Dry needling discussion OCOM Tuesday 1-2pm

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I was told that OCOM is having another " discussion " about dry needling on

Tuesday from 1-2. I am teaching at NCNM that day but would love it if a few DCs

could go. Last time they had one, none of us knew about it and they kind of made

it sound like our education was sub-par and we were incompetent to work on

trigger points with or without a needle.

The legal battle right now is more of a battle about whether or not the OBCE can

interpret our scope or not without outside intervention or input. in addition,

the last OCOM DN discussion started by the " panel " stating that DCs could not

use a needle to treat trigger points and that they would only have the training

to do so if they went to acupuncture school. The discussion went on and at the

end, it was decided that DCs could do it if they went through a program at an

acupuncture school, that was 600-800 hours, because they are the experts on DN

and trigger point work. You can watch the tedious video of this discussion here

http://vimeo.com/18806859

-Tim Irving DC