If you’ve ever been treated for an injury or chronic body pain over the past couple decades, then there's a good chance you’ve experienced dry needling, or at the very least you’ve heard of it and considered it as a treatment option. Dry needling is the term that refers to therapeutic needling that doesn’t include blood testing, injections and vaccinations - hence the word ‘dry’. Now of the large many who have had dry needling therapy, some have received it from their acupuncturist, some from their physiotherapist, some from their chiropractor, and others from their sports or athletic therapist. So the question often arises, “what is the difference between each of these professions when it comes to (dry) needling?”. Dry needling is the umbrella term for the therapy as a whole. Inserting dry needles into the body has several different effects and mechanisms by which it can influence the body back into a state of better health. It’s not as simple as “Oh! It’s sore here. Let’s