Target Muscle Pain.
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
What Is Dry Needling?
Dry needling is a focused treatment for tight muscles, painful trigger points and muscle knots. Fine, sterile needles target the specific muscles behind your pain, tension or stiffness, not just the spot where you feel it.
- Releases tight muscles and knots
- Eases trigger-point and referred pain
- Helps you move more freely
New Patient Visit
75 minutes · $178
Common Problems & Areas We Treat
Muscle knots, stubborn tightness after training, and overuse patterns that keep the same areas sore.
Also shoulders, hips, calves and elbows, muscle strains and sports injuries.
Dry Needling, Simplified
Step 1
Tight Muscle / Trigger Point
Irritated or overactive muscle fibers.
Step 2
Targeted Needling
Precise needle placement to stimulate the muscle.
Step 3
Less Tension, Better Movement
Helps release tightness and reduce pain.
What it feels like
Most people feel a brief ache, pressure or a quick muscle twitch as a tight muscle lets go. Others feel very little. Mild, workout-like soreness can follow and usually settles as the area calms.
Why it works
Fine filiform needles release myofascial trigger points and tight muscle bands that cause local and referred pain. The quick twitch is the muscle letting go, and the tone in the band settles.
How Dry Needling Visits Flow
From exam and movement findings to targeted needling that supports easier motion — planned around your injury and activity goals.
- 1
Exam & movement
Review how you move, where tissue guards, and which soft-tissue findings match your symptoms.
- 2
Locate trigger points
Identify irritable bands, knots, and areas that stay tender or restricted after activity or injury.
- 3
Targeted needling
Fine sterile needles are placed into or around involved muscle bands based on exam findings and tolerance.
- 4
Restore easier motion
Support freer movement so you can return to sport, training, work, or daily activity with clearer next steps.
Often combined with
Dry Needling for Sports Injuries
Pickleball, tennis, golf, running and lifting load the same muscles again and again. Dry needling releases those overloaded bands so you recover faster and get back to your game.
Book Your Visit
Start with a New Patient Visit, or save with a prepaid package that includes it.
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.
Prepaid Care 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.
Signature Acupuncture — Silver Package (New Patient)
$698
1 New Patient Signature Acupuncture + 4 Signature Acupuncture Visits
$139.60 per visit
Choose Silver PackageSignature Acupuncture — Gold Package (New Patient)
$1,288
1 New Patient Signature Acupuncture + 9 Signature Acupuncture Visits
$128.80 per visit
Choose Gold PackageSignature Acupuncture — Platinum Package (New Patient)
$1,798
1 New Patient Signature Acupuncture + 14 Signature Acupuncture Visits
$119.87 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.
Signature Acupuncture Silver Package
$668
5 Signature Acupuncture Visits
$133.60 per visit
Choose Silver PackageSignature Acupuncture Gold Package
$1,258
10 Signature Acupuncture Visits
$125.80 per visit
Choose Gold PackageSignature Acupuncture Platinum Package
$1,778
15 Signature Acupuncture Visits
$118.53 per visit
Choose Platinum Package
Dry Needling FAQ
Many people feel a brief ache, pressure, or muscle twitch when a trigger point is treated. Sensation varies by body area and how irritable the tissue is. Temporary post-treatment soreness can occur and usually settles as the area calms.
Both use fine sterile needles, but dry needling is organized around trigger points and muscle bands tied to orthopedic and movement findings. Acupuncture may also address broader patterns of pain, recovery, and regulation. Doctor Winke may use either approach — or both — depending on your presentation.
Yes. Electro-acupuncture adds gentle electrical stimulation to selected needles and can sit alongside dry needling when Doctor Winke judges that combination useful for pain modulation or stubborn neuromuscular tension. They are complementary tools, not competitors.
There is no guaranteed number of visits. Recommendations depend 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.
It may be considered when irritable muscle tissue is limiting recovery or performance after sport or training. For the fuller orthopedic and sports framework, see Sports Medicine Acupuncture.
Dry needling is available at Acupuncture Xperts in Boca Raton with Doctor Matthew Winke. 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
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