ALL acu needles sold in the USA are to be used by "qualified practitioners of acupuncture" and are not to be sold or used by others. To bypass this, some PT's are importing "Dry Needles" and using these on consumers that were NEVER FDA approved despite these are a class 2 medical device.

The AMA (American Med. Acu. Association) comprised of MD's in the US have made clear of their understanding that DN is acupuncture abbreviated and repackaged.

The efforts behind the PT "scope" is only from their own and is factually not recognized by ANYONE else, including the FDA, insurance companies and other professional fields.

Insurance: most are pocketing substantial payouts under "manual therapy". There is not code for this, and of course they intend to get paid which only encourages fraudulent billing.

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Called ashi or trigger point acupuncture, DN is an appropriation by PT's and Chiro's, clipped and abbreviated educationally, and repackaged by them. This repackaging has also crossed serious legal and FDA compliance regulations.