Acupuncture Calendar Coming Soon!

Acupuncture Today Staff

In an effort to provide acupuncturists with a current list of every important event related to the profession, Acupuncture Today will begin publishing a national acupuncture calendar. Individual acupuncturists, associations, colleges, organizations and related companies are invited to submit details of their upcoming events for publication in Acupuncture Today. The calendar is a free service; there is no cost to have your events listed in the publication.

If you would like to submit an event, please provide the following information:

Event date
Event name/description
City/state event is happening in
Instructor
Event sponsor (your organization)
Contact person
Telephone number (including area code)

To submit your information, please contact Acupuncture Today by fax (714-536-1482), mail (Acupuncture Today, PO Box 6070, Huntington Beach, CA 92615-6070) or e-mail calendar@acupuncturetoday.com.

February 2000
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Acupuncture & Acupressure
It’s Time to Stop Prescribing Points
It's Time to Stop Prescribing Points

A student stands over a patient, needle poised. They have a “perfect” prescription: a textbook combination of points harvested from a lecture slide on chronic lower back pain. But as the needle meets the skin, the student hesitates - the symptom of a quiet habit that has taken hold of our profession. We routinely say we “prescribe” points. It sounds efficient. It echoes the authority of biomedical culture and fits neatly into the insurance field. But vocabulary is never neutral; repeated long enough, it dictates behavior.

Bruce W. Park, DACM
Acupuncture & Acupressure
Open the Orifices: Point Combinations for Allergy Presentations
Open the Orifices: Point Combinations for Allergy Presentations

Acupuncture can be highly effective in cases of nasal congestion so common in allergy presentations; so much so that I often treat such issues using acupuncture protocols alone. In cases of seasonal allergies with highly predictable causes such as obvious elevations of environmental allergens, I use a skeleton acupuncture prescription that can easily be fleshed out to target potential underlying patterns and effectively customized to the patient.

Craig Williams, LAc, AHG
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Profession at a Crossroads: What Must Change
Profession at a Crossroads: What Must Change

The field of acupuncture in the U.S. continues to grow in visibility, patient demand and clinical effectiveness. Yet behind the curtain, many acupuncturists are quietly struggling to keep their doors open. While the profession is rooted in centuries of healing tradition, modern economic pressures – particularly those driven by insurance limitations, low reimbursement rates and job-market saturation – are making it increasingly difficult for licensed acupuncturists to thrive.

Shabnam Pourhassani, LAc, QME, DACM