As a physical therapist and trained in dry needling, I feel that a physical therapist that has completed the required training for dry needling should be able to perform the skill in the clinical setting.  Physical therapist are trained at a doctoral level and have all the knowledge (and beyond) to be able to safely and properly perform this technique in order to improve patients pain levels and quality of life.  Taking this skill away from Physical Therapist would be depriving patients that find relief in our treatment, proper care.  Dry needling is in no way acupunture and we are not performing acupunture in any way.  We are not trying to clain we are acupunturist at all. Please allow Physical Therapist to continue to treat patients with dry needling.