North Carolina

Intramuscular Manual Therapy aka Dry Needling is accepted internationally as a tool of physical therapy.

Physical Therapy clinicians throughout the country are working with their state boards to gain acceptance of this technique.

North Carolina IMT/TDN State Status

As of September 2010, North Carolina has approved physical therapists to perform the Trigger Point Dry Needling technique with the following guidelines: 54 hours of training and 40 hours clinical instruction.

Click here to see the official ruling letter.

Click here to access the website for North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. 

Due to the following excerpt from the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners website, Kinetacore courses do qualify as we are endorsed by the State of Colorado's Physical Therapy Board, however Kinetacore requires a log of 200 TDN sessions prior to taking Level 2, therefore NC participants will either have to audit level 1 again ($199 Charge) or visit a Kinetacore sponsored clinic for 40 hours of clinical instruction at an additional cost. Please contact us for additional information.