ... This technique creates a small amount of local bleeding that spurs healing of the fascia and is known as dry needling.

Dry needling is a therapeutic technique that involves the insertion of fine, sterile needles into specific trigger points or tight muscles in the body. Unlike acupuncture, which is rooted in ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Treating chronic foot pain, especially for a runner, can push someone to go to extreme lengths to fix the issue. For runner, Rebecca Kozlik, the fix has become dry needling ...

Dry needling has been around for several years, but there's a new surge in popularity as more physical therapy clinics add it to their suite of treatments. More and more chronic pain sufferers are ...

Plantar fasciitis, the most common cause of heel pain, ... This technique is known as dry-needling. Dry-needling creates a small amount of local bleeding that helps to heal the fasciitis.