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Target tight, painful muscles and trigger points with focused needling treatment designed around how you move and where you hurt.
Dry Needling in Boca Raton
Dry Needling Services:
Acupuncture — New Patient Visit (75 minutes · $178)
Choose this for your first visit when dry needling may be part of care. Includes medical history review, orthopedic and movement assessment, Chinese medicine evaluation, care plan, and treatment. IDEAL FOR: Muscle pain, trigger points, sports or overuse tension, and patients who want focused needling around how they move.
New to Acupuncture Xperts? Choose the new-patient visit so the universal new-patient packet is sent after booking.
Already completed a New Patient Visit?
Established patients receive only the Returning Patient Policy Update.
What Is Dry Needling?
Dry needling is a focused needling approach that targets tight, painful muscles and myofascial trigger points. Ultra-fine sterile needles are placed in or near irritable muscle bands to help ease protective tension, reduce referred pain patterns, and support more comfortable movement.
At Acupuncture Xperts in Boca Raton, dry needling is delivered by Dr. Matthew Winke, DACM, within a clinical visit that also considers joint load, sport or work demands, and related soft-tissue findings. It is planned around how you move and where you hurt.
Xpert Club Packages
Start with a package that includes your New Patient Visit, or begin with one visit and decide later.
New Patient Acupuncture
Each package includes the initial New Patient Visit. No package is required to begin; you can choose after your first visit.
Silver Package
$655
1 New Patient Visit + 4 Signature Acupuncture Visits
15% Off · $131 per visit
Choose Silver PackageGold Package
$1,208
1 New Patient Visit + 9 Signature Acupuncture Visits
20% Off · $121 per visit
Choose Gold PackagePlatinum Package
$1,688
1 New Patient Visit + 14 Signature Acupuncture Visits
25% Off · $113 per visit
Choose Platinum Package
View Returning Patient Acupuncture packages
Returning Patient Acupuncture
For patients who have already completed a New Patient Visit at Acupuncture Xperts.
Silver Package
$629
5 Signature Acupuncture Visits
15% Off · $126 per visit
Choose Silver PackageGold Package
$1,184
10 Signature Acupuncture Visits
20% Off · $118 per visit
Choose Gold PackagePlatinum Package
$1,665
15 Signature Acupuncture Visits
25% Off · $111 per visit
Choose Platinum Package
View Returning Patient Express Acupuncture packages
Returning Patient Express Acupuncture
For returning patients who want focused 30-minute acupuncture visits.
Silver Package
$459
5 Express Acupuncture Visits
15% Off · $92 per visit
Choose Silver PackageGold Package
$864
10 Express Acupuncture Visits
20% Off · $86 per visit
Choose Gold PackagePlatinum Package
$1,215
15 Express Acupuncture Visits
25% Off · $81 per visit
Choose Platinum Package
Behind the Science
Dry needling uses fine filiform needles to address myofascial trigger points and tight muscle bands involved in local and referred pain. At Acupuncture Xperts, Doctor Matthew Winke, DACM, pairs orthopedic assessment with needling so treatment follows the structures and movement patterns driving your symptoms — not a generic point recipe.
What Dry Needling May Help
Patients often seek dry needling for muscle knots, stubborn tightness after training, and overuse patterns that keep the same areas irritable. It may also be considered when referred pain, limited range of motion, or protective muscle guarding is part of the picture.
Care is individualized. Doctor Winke decides whether dry needling fits your presentation — and whether it should stand alone in the visit or combine with sports acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, or related methods.
- Muscle knots and trigger points
- Sports and training-related muscle pain
- Overuse tightness from work or sport
- Protective muscle guarding after injury
- Limited range linked to soft-tissue tension
- Referred pain patterns from irritable bands
Dry Needling for Sports Injuries
Athletes and active adults often carry trigger points and overloaded muscle bands from pickleball, tennis, golf, running, lifting, or gym training. Dry needling can be part of a sports medicine plan when those soft-tissue findings are limiting recovery or performance.
For a broader orthopedic approach — assessment, sports acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and related methods — see our Sports Medicine Acupuncture page.
Dry Needling and Electro-Acupuncture
Dry Needling
Focuses on irritable muscle bands and trigger points — useful when local tightness, knots, or referred muscle pain are primary drivers.
Electro-Acupuncture
Adds gentle electrical stimulation to selected needles — often used to expand options for pain modulation and stubborn neuromuscular tension.
They are complementary tools, not competitors. Doctor Winke may use one, the other, or both in the same care plan depending on your injury pattern and tolerance.
What Dry Needling May Feel Like
Most patients feel a brief ache, pressure, or twitch response when a trigger point is addressed. Sensation varies by area and how irritable the tissue is. Needles are sterile and single-use.
After treatment, some people notice temporary soreness similar to a deep workout in the treated muscles. Doctor Winke adjusts intensity to your comfort and communicates throughout the visit.
Body Areas We Commonly Address
Dry needling may be considered for irritable soft tissue in these regions when clinically appropriate.
Related live topics: muscle knots, neck pain, back pain, knee pain, tennis elbow, and sciatica.
Treatment Gallery
Why Dry Needling at Acupuncture Xperts
Movement-First Assessment
Doctor Winke reviews how you move and train before needling, so treatment targets the structures involved — not just the sore spot.
Integrated Sports Care
Dry needling can combine with sports acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and related clinic methods when your presentation calls for it.
Clear Clinical Communication
You know what is being treated, what sensation to expect, and how care fits your sport or daily demands — without guaranteed timelines.
Dry Needling FAQ
Dry needling is a technique that uses fine sterile needles to address myofascial trigger points and tight muscle bands involved in local or referred pain. At Acupuncture Xperts it is planned around orthopedic findings and how you move.
Many people feel a brief ache, pressure, or muscle twitch when a trigger point is treated. Sensation varies by body area. Temporary post-treatment soreness can occur and usually settles as tissue calms.
Yes — muscle knots (myofascial trigger points) are a common reason dry needling is considered. See our muscle knots treatment page for related information.
Dry needling may be part of care for sports and overuse patterns when irritable muscle tissue is contributing to pain or limited movement. It often sits inside a broader sports medicine acupuncture plan.
Dry needling emphasizes trigger points and tight muscle bands. Electro-acupuncture adds gentle electrical stimulation to selected needles. They can be used separately or together depending on your clinical picture.
There is no guaranteed number of visits. Doctor Winke bases recommendations on symptom severity, how long the pattern has been present, training load, and how you respond to care. Plans are adjusted as your presentation changes.
Yes. Dry needling is often combined with sports acupuncture and other methods in the same visit when that combination fits your goals and findings.
Dry needling is available at Acupuncture Xperts in Boca Raton with Dr. Matthew Winke, DACM. Book a New Patient Visit to start, or Signature Acupuncture if you are already established at the clinic.
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“My goal is never just to reduce your pain score by two points. My goal is to understand your body deeply enough that we can change the underlying pattern creating your pain — so it doesn’t keep coming back.”
— Dr. Matthew Winke, DACM, L.Ac.
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