I've suffered from chronic headaches and migraines for about 15 years and have tried every avenue I can think of for relief. Most doctors tend to want to run a scan, then they find out it's nothing obvious and put me on some random med which they wonder to themselves if it will be the cure I've been looking for. It never is.
The last few years I have tried to focus more on non-medicated relief and that has taken me to acupuncture (see my review of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Services) and now physical therapy. I had done some PT before but due to the way my insurance bills I need the office to submit claims a certain way to keep it on the cheap end for me and I never found a place that worked well with my insurance, until now.
And what a great place I found. Body Mechanics is very conveniently located for me downtown. I have been working with Brent and he has been excellent. He seems very thorough, he explains what he is doing/thinking in detail and in general I think I've been put on a path that can help me feel better.
Through Body Mechanics I have been introduced to dry needling, which is different from acupuncture. To my best understanding, dry needling inserts a needle into the most tender area of a muscle (and my issues are almost certainly muscular related) with the therapist looking to illicit a twitching response from that muscle. Once the twitching stops the needle is removed. The needling is a bizarre sensation but for the most part it doesn't hurt unless you have a lot of muscle tension (which I do). So far it does seem to help release some of the pain an tension from my worst muscles which in turn provide some relief for my head.
A great location, awesome staff and pain relief is all I could hope to look for in a PT and this place has all that. I would happily recommend Body Mechanics to anyone looking for a great physical therapist. read more