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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2/22/17  10:29 pm
Commenter: Yu Qi

No dry needling!
 

"Dry needle" is exactly acupuncture needle. “Dry needling” is a pseudonym for acupuncture. To use acupuncture needle without 3-5 years acupuncture professional training is illigal and unsafe.

Actually, “trigger points” and “acupuncture points” are synonymous, and acupuncture has targeted trigger points for over 2,000 years. “Dry needling” is indistinguishable from acupuncture since it uses the same FDA-regulated medical device specifically defined as an “acupuncture needle.”   
 

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