Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Physical Therapy
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy [18 VAC 112 ‑ 20]
Action Practice of dry needling
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 12/30/2015
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12/21/15  12:15 pm
Commenter: Rong Wu, North Shore-LIJ Health System

oppose To drying needling by PT
 

 It is a well known fact that acupuncture is a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine that has been developed and improved over thousands of years' of practice. We all agree that it takes extensive training to adequately understand its theory and clinical applications. To allow non-qualified personnel with minimal training (less than 50 hours) to modify and deviate from this time-tested and well established clinical practice is a serious mistake that will not only destroy the creditability of acupuncture but also will harm potentially many patients.

Strongly oppose To drying needling by PT
 

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