As a licensed acupuncturist nationally, and in the states of Oregon and California, with over 20 years of clinical practice, I highly oppose dry needling by athletic trainers. The training needs to be on par with licensed acupuncture training, which for me was over 3000 hours. Learning dry needling in a couple weekends is a threat to public safety and confusing for the general public as they often associate dry needling with acupuncture. Dry needling often consists of deep needling and can easily result in tissue and possibly organ damage depending on location. Thank you for considering my input.