As the opioid crisis expands across the country, leading to more and more deaths, governments and health professionals are looking for ways to not just treat addiction, but to prevent it. The effort has led to doctors’ offices, where physicians for years have been prescribing opioids for chronic pain. As experts concluded that opioid treatment…
April 4, 2018; posted by Steven H Stumpf, EdD Change is afoot. Turmoil has returned to acupuncture. These are times of opportunity. “These are times when the profession might grow up – as it downsizes – to fit in the healthcare mainstream.” I wrote my response to a March 6 post by the…
DRY NEEDLING LEGAL BATTLE SPILLS INTO NEW TERRITORY…REGULATORY BOARDS SUE REGULATORY BOARDS! New ground on dry needling has been broken in North Carolina. The North Carolina Acupuncture Board (NCALB) has sued the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners (NCBPTE) for “telling physical therapists they can perform dry needling despite a ruling from the North Carolina…
February 8, 2016 “Physical Therapists want dry needling in their scope of practice because they want to expand their scope to include invasive procedures. They also want to be identified as primary care providers.” anonymous Are these statements true? Let’s examine the facts. Senate Bill 6374 was referred to the State of Washington Committee on…