Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 12/30/2015 |
Strong arguments have already been made against Physical Therapists practicing "Dry Needling," which include:
The PTs & PTAs who have taken the time to become Licensed Acupuncturists in order to correctly administer Acupuncture understand why Dry Needling jeopardizes not only the Acupuncture profession, but the general public (see comments posted by Bridget Boylan, PT, LAc, Sandra Luczynski, PTA, LAc, and Lisa Gibilie, PTA, LAc). These PTs & PTAs are against Dry Needling because they realize Acupuncture is a complex field of medicine that can easily take a lifetime to learn in order to practice successfully & safely.
As both a Chiropractor & an Acupuncturist, I cannot emphasize enough that if one wants to utilize a needle for therapeutic benefit, then one should study the very occupation that defined it: Acupuncture.