Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 2/24/2017 |
Dry Needling is a very safe and extremely effective treatment intervention in the Physical therapy Practice. Let's look at the facts to support this arguement:
I am a 3rd year physical therapy student and have taken a semester-long course where I have received my Dry Needling Level 1 Certification. From experience I can say that with this training in conjunction with my Doctoral level of education, I was provided with all the knowledge and practice I need to perform this intervention on my furture patients. I would also like to add to the PT side of the economic arguement by saying that health insurance companies will typically NOT pay for accupuncture but WILL pay for dry needling by physical therapists - something to consider for the consumers. Needling is an intervention that should be allowed to be used by ANY medical pratitioner that has recieved the proper amount of training as defined by the practice acts of each state. One intervention cannot belong SOLELY to one profession.