Introduction to Community Acupuncture

Having run a community acupuncture clinic for almost a year now, I must thank Moses and the folks at WCA for providing the know-how and sharing their experiences. Our success is directly related to their willingness to share what works. The bottom line is that acupuncture performed frequently is an effective and powerful therapeutic modality for a variety of conditions.

Thanks Moses and WCA.

Larry

Well haraboy, If you cant afford acu then you ARE getting exactly what you pay for, which is NOTHING.

I used to do reception at a Community Acupuncture Clinic and we routinely had people come over to our clinic from a well known third-generation, Chinese Medical Doctor's clinic who is GREAT but charges $110 per treatment. They actually could afford to come in often enough and got better faster than at the expensive place. You obviously have zero firsthand experience.

Hopefully, your patients aren't being treated in the same room... and their comments aren't being heard by others... otherwise this is a major HIPPA violation.

HIPPA only applies to medical institutions who transmit information electronically. Really - look it up before you act like you know what you're talking about. Patients are treated in a big room. I've tried it and its great. The acupuncturist just doesn't ask any embarrassing questions. I know I could ask to see him privately, but I've never needed to.

Acutope, I am unsure what your agenda is but if you were actually an expert on HIPPA you would know that it only covers electronic records. And as far as privacy issues go, these Community Acupuncture clinics have music, waterfalls and/or white noise generators going on and the acupuncturist whispers back and forth with the patient. My Grandmother was treated with chemo in a community setting just like this in recliners in a very large, well known Hospital. Swing and a miss, acutope.

Man, you are a true inspiration to TCM. Nice work.

Hi Moses
Thanks for the video.
I'm in acupuncture school right now and boy is it brutal, within the modern dynamic of one patient per hour and this whole thing of I'm the doctor and the patient is the healeee, I have a big struggle with that.
Without what you are doing and all the other people in working class acupuncture, acupuncture without borders et all, I would not be still here, I would be finding another modality!
Thanks for being part of the future!

If you believe that "you get what you pay for", I would say you get a great deal for your 15 to 40 dollars when you receive treatment at any community acupuncture clinic. Thanks for checking out the video and I hope you get a chance to experience CA for yourself someday.

The concept of community style acupuncture is great! However, I hope those acupuncturists are not underskilled (is this the only way they can establish patients?). The effectiveness of one treatment by a skilled acupuncturist can be equal or less to the effect from four or five treatments by a community style acupuncturist who see multiple patients in such a short time. I still wonder how realistically one can quickly make correct diagnosis and give treatment within 10 minutes!