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Board of Physical Therapy
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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2/23/17 6:44 am
Commenter:
Samantha A Powell, MSPT
Dry needling
Dry needling is part of physical therapy just as manual codes for physical therapy are used by multiple disciplines. Physical therapists have the education and knowledge of muscular dysfunction to appropriately use dry needling to reduce pain.
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