As a patient representative in a physical therapy office I witness the effectiveness of dry needling on patients on a daily basis.  Many patients arrive at the office with debilitating pain levels.  The difference after a dry needling session is amazing.  Pain levels visibly drop and patients demonstrate increased levels of relief.  Additional visits continue to provide more relief and patients are pain- free or have major relief from pain, for many of them, for the first time in years.  The dry needling process is a highly effective physical therapy tool and has physical proof of effectiveness in pain relief.  All physical therapists who perform dry needling go through an extensive credentialing process.  Keep dry needling as a physical therapy procedure that has, and continues to, demonstrate strongly positive results.