As an acupuncturist I oppose dry needling to be performed by anyone other than a nationally board certified Acupuncturist. This not only hurts our profession but gives our profession a bad name. Those performing dry needling who are not licensed acupuncturists do not understand the ramifications of the energetics that come along with the modality. It also read in our original texts the state of a muscle twitching is sometimes essential for the intent of reaching “da chi”.