Re: “Evidence That Dry Needling Is the Intent to Bypass Regulation to Practice Acupuncture in the United States” by Fan et al. (J Altern Complement Med 2016;22:591–593)

Myofascial pain and treatment: Editorial

“…joim.2018.11.006 Compared to the DN situation in the US, physiotherapists in New Zealand operate in a very different environment. Whereas in the US, physical therapists and acupuncturists often maintain adversarial relationships, if any (Fan et al, 2016;Stanborough 2016, 2017;Zhu and Most, 2016), in New Zealand DN has been taught primarily by the Physiotherapy Acupuncture Association of New Zealand (PAANZ). It is only recently that DN has been taught separately from acupuncture practice, which according to the authors of this article may be due to an influx of foreign practitioners.…”