Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Physical Therapy
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy [18 VAC 112 ‑ 20]
Action Practice of dry needling
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 2/24/2017
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2/6/17  11:01 am
Commenter: Lisa

AGAINST Dry Needling
 

We should all be concerned about allowing physical therapists to perform treatment that licensed acupuncturists have been trained extensively to do. What happens when patients are injured during or as a result of dry needling? Let physical therapists do their jobs and leave" dry needling", which is another made-up name for acupuncture, to the experts -- acupuncturists -- who have years of required training and are licensed to perform such a treatment.

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