The Wellness Mama Podcast

Dry Needling & the 4 Rs of Healing Pain: Reset, Repair, Replenish, Respect With Cristi Cuellar

Katie Wells/Cristi Cuellar Episode 1010

Episode Highlights With Cristi

  • What dry needling is and how she uses this modality
  • The things happening to the body physiologically during dry needling 
  • Why muscles became acidic after injury and how to replenish and fix this
  • How muscle voltage changes and how this impacts us and is linked to pain
  • Dry needling is a mechanical disruption of the tissue fibers of the muscle in a knot
  • The four pillars of healing: Reset, repair, replenish, respect
  • What about people who are afraid of needles and what helps them with dry needling?
  • Things we can do to help our bodies become more alkaline with hydration, breath, and movement
  • Healthy, well used muscles don’t exhibit trigger points
  • In a perfect world, how often to dry needle 
  • When in our cycle to dry needle as women
  • All of the things dry needling can be helpful with

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