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
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 treatment used to address tight muscles, painful trigger points, muscle knots, and areas that are not moving as freely as they should. The goal is to target the specific muscles and soft tissues contributing to pain, tension, or restricted movement rather than simply treating the area where symptoms are felt.
Doctor Matthew Winke may use dry needling for sports injuries, overuse problems, muscle strains, stubborn tightness, and musculoskeletal pain involving areas such as the neck, shoulders, back, hips, knees, calves, and elbows. It can be especially useful when a muscle remains guarded, tender, or difficult to relax after activity or injury.
Treatment is highly targeted. Fine sterile needles are placed into or around involved muscle bands and trigger points based on the location of your symptoms, how the area responds to movement, and what Doctor Winke finds during the examination. Some patients experience a brief twitch or deep ache as a tight muscle responds, while others feel very little during treatment.
Dry needling may be used on its own or combined with acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, or other treatment techniques depending on the problem being addressed. The approach is individualized around your injury, activity level, movement limitations, and what you are trying to return to—whether that is golf, pickleball, running, weight training, work, or simply moving comfortably again.
At Acupuncture Xperts, the focus is not just on where it hurts, but on the muscles, movement patterns, and mechanical stresses that may be contributing to the problem.
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.
Common Problems & Areas We Treat
Patients often seek dry needling for muscle knots, stubborn tightness after training, and overuse patterns that keep the same areas irritable. Care is individualized — Doctor Winke decides whether dry needling fits your presentation and how it pairs with related clinic methods.
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.
Needling follows the involved muscle bands and trigger points — not a fixed recipe. Most patients feel a brief ache, pressure, or twitch when a trigger point is addressed; sterile single-use needles are used, and temporary workout-like soreness can follow. Doctor Winke adjusts intensity to your comfort, explains what is being treated, and sets next steps around your sport or daily demands.
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
How Dry Needling Works
Dry needling uses fine filiform needles to address myofascial trigger points and tight muscle bands that can contribute to local and referred pain. Clinical and research descriptions commonly note local twitch responses, shifts in muscle tone, and short-term pain modulation as plausible mechanisms — responses vary by person, tissue irritability, and presentation.
At Acupuncture Xperts, Doctor Matthew Winke, DACM, pairs orthopedic and movement assessment with needling so placement follows the structures and patterns driving your symptoms rather than a generic point recipe. Care may stand alone or combine with acupuncture and related clinic methods when that fits your findings. No approach guarantees a specific outcome or timeline; Doctor Winke adjusts the plan based on how you respond.
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.
Treatment stays tied to movement demands — not a generic wellness visit. For a broader orthopedic approach — assessment, sports acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and related methods — see our Sports Medicine Acupuncture page.
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, L.Ac.
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