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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12/30/15  11:29 pm
Commenter: Grace Chi

pppose PT using Dry needle to poke patient's ski
 

9.Type over this text and enter 1. PT never trained to use needle during their 3years study, their scope is using devices help patients physically release pain and so on.   2. PT re-name Acupuncture needles to Dry needle , claimed they invented the dry needle. 3.  PT re-name the Acupuncture points and "Oh Yes point " to trigger points, the trigger point overlapped 97% with the traditional Acupuncture points. 3. Wellcome PT learn the Acupuncture with over 3000 ( three thousand) studying hours and pass the board exam and receive the Acupuncture License and use the title as PT, Acupuncturist. 3. There are a lot of nurses then studied Acupuncture and held both titles as RN, Acupuncturist. 4. Do no take short cut, do not take any week end short hour workshop, then do damage to the patients. 5. PT training is not medical school, 6. PT do not have the sense and knowledge as how important PATIENT's safety by insert what they call Dry Needle Poke the skin of the PATIENTs. 7. PT can perform so called dry needle actually is Acupuncture. Needle after the receive an Acupuncture Livense issued by the State Bosrd of Acupuncture. 8. Thank you and Hsppy Nee Year!. 9. Finally,I consider PATIENT' s health is most important, lack of Acupuncture training, but using the name of Dry Nredle training is illegal and inprofessional .

 

 

 

 

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