Dry Needling, Cupping, and Lasers: What Your PT is Actually Doing to You with Dr. Logan Dockery PT, DPT, PhD

About this episode

Dr. Logan Dockery discusses various physical therapy treatments and their effectiveness for runners.

We received your questions about TENS units, dry needling, muscle scraping, and other physical therapy treatments. To give you the most evidence-based advice, we brought on Dr. Logan Dockery, physical therapist and running biomechanics specialist. In this episode, Dr. Logan Dockery answers all your questions about dry needling, kinesiology tape, e-stim, and more! Thank you to our sponsors: ✨ Title Nine : Comfortable sports bras that actually fit, from a women-owned company. Use code RUNTOTHEFINISH for free shipping at https://runtothefinish.com/title-nine/ ✨ Probio : NSF-certified, clinically dosed, all-in-one supplement. Use this link for 40% off your order and an additional 10% and free shipping on a subscription. ✨Join us on Patreon.com/treadlightlyrunning or subscribe on Apple Podcasts for special subscriber-only content! In this episode, you’ll learn: ✅ Does dry needling work for running injuries? ✅ Why you should be cautious about at-home muscle scraping ✅ When electrical stimulation is useful in physical therapy ✅ Is kinesiology tape useful? ✅ What research says about red light therapy About Our Guest Dr. Logan Dockery is a physical therapist, educator, marathoner, and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amanda Brooks, Laura Norris

Guest: Dr. Logan Dockery

Topics covered

• physical therapy
• dry needling
• running injuries
• kinesiology tape
• electrical stimulation
• red light therapy

Keywords

• dry needling
• muscle scraping
• TENS units
• kinesiology tape
• e-stim
• red light therapy
• physical therapy

Sponsors

Title Nine, Probio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Rose Physical Therapy, Blue Rose Running

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