I strongly oppose Athletic trainers using dry needling. As an acupuncturist who used dry needling along with many other techniques from our long Chinese Medicine history it is increasingly disturbing to see other modalities like PTs, OTs and Athletic trainers bringing this into their scope of practice. These traiiings largely involve a one weekend course and have been known to have more adverse events like pneumothorax occur. We see images all the time on social media with poor needling technique that look extremely dangerous. This is because of limited education and providers going way beyond their scope and capabilities. Stay in their lane and leave the true acupuncture to the experts.