Summary
Andrea Javor dealt with severe knee pain and sleep problems that led her to try a treatment called dry needling. This therapy, used by her physical therapist, involves inserting thin needles into muscle knots to reduce pain and improve sleep. Her condition required surgery on her knee and involved a lengthy recovery process.
Key Facts
- Andrea suffered from knee pain that affected her sleep.
- An MRI showed she needed surgery for a PCL tear and a meniscus tear in her knee.
- Recovery from surgery included difficulty sleeping due to muscle pain.
- Andrea's physical therapist suggested dry needling to help with muscle pain.
- Dry needling involves poking muscle knots with fine needles to induce muscle twitching for pain relief.
- No medications are injected in dry needling, hence the name "dry."
- Andrea was facing sleep deprivation and pain despite undergoing knee surgery.
- Her ongoing pain and lack of sleep impacted her ability to perform at a new job.
