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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2/21/17  3:26 pm
Commenter: Augusto M Pernia LMT

No to dry needling. If PTs want to do dry needling, become a TCM Practitioner
 
Title says it all, Acupuncture Physicians are masters in their medicine for a reason. There's a lot more to acupuncture than a simple week long course that untrained PTs are unaware of. Learning indications and contraindications is a merely a basic understanding of what a physician is doing to a patient. Again, no to dry needling. If you want to practice acupuncture, get adequate training that exceeds a week long or a month long exercise.
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