Can we needle around it? My mom has been dealing with pain on the dorsum of her foot around the talocalcaneal ligament/inferior extensor retinaculum. It started off as achilles tendonitis but that has cleared up mostly. Sudden onset not cause by any trauma. She fractured her 4th toe 7 years ago. I know in the foundations course we were taught to avoid needling varicose veins. Does that mean avoiding dry needling the leg all together or can I dry needle around the varicose veins?