Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 3:04:03 GMT -6
Wendy Besmann waited two painful years for her physical therapist to stick a needle in her neck again.
Besmann, who gets physical therapy from Dina Kramer at Kramer's West Knoxville practice, has musculoskeletal pain. She used to have Kramer routinely practice intramuscular manual therapy — more commonly called "dry needling" — on her "trigger points," tightened bands of tissue.
But in June 2014, state District Attorney Robert Cooper Jr. delivered an opinion that dry needling — first practiced in the 1950s — was legally out of the scope of practice for physical therapists in Tennessee.
Finally, last Wednesday, Kramer was again able to insert and quickly remove a very thin needle into Besmann's trigger points, which she said forces the muscle to twitch and release the tension that can cause pain. Besmann is a believer. After being "needled" in six places and then getting some manual manipulation from Kramer, she demonstrated how she could turn her head farther than before and said her pain had decreased.
Read more: www.knoxnews.com/business/new-law-lets-physical-therapists-needle-clients-364416d9-d592-687d-e053-0100007fb4b5-385476271.html
Besmann, who gets physical therapy from Dina Kramer at Kramer's West Knoxville practice, has musculoskeletal pain. She used to have Kramer routinely practice intramuscular manual therapy — more commonly called "dry needling" — on her "trigger points," tightened bands of tissue.
But in June 2014, state District Attorney Robert Cooper Jr. delivered an opinion that dry needling — first practiced in the 1950s — was legally out of the scope of practice for physical therapists in Tennessee.
Finally, last Wednesday, Kramer was again able to insert and quickly remove a very thin needle into Besmann's trigger points, which she said forces the muscle to twitch and release the tension that can cause pain. Besmann is a believer. After being "needled" in six places and then getting some manual manipulation from Kramer, she demonstrated how she could turn her head farther than before and said her pain had decreased.
Read more: www.knoxnews.com/business/new-law-lets-physical-therapists-needle-clients-364416d9-d592-687d-e053-0100007fb4b5-385476271.html