You'll see a dry needling twitch response in the lumbar erector muscles (right side) first, as well as dry needling to the right gluteus medius and gluteus maximus. Lower back dry needling can be effective for treating acute or chronic low back pain with lumbar erector and gluteal muscle involvement. If you look closely you'll see a local twitch response (LTR), especially in the lumbar erector and gluteus maximus muscles. The LTR is a common response in dry needling, especially with the pistoning of the needle or needle manipulation.

When combined with a rehab exercise strategy dry needling can be a great therapy to help relieve conditions of the low back like chronic low back pain, lumbar sprain/strain, lumbar discrelated pain, SI joint pain, lumbopelvic instability, limited lumbar range of motion, or tightness and stiffness in the lumbar spine. Keep in mind it's typically not used as a standalone therapy but best used in conjunction with a rehab plan and sometimes spinal manipulation as well.

I use 6 needles in this video while dry needling the glutes and low back muscles. Not every needle is going to produce a twitch response in the muscle, but many times it will. Dry needling twitch responses are often followed by soreness, but also relief of muscle tension that's painful and limiting you in many ways.

Read more about dry needling for various conditions and complaints in my dry needling blog here:
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If you want to skip straight to the needling part of the video to see what dry needling is all about, you can do that in the chapters which I break down below:

00:00 Intro
01:01 Low back dry needling
03:27 Gluteus medius dry needling
06:31 Gluteus maximus dry needling