To all of those who are stating that dry needling is the same as acupunture, please educate yourself! The purpose of dry needling is COMPLETELY different than acupunture. Yes, both practices use "needles", but the clinical reasoning, technique, and goal of the treatment of dry needling is different. PTs use dry needling in order to provide symptom relief of a trigger point. PTs possess the anatomical, physiological and clinical knowledge to perform trigger point dry needling safely and effectively. PTs are highly educated and trained healthcare professionals who specialize in treating the neurological, muscular and skeletal movement systems via many modalities and dry needling is one such modality.