dnp is an approach to  musculoskeletal  dry needling that does not emphasise (though does not exclude) the location and treatment of trigger points in the intramuscular tissue.

It is a fusion of  traditional meridian therapy(a Japanese style of acupuncture )  palpation and a variety of needling techniques applied based on a system of light palpation, tissue sensitivity and movement testing and neurodynamic assesment.

The dnp approach employs more superficial and more comfortable techniques than those used in approaches based on deactiviting muscle trigger points. This has obvious benefits for patient and practitioner alike.

It addresses many of the difficulties often experienced by practitioners of trigger point focussed dry needling approaches such as treating mechanical pain presentations where a degree of central sensitisation exists and clinical presentations where trigger points are difficult to localise or absent.