Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 2/24/2017 |
physical therapists traditionally have not performed invasive techniques and their training reflects this. If medical doctors are required to have 1000 hours of training to perform acupuncture, then PT's should not be allowed to do similar style needling with a much shorter training. The AMA is opposed to physical therapists performing dry needling.