The length of needle used in dry needling depends on the area of the body being targeted. Gluteus or quadricep muscles would ...

During a dry needling treatment, one or more thin, monofilament needles are inserted into a muscle trigger point. A trigger point is a local band of tight, irritable and dysfunctional muscle tissue.

Pittsburgh Steelers star pass rusher and Wisconsin native T.J. Watt needed surgery to address a partially collapsed lung, the unexpected result of a dry-needling physical-therapy treatment at the ...

A common treatment should not lead to a collapsed lung. The dry needling led to a hole in Watt's lung, which resulted in the minor surgery that NFL insiders are now debating how long the 2021 NFL ...

The Steelers' T.J. Watt suffered a "partially" collapsed lung during a dry needling treatment on Wednesday, his brother J.J. Watt said.

"Yesterday TJ had successful surgery to stabilize and repair a partially collapsed lung suffered Wednesday after a dry needling treatment session at the facility," the elder Watt said of his brother. ...

NFL players say they will continue with dry-needling sessions despite a recent incident involving the Pittsburgh Steelers’ T.J. Watt.

NFL players say they will continue with dry needling despite T.J. Watt suffering a collapsed lung during a session recently ...