Athletic Trainers go through undergraduate and graduate level degrees before becoming certified Athletic Trainers. During that time Athletic Trainers are taught intensive anatomy and physiology courses that provide an in depth understanding of the body. We are also taught other invasive procedures. Suturing being the best example of this. Using our extensive knowledge of human anatomy and skills we have been taught, it will only expand the amount and level of care we can provide to our patients if dry needling is approved for Athletic Trainers. Dry needling is a form of treatment that addresses trigger points in muscles and is very different than the practice of acupuncture, which revolves around meridians. If approved Athletic Trainers would be using dry needling to treatment the muscles of the body that we are know so well from our training and we would not be using meridians or acupuncture “treatments”. I believe that all patients that we treat would benefit from allowing Athletic Trainers to dry needle.