While several comments allude to the notion that after the trainers receive their qualification to dry needle in a weekend course, they do not see the full picture. The reason the dry needling course can take place over a long weekend is because of the many years that athletic trainers have been studying the other necessary components of dry needling, such as anatomy, therapeutic modalities, skills and evaluation of musculoskeletal injuries, and so forth. As licensed healthcare professionals, I thought trainers must pass an accredited program, pass the board of certification exam, and complete continuing education units throughout their entirety of their athletic training career. Dry needling is certainly one tool that athletic trainers have the knowledge and skill set with the proper training to be able to administer.