The injury that
won't let you train.
You know your body.
You know when something is off — the pull that won't release, the joint that won't load, the movement you've been modifying for weeks.
You've rested. You've rehabbed. You've worked around it.
But the limitation persists.
Athletic injuries that stall at 80% recovery usually have a muscular component that rehab alone doesn't reach.
They need to return to full capacity, not just reduced pain.
That's what dry needling provides — precision at the dysfunction.
They require direct deactivation.
It's full return to sport — loading, training, and competing without guarding.
You're training around it.
Not through it.
Athletes compensate faster than anyone.
You reroute load, modify range, drop the exercise that hurts.
The problem is that compensation creates new dysfunction.
One strained hamstring becomes a hip problem becomes a low back problem.
The cascade continues until the original injury is fully resolved.
If you're still modifying after weeks of rest, the source hasn't been reached.
What started as one compensation is already creating the next injury.
Two modalities targeting
athletic dysfunction at every layer.
Sports injuries involve muscle fiber damage, trigger point formation, inflammatory response, and nervous system guarding. Acunatomy addresses all four — accelerating recovery beyond what rest and conventional rehab achieve alone.
Accelerates recovery and reduces training-related inflammation
Targets the inflammatory response at the injury site. Restores circulation to damaged and overloaded tissue. Regulates the nervous system's guarding pattern that limits range and power. Supports faster recovery between training sessions for both acute injury and chronic overuse.
Deactivates the trigger points limiting your performance
Overuse, acute strain, and compensation all produce trigger points — tight, hyperirritable knots that limit strength, restrict range, and predispose you to re-injury. Dry needling deactivates these directly. The muscle resets. Strength returns. The movement pattern normalizes.
Acupuncture supports recovery.
Dry needling restores function.
Athletes need both: reduced inflammation for tissue to heal, and deactivated trigger points for muscles to fire correctly. This is the difference between returning to sport at 80% and returning at 100%.
Eugene understands athletes
You can discuss specific lifts, sport-specific movements, and training demands. Eugene has worked with wrestlers, lifters, runners, and professional athletes for over two decades. Treatment plans account for your sport, your load, and your timeline — not generic rehab protocols.
Research confirms acupuncture significantly reduces exercise-induced muscle soreness and accelerates recovery. Trigger point deactivation restores normal muscle length and contraction efficiency — reducing reinjury risk.
"As a 40+ year old that continues to wrestle and lift, I have put my body through the ringer. I've gone to other treatments — acupuncture, chiropractic — but nothing has positively impacted my body as much as dry needling. Eugene is very familiar with human anatomy and appreciates the injuries that come from an active lifestyle. I highly recommend him for those looking to stay active or recover from injuries."
Common questions about sports injury treatment.
In most cases, yes. Treatment is designed to restore function, not restrict activity. We’ll tell you if a specific movement should be modified temporarily, but the goal is to keep you training — not to pull you out of your program. Many athletes come in before or after training sessions. Some of the best results happen when treatment and training work in parallel, because we can see how the body responds under load.
Sports massage addresses surface-level muscle tension. PT builds strength and corrects movement patterns. Both are valuable. What Acunatomy adds is precision access to the deep trigger points that massage can’t reach and that PT exercises alone won’t release. Dry needling goes directly into the muscle knot and deactivates it. Acupuncture regulates the nervous system response that keeps the injury cycle going. For athletes who’ve plateaued with massage and PT, this is usually the missing layer.
Yes. We treat athletes across a range of sports — golf, pickleball, tennis, wrestling, powerlifting, CrossFit, Hyrox, running, mixed martial arts, BJJ, and recreational fitness. Eugene understands sport-specific movement patterns and the demands each one places on the body. Treatment is tailored to the sport, the position, and the specific tissues under stress. The goal is always to get you back to full performance, not just pain-free baseline.
A typical treatment timeline.
Every case is different. This is a general framework — your treatment plan will be tailored to what we find in your assessment.
Your body is ready.
The injury isn't gone.
Let's finish it.
Out-of-Network Insurance Accepted: Empire BCBS · Oxford · United Health Care · Cigna · Aetna · Self-Pay Available