01/19/2026
Large-scale analysis found licensed acupuncturists have pneumothorax rate of 2 per 250,000 treatments (0.0008%), while physical therapists performing dry needling had major adverse events at approximately 125 times this rate.
Considering dry needling for pain relief in CDA? Maybe you've only heard of it, or maybe you've already experienced it for yourself. In some ways dry needling and acupuncture are very
