Not understanding how the energy in the body flows can be extremely harmful for someone who is doing dry needling. Not being properly educated and voting for something you do not fully understand is extremely dangerous. Even though this is majority of people still do not understand Acupuncture. I would highly encourage you to go to someone who studies Chinese Acupuncture and receive a treatment to better understand how it effects the body and to understand how dry needling can be very dangerous. 

 

If you where going to fly somewhere, would you want your pilot to have 2000 hours of training or 20 hours. That is the only way I can put it into actual perspective on how big of an difference it really is.  

 

I copy and pasted this from another in hopes people can really grasp the concept of what is going on. 

For the term "dry needling", it is another translation of the Chinese medicine term "Zhen". Same meaning as the "Acupuncture".

Some professionals want to actually practice acupuncture, using "dry needling" to bypass the acupuncture law. This is not safe for the general public and not fair to acupuncture profession either for licensed acupuncturists or medical (physician) acupuncturists.

Acupuncture law requires for a licensed acupuncturist: (1) a student graduates from a national agency-accredited acupuncture school (before applying the school, should with q minimal 60 credits from an accredited college); (2) three years of graduate study at least at a master's degree (minimal 90 credits); (3?pass national examination of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM); (4) get a acupuncture license from the state.

Acupuncture law requires a licensed physician(MD) to practice acupuncture: (1) with MD license (this requires 4 years post-undergraduate college study); (2) 250-300 hours of acupuncture training in an accredited Medical Acupuncture training agency.

Any other professionals, like athletic trainers, need to follow the acupuncture law and get a formal education in an acupuncture school. I oppose using "dry needling" to bypass the acupuncture law, and practicing dry needling (actually acupuncture), without enough training.