I received my dry needling certification after completing 54 hours of training which I think was more than enough. In addition to that, I have 1 year experience of human dissection. I have also been trained thoroughly in the musculoskeletal system in my doctoral program's advanced anatomy classes. I don't see any reason why I should not practice dry needling on my patients since they all have been getting much better without me posing any threat to them. I believe dry needling should have a thorough certificate program such as the one I completed with Myopain Seminars.