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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12/22/15  5:54 pm
Commenter: Jacqueline Stiles, PT, DPT

I support PTs rights to dry needle
 

Our education level and comprehensive curriculm qualifies us to perform dryneedling.  We also take additional eduaction for certification and required practice hours. In the state of Virginia, it also is within our scope of practice under our state practice act. We are the Musculoskeletal specialist and this is an important tool in our tool box that is beneficial fro patients if they are appropriate for the intervention.

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