as a licensed acupuncturist I acknowledge the skill and training necessary and clean needle technique, as well as anatomy and physiology in order to safely insert sterile needles into patient’s body, avoiding puncturing organs such as lungs, and avoiding excessive bruising, bleeding, or damage to surrounding musculature arteries, nerves and veins. A weekend course just doesn’t cut it as a chiropractor. I could’ve taken minimal additional training and been able to perform dry needling or acupuncture under my doctorate of Chiropractic license. However, I recognized that the extensive knowledge and skills earned during a doctorate or masters degree and Acupuncture cannot be matched by a weekend course Therefore I pursued my full degree in Acupuncture in order to have full mastery of the skills . it is my opinion that physical therapist chiropractors and personal trainers should not be allowed to perform Acupuncturist unless they are indeed trained and licensed as Acupuncturist. Period.