Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 2/24/2017 |
I opposes the illegal and unsafe practice of acupuncture. "Dry needling" is a pseudonym for acupuncture that has been adopted by physical therapists who lack the legle ability to practice acupuncture within their scope of practice. This stratgys allows physical therapists to skirt safety, testing, and certification standards put into place for the practice of acupuncture. Dry needling is a style of needling treatment within the greater field of acupuncture. The practice "acupuncture" includes any insertion of an acupuncture needle for a therapeutic purpose. Acupuncture traning has always included both traditional and modern medical understandings. All health providers without acupuncture formally included in their state practice act shoulde be prohibited from the practice of acupuncture, even when described as "dry needling". I