Acupuncture Clinic Services

Muscle Pain Treatment in Greenville, SC

Muscle Pain Treatment at IHP Greenville — expert acupuncture for chronic pain and musculoskeletal issues. Dr. Hendry, DAOM. Call (864) 365-6156.

Muscle pain — myalgia — can arise from myofascial trigger points, fibromyalgia, overuse, post-exercise soreness (DOMS), inflammatory myopathy, or systemic conditions like hypothyroidism or vitamin D deficiency. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. Hendry approaches muscle pain diagnostically — identifying the primary driver before selecting treatment — and therapeutically through the combination of dry needling, acupuncture, and functional medicine that produces the most complete resolution.

How Muscle Pain Treatment Works

Muscle pain treatment varies by cause: trigger point dry needling for myofascial pain, graduated acupuncture with central sensitization protocol for fibromyalgia, anti-inflammatory acupuncture and Chinese herbs for inflammatory myopathy, and functional medicine testing for systemic metabolic causes. Dr. Hendry always performs a systematic palpation of the affected muscles to identify active trigger points before treatment.

Conditions Treated with Muscle Pain Treatment

Your First Appointment

Describe the distribution of pain (localized vs. diffuse), character (aching, burning, cramping), timing (worse morning, evening, or constant), and any systemic symptoms accompanying the pain. Prior diagnosis of fibromyalgia, polymyalgia rheumatica, or myopathy is important clinical information.

Why Dr. Hendry for Muscle Pain Treatment

Dr. Hendry's ability to distinguish myofascial trigger point pain from fibromyalgia from inflammatory myopathy from systemic metabolic causes — based on 25 years of clinical experience and functional medicine training — allows him to apply the right treatment rather than the same treatment for every muscle pain presentation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Myofascial pain syndrome is a common chronic pain disorder characterized by trigger points within skeletal muscles that generate local and referred pain patterns. It is one of the most underdiagnosed musculoskeletal conditions and responds extremely well to dry needling.
Yes — vitamin D deficiency (affecting over 40% of Americans) causes diffuse muscle aching that is frequently misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia. Dr. Hendry measures vitamin D levels in all muscle pain patients.
Acupuncture reduces inflammatory cytokines in painful muscles, promotes endorphin release for central analgesia, improves local blood flow (washing out pain-generating metabolites), and modulates the autonomic nervous system to reduce sympathetic over-activation of muscle tone.
Yes — cupping is particularly effective for diffuse, surface-level muscle tightness and aching (as opposed to deep trigger points where dry needling is more precise). Dr. Hendry often combines cupping with acupuncture for widespread muscle pain.
Varies by cause: myofascial pain: 4–10 sessions; fibromyalgia: 16–24 sessions; post-exercise DOMS: 1–2 sessions; inflammatory myopathy: ongoing management.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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