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 Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 2/24/2017
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2/12/17  7:26 am
Commenter: Jing Shan

Oppose PT using trigger point acupuncture (dry needling)
 

I am a physical therapist. I think it's not safe to treat patients by using trigger point acupuncture (dry needling). It's also out of our scope of practice. It's not right to practice another professional's method by just modifying the name without having equivalent education.

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