Dry needling · Tulsa & Bixby
Dry needling in Tulsa and Bixby, built around the way you actually move.
Targeted relief for the tight, knotted muscles behind your stubborn neck, back, hip, and shoulder pain, so you can train, work, and keep up with your family without bracing for the next flare-up.
Book your first visit5 / 5 from our patients
Serving Tulsa, Bixby & South Tulsa
First visit
60 minutes: assessment, treatment, and a plan you'll actually use.
One-on-one with your provider
Most patients feel looser before they leave
Licensed, insured, board-certified
Dry needling by a licensed chiropractor
The problem
You're not imagining it. The pain is real, and it's been ignored.
Most of the patients we see for dry needling in Tulsa, Bixby, and South Tulsa aren't here for a quick fix. They're here because everything else has stopped working, and they're tired of organizing their week around a body that won't cooperate.
Tightness that doesn't release.
You stretch. You roll. You book a massage. The knot in your neck or the band across your hip backs off for an afternoon and shows up again by morning.
The activities you love feel borrowed.
Runs get shorter. Lifts get lighter. You stop signing up for the league, the trip, the trail because you don't trust your body to hold up.
It's been months or years.
You've already tried PT, adjustments, an injection, maybe two. Something helped briefly. Nothing held. The pain is starting to feel like a personality trait.
Why this happens
Stubborn pain is rarely a mystery. It's usually four things, stacked.
Understanding what's actually going on is half the work. Once you can name the pattern, you can break it.
01
Muscles get stuck in a protective pattern.
After an injury, a stressful month, or a year of sitting, the muscle stays partially contracted. It feels tight because it is, and stretching alone can't talk it out of that state.
02
Trigger points form and refer pain elsewhere.
A knot in your glute can show up as low-back pain. A band in your shoulder can wake your jaw at night. Treating where it hurts often misses where it's coming from.
03
The nervous system stops sending good signals.
Tight tissue communicates poorly. Your brain stops trusting the joint, downgrades the muscle, and you compensate with everything around it. The pattern compounds.
04
Movement habits keep reloading the problem.
If the way you sit, stand, lift, or run is feeding the tension, no amount of treatment will hold. Lasting relief means changing the inputs, not just the outputs.
How we help
Dry needling is one tool. The plan around it is what makes it last.
At Verdant Motion in South Tulsa, dry needling sits inside a complete plan that includes chiropractic care, manual therapy, and movement correction. We pick the tools that fit your body, not a fixed protocol.
Step 01
Assessment, not assumptions.
We watch how you move, find the muscles that aren't doing their job, and trace your pain back to the patterns feeding it. No two plans look the same.
Step 02
Dry needling at the source.
Thin filament needles release the trigger points and tight bands driving your symptoms. Most patients feel a noticeable change in tension before they leave the table.
Step 03
Manual therapy and adjustments.
Soft tissue work and chiropractic adjustments restore motion to the joints and tissues around the area, so the muscles don't snap right back into the old pattern.
Step 04
Movement that holds the change.
You leave with two or three things to do between visits, not a thirty-page PDF. Real corrective work, built into the way you already train, work, and live.
What dry needling actually feels like: a quick local twitch, often a deep ache for a few seconds, and then the muscle lets go. No medication, no injection. Some patients feel sore the next day, similar to a hard workout. That's normal and usually resolves quickly.
Why Verdant Motion
Care that earns the visit, every visit.
We built the practice we wanted to send our families to: slow enough to listen, sharp enough to find the real problem, and honest enough to tell you when something isn't ours to fix.
No rushed visits.
Your appointment is your appointment. We don't double-book, we don't run between rooms, and we don't hand you off to a tech halfway through.
One-on-one with your provider.
From assessment to treatment to your home program, you work with the same person every visit. Continuity is part of the care.
Root-cause approach.
We find where the problem is actually coming from, not just where you feel it. Pain rarely originates exactly where it shows up, and we treat the source.
Education-focused.
You'll leave understanding what's happening in your body and what you can do about it. Informed patients heal faster and stay healed.
Long-term results.
We're not building a frequent-flyer program. The goal is fewer visits over time, not more. We celebrate when you don't need us anymore.
Built for active people.
Most of our patients are runners, lifters, parents, or weekend athletes who refuse to slow down. Care is designed to keep you in your sport.
Conditions we commonly treat
If it's tight, knotted, or referring pain, start here.
Dry needling pairs especially well with the patterns below. Don't see yours? It's still worth a visit. We'll tell you honestly whether you're a good fit.
Chronic neck & upper back tension
Desk posture, headaches, jaw
Stubborn low back pain
Lifting, sitting, sciatic-type referral
Hip pain & glute tightness
Runners, hip flexor pull, piriformis
Shoulder & rotator cuff pain
Overhead athletes, frozen shoulder
Tennis & golfer's elbow
Forearm and grip strain
Plantar fasciitis & calf tightness
Heel pain, runners, on-feet jobs
Tension headaches & migraines
Neck-driven, referral pain
TMJ & jaw tension
Clenching, stress, bite issues
Post-injury scar tissue & stiffness
Old strains, surgical recovery
Frequently asked
What Tulsa and Bixby patients ask before booking dry needling.
Most patients describe it as a quick, deep ache when the needle finds the trigger point, followed by an immediate sense of release. There's no medication and no injection. Some patients feel sore the next day, similar to a hard workout. That's normal and usually resolves quickly.
No. Dry needling is a Western, anatomy-based treatment that targets specific muscular trigger points and tight bands to restore function. Acupuncture is rooted in traditional Chinese medicine and works along meridians for a different set of goals. The needles look similar; the reasoning behind their placement is not.
Most patients notice meaningful change within two to four visits. Long-standing or layered issues may take longer. We give you an honest range after your first assessment. We tell you when you're done. Our goal is fewer visits over time, not more.
We're at 7711 E 111th St, Suite 116 in South Tulsa, OK 74133. We see patients from across Tulsa, Bixby, and South Tulsa. Most can get in within the same week.
Yes, when performed by a licensed, trained provider. We use sterile, single-use filament needles, follow strict clean-needle technique, and screen every patient for contraindications before treating. If you're not a candidate, we'll say so.
We're a cash-based practice. Dry needling is rarely covered by insurance for chiropractors, so rather than deal with claim denials and surprise bills, we keep our pricing transparent and straightforward upfront. HSA and FSA funds work here, and we provide itemized receipts on request.
Light movement and walking are encouraged. We typically ask you to hold off on heavy training for the rest of the day so the muscle can settle. Your provider will give you specific guidance based on what we treated.
Dry needling isn't appropriate for every patient, including some pregnancies, certain bleeding disorders, and active local infections. Your assessment includes a thorough history, and if needling isn't right for you, we'll build a plan around the tools that are.
Ready when you are
Book a first visit. We'll take it from there.
Dry needling in Tulsa, Bixby, and South Tulsa. Assessed, planned, and treated by the same provider, every visit.
Book your first visitLocation
7711 E 111th St, Suite 116
Tulsa, OK 74133
Hours
Tue - Fri
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Phone / Text
(918) 200-9334
