A few weeks back we posted a blog discussing three reasons why you should declare yourself as a dry needling (DN) practitioner and not an acupuncturist. This drew some interesting comments. So here is a little more on the issue…

3 Reasons why you should declare yourself as a dry needler and not an acupuncturist   The patient Informing the patient is the responsible thing to do and actually enhances the treatment effectiveness.   It is the clinician’s ethical responsibility

Do you know what the difference is? We've created a table overview of the main differences below. [custom_table style="1"] Acupuncture Dry needling Traditional Chinese system of healing based on energy concepts Intervention used to relieve muscle pain (part of myofascial