Case 1. In November 2013, 17-year-old Torin Yater- Wallace suffered a penetrating right lung injury related to dry needling performed by a physical therapist [17–20]. The penetrating right lung injury resulted in a traumatic pneumothorax [17–20]. He was treated for the traumatic pneumothorax at the emergency department of the St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, Colorado, and was admitted to that hospital on the same day [17–20]. The traumatic pneumothorax required medical and surgical intervention [17,20]. He was hospitalized for five days [17,20].

Case 2. In April 2015, 36-year-old Amanda Hilton suffered a penetrating left lung injury related to dry needling performed by a physical therapist [21]. The penetrating left lung injury resulted in a traumatic pneumothorax [21]. She was treated for the traumatic pneumothorax at the emergency department of the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, Colorado, and was admitted to that hospital on the same day [21]. The traumatic pneumothorax required medical and surgical intervention [21]. She was hospitalized for three days [21].

Case 3. In June 2015, 41-year-old Lisa Kerscher suffered a penetrating right lung injury related to dry needling performed by a physical therapist [22]. The penetrating right lung injury resulted in a traumatic pneumothorax [22]. She was treated for the traumatic pneumothorax at the emergency department of the Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, and was admitted to that hospital on the same day [22]. The traumatic pneumothorax required medical and surgical intervention [22]. She was hospitalized for three days [22].

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