Ryan Burke, DPT with Peak Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, a South Shore practice specializing in unique programs that provide comprehensive treatment in orthopedic, spine and sports medicine specialties recently performed a dry needling therapy demonstration at Marathon Sports in Norwell.
Ryan Burke, DPT with Peak Physical Therapy and Sports Performance demonstrates dry needling on Marathon Sports customers in Norwell; the specialty service is a modern science-based intervention for the treatment of pain.
Dry needling is a form of therapy in which fine needles are inserted into muscle knots, tendons, ligaments or near nerves to stimulate a healing response in painful musculoskeletal conditions such as shoulder impingement, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, headaches, plantar fasciitis or low back pain.
Burke educated Marathon Sports customers on the many benefits of dry needling while performing demonstrations on interested parties.
A graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy and a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, Burke is certified to perform dry needling, spinal mobilization/manipulation and to administer FMS (Functional Movement Systems) and SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment) to treat various neuromuscular skeletal conditions.
About Peak Physical Therapy and Sports Performance
Located in Norwell, Scituate, Quincy, and Hanover, Peak Physical Therapy & Sports Performance offers specialized programs tailored to their patients’ needs. They offer spinal and sports injury programs, and have also developed specialized programs that address post-surgical
