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Dry needling in physical therapy is increasing, yet the intervention is included in the PT scope of practice in some states but not others.
Aug 1, 2024/Resource
This map displays the states that specifically allow dry needling by PTs, states that prohibit the intervention by PTs, and states in which a clear opinion has not surfaced.
Jul 10, 2015/Report
In 2015, FSBPT set out to define what PTs must know and be able to do to perform dry needling safely and effectively. This study reveals the answers.
Mar 1, 2021/Column
Understand your professional, legal, and personal scopes of practice.
Oct 7, 2019/Podcast
Joseph Donnelly, PT, DHS , discusses what you need to know about dry needling, trigger points, and myofascial pain syndrome and how physical therapy can work in these areas.
May 1, 2015/Feature
Dry needling by physical therapists is a hot topic. What's fact? What's fiction? Take a look beneath the surface.
Aug 1, 2018/Website
This webpage from APTA's consumer-focused ChoosePT.com website provides an overview of the intervention, related equipment used, and the PT's role.
Mar 21, 2018/Review
Adding trigger point dry needling to an exercise program for patients with chronic shoulder pain may be more cost-effective than exercise alone, according to a recent clinical trial.
Mar 12, 2019/News
After a nearly 4-year battle, physical therapists (PTs) in North Carolina can finally claim victory in their fight to protect dry needling: last week, the state's acupuncture licensing board relented on its attempt to restrict the intervention, signing off on a settlement agreement in federal district
Feb 2, 2022/Article
CMS still isn't paying for dry needling, but it has provided some guidance on how to successfully bill a beneficiary for the service.