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  Are your back and neck muscles constantly tight from working on the computer, exercise or an old injury? Through trigger point injections, you may find relief. This procedure targets tight muscle bands and causes them to relax through a series of injections. In this video, Point Performance’s Dr. Mark Klaiman demonstrates trigger point injectionsRead more

Medical acupuncture and dry needling: what’s the difference? We get this question a lot here at Point Performance since we do offer both treatments. They both use fine needles, and the end goal is to improve function, reduce pain, and increase performance. But their approach and philosophies are very different. Acupuncture is a method of encouragingRead more

Point Performance Patient: 40-year-old woman training for first marathon Pain: Shin splints (As told to Point Performance) I was training for my first marathon, though I’d run in a few half-marathons and several other races. More than halfway through my training, however, I developed sudden muscle cramping in my right calf muscle. I couldn’t makeRead more

A Point Performance therapist applies dry needling to a calf injured during marathon training. Ever experience muscle tightness that’s so bad it can’t even be relieved by vigorous massage? In comes dry needling, a procedure that can help release some of the tightness and the knots, and provide immediate relief. When your muscles are experiencingRead more