Action | Practice of dry needling |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 12/30/2015 |
Needling is needling, there is no such thing as "dry needling" or "wet needling". Practitioner need proper training to be able to practice.
If a massage therapist claims he/she know all techniques that a PT supposed to master, can he/she practice as PT?
PT will definitely say "NO". Who can verify the massage therapist skills as he/she claimed to be. (even the most most PTs are doing basically the same thing as massage therapists do, plus utilizing some none-intrusive equipment.)
Why PT want to do something they are not trained to do? Needling is an intrusive technique. there is a reason behind the training. A MT can learn PT's techniques within 1 month, but a PT need to study anatomy, physiology, pathology etc... for 3 years.
How can a PT can get "dry needling without proper training ? It will put consumers in great danger! therefore I strongly oppose PT needling without proper training.
Please consider consumer's benefit and right as the first priority.
Thank You