Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Licensure of Athletic Trainers [18 VAC 85 ‑ 120]
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4/17/25  5:38 am
Commenter: Anya Warren, ND,

I oppose Athletic Trainers gaining the ability to dry needle
 

Safety first, the amount of training and knowledge to correctly place needles into the body, requires hours of observation and study. Trainers should focus on training people to perform correctly exercises, not try to  spend their time inserting needles into muscle tissues, joint spaces and potentially wrong spaces such as veins arteries or lung spaces . They usually are working in gyms not clinics. What about the sterile procedures that are needed, patients deserve more protection. The respect of placing needles into someone s body is beyond the training of a trainer. Lets stay in our own lanes. 

Sincerely,

a concerned professional 

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