I am suffering from muscular tension, strain and spasms in my upper legs caused by arthritis in my hip joints. I had several months of traditional physical therapy with stretching and strengthening the muscles. The traditional physical therapy helped some, but was very slow in relief from the muscle pain, so my orthopedic doctor recommended dry needling. Dry needling has increased my ability to reach greater function in my legs muscles. My upper leg muscles were in a constant state of contraction, leaving hard knots in my leg muscles. Dry needling helped in far less time than I experienced with regular physical therapy. The systematic dry needling sessions were strategic in targeting the contracted, knotted muscles providing immediate and long lasting relief from the pain, allowing me to stretch and strengthen the affected muscles. Within a few hours after the dry needling treatments, the muscle pain and strain subsided, allowing me a great increase in my range of motion, flexibility, strength, and mobility. I thought I would have to learn to live with the pain, but after dry needling, I have experienced positive long-term effects of pain relief in my leg muscles. What an amazing treatment! I wish I had learned of dry needling a long time ago so I would not have had to deal with so much pain.