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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2/15/17  6:17 pm
Commenter: Thien Nguyen

No Dry Needling
 

I truly believe that for Physical Therapists to do dry needling is drangerous without extensive training and experience. It goes the same way with having an Acupuncturist give physical therapy exercises to patient without know having much training or understanding the mechanism of the exercises and what is the goal to help the patient strengthen their physicality. If physical therapists want to do dry needling, they should attend acupuncture school and go through the program to get their license. 

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