Company purpose

The 2nd Look's mission: Provide increased awareness to northeast Kansas and the Kansas City area regarding neuromuscular clogging (altered function) and the application of dry needling and lower cost assessment and treatment for clients with persistent pain, weakness, or tension.

The business name relates to the intention in multiple ways:

First, to be a second source of input for individuals who have not succeeded in reducing persistent pain, weakness, or tightness in specific areas of the body with prior use of pain medication or conventional physical therapy.

Second, to literally take a second look after the initial change in symptoms can mask the subtle contributors for several days (most report 2 or 3 days) but then the subtle source(s) becomes apparent.

Third, to provide a means for physical therapists or other health care professionals either oriented to dry needling or trained in the technique of dry needling to gain understanding of how to identify locations with subtle signs of dysfunction. This avenue would allow for tailored instruction and feedback following the periods of condensed instruction with certification classes.

Chronic pain, neuromuscular based tightness/weakness, or inhibition (strictly weakness) can present like many other concerns and multiple approaches may be needed to maximize progress. The treatment of dry needling is gaining evidence as a method to address these symptoms. The provider’s ability to identify subtle contributors after the initial pain generating muscles are identified and addressed appears to be key to having success when using dry needling to treat neuromuscular clogging.

Business Model

Physical therapist available for consultation at contracted businesses or at the home for individuals with concerns that have been consistent (staying the same) and lasting over 1-2 weeks (often years). As a cash basis service it may be provided in addition to other courses of care without creating conflict. This model requires very minimal equipment and allows for reduced cost per visit or service.

I feel very comfortable allowing clients who are working with other providers (chiropractors, physical therapists, massage therapists) to continue their primary course of care. I have interacted with hundreds of clients in multiple military clinics with other physical therapists who could provide appropriate rehabilitation programs and could identify areas or specific muscles with dysfunction but who were not trained to perform dry needling. This would lead to within clinic referrals and this became a comfortable interaction for all who were involved.

What is the motive for providing this service?

I have observed friends and neighbors while living in the state of Washington who did not have access to this service based on legal limitations (physical therapists were not legally authorized to provide dry needling) but instead saw how they dealt with chronic pain with increasing costs. While I could provide my service for TriCare beneficiaries on a military installation I was not allowed to do the same for my non-military friends and neighbors. My desire is to help people know what they are looking at and to reduce their pain as much as I can in a more cost efficient method.

My motive for providing this service will continue to apply after my military service is complete but will shift in populations due to availability.