Acupuncture and oriental medicine is the whole part of traditional Chinese medicine. Neither of them could be separated apart. It's theory is base on thousands of years research and practice in ancient time. It's follows way of nature and yin yang, five element theory. What is dry needle? What is it foundation? Where it come from? What kind of theory is it rely on? There is no way to place an equal between Acupuncture and dry needles. PT can't just did some needling and build another theory. Don't you know PT are stealing from Acupuncture.