Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 2/24/2017 |
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"Dry needle" is exactly acupuncture needle. “Dry needling” is a pseudonym for acupuncture. To use acupuncture needle without 3-5 years acupuncture professional training is illigal and unsafe.
Actually, “trigger points” and “acupuncture points” are synonymous, and acupuncture has targeted trigger points for over 2,000 years. “Dry needling” is indistinguishable from acupuncture since it uses the same FDA-regulated medical device specifically defined as an “acupuncture needle.”