Hmmm, my "dry needler" is not an MD. She's an RN, and trigger point therapist. Her emphasis is entirely on anatomy and focusing on releasing specific contraction knots in the muscles. It's all very pragmatic.
I've never heard my practitioner mention "chi" or even mention TCM. This page talks at length about what she does. It is similar, but, as her site says, it's all based on Western medicine principles.
(I guess it could be a small part of TCM, but I don't know enough about it to really say!)



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