Comments on: Dry Needling for Muscle Pain & Headache Relief https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/ Dr. Axe is a Certified Nutrition Specialist, expert in Natural Medicine, a speaker for Fortune 500 Companies (Nissan, Whole Foods) and a doctor of chiropractic. Tue, 23 May 2023 12:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: DragonBoy https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-39598 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:45:58 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-39598 Ive had dry needling and acupuncture. Dry needling is different because it digs deeper to affected muscles while Acupuncture is just superficial with uhmm sorry no help at all. waste of money.

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By: Wyatt LaCoss https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-38070 Mon, 23 May 2016 20:47:58 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-38070 Dry Needling IS a technique within the profession of Acupuncture and has been misguided and misrepresented by those not in the know or trained who shouldn’t have been… There are two parts to an acupuncture treatment – one is working the root cause of the problem. Acupuncturists figure out WHY the problem is there and WHY the body won’t fix itself as it’s intended to, and then we treat. The second part of an acupuncture treatment is the “local treatment” to treat the physical problem – most in Western Medicine know and understand this principle very well. There are many different techniques to a local treatment, one being this “Dry Needling” where a needle is placed into the spot of pain or trigger point (this is called Ashi in Chinese) and manipulated to release the trigger point and to release the pain. So, to dispute the information on this site, Dry Needling IS Acupuncture and has been written down for over 2,500 years (reference Chapter 64 of the Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu!). And BECAUSE this is an acupuncture technique, ONLY licensed, educated ACUPUNCTURISTS should be doing this technique!

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By: Bina https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-37837 Sun, 15 May 2016 23:36:45 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-37837 In reply to Sun.

Agreed Sun! Dry needling is just the misappropriation of acupuncture, rebranded to make the PT’s money. Better they go and do a course in acupuncture if they want to practice it.

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By: LIsa Greene R.Ac RYT https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-36961 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:53:33 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-36961 I suggest that before you promote dry needling and use it in a comparison to Acupuncture, you should first know what Acupuncture is. Not only does your chart provide a dis service to anyone seeking treatment, it is in inaccurate account of the facts. I suggest before you do another comparison chart, lets say to Hot cupping vs….let me see what was the trendy word….oh yes Myofascial Decompression, that you do a more thorough research so as not to be misleading to the very people you are trying to help. In health care our collective aim is to assist and educate our patients. If you are promoting dry needling thats fine, we all need to promote our buisness. However trying to compromise the integrity of acupuncture via an inaccurate comparison chart is not the way to do it. Besides, we all know acupuncture done by a licensed professional who has more than 3500 hours devoted to needling, renders better results.
Just sayin

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By: Joslynn adams https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-36830 Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:31:25 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-36830 In reply to redbird.

If that is your stance then why write an article that suggests physical therapist “dry needling” is more beneficial and researched than acupuncture. It is disheartening that someone in the medical community with a voice uses it to promote something illegal that the acupuncture community is fighting against.
Dry needling- one small aspect of acupuncture.
Myofascial decompression = cupping.
Graston technique= guasha.

If you really looking into the research you would see these modalities have been used for THOUSANDS of years by acupuncturist practicing Oriental Medicine.

Please give credit where credit is due.

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By: Sun https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-36824 Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:48:07 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-36824 How you describe “dry needling” is exactly what acupuncture and acupuncturist do. Only difference is, we’ve been doing it for much, much longer.. Stop trying to re-brand traditional Chinese medicine with different terms.

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By: Gail Felts, LMT https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-36810 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 21:40:01 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-36810 I believe PT’s are allowed to offer dry needling in their treatments in Tennessee. See this article: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/HB0025.pdf

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By: redbird https://draxe.com/health/dry-needling/#comment-36728 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:33:51 +0000 https://draxe.com/?p=45855#comment-36728 Needling technically-legally speaking, cannot be done by a physical therapist as it is not part of the PT licensure. MD/DO or state licensed acupuncturist/acupuncture physician is fine.

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