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 NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 12/30/2015
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12/17/15  8:06 am
Commenter: Wen Tian

against dry needle to be seperate from traditional Acupuncture
 
1, The method of dry needle is part of Acupuncture, can not be serrated. In Ancient Chinese Acupuncture foundation book , find the pain spots as points instead of meridian points and insert needle to it is the majory mathod to treat muscular and tendon's problem. So dry needle's theory is not new. It is part of traditional acupuncture. 2, Dry needle is going to use the needles as exactly Acupuncture use. It can not be seperated from Acupuncture. 3, pain problems are very complicated, other than muscle and tendon injury, it may involved the meridIan's or other. Only use dry needle may not have good result. That will harm the acupuncture career reputation.
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