Leon Kenin is a licensed acupuncturist with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM) from Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, and a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM). He holds a BA from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs with a second major in Latin American Studies and is fully bilingual in Spanish and English.  In his clinical practice, Leon focuses on sports and orthopedic acupuncture, and muscular pain such as sciatica-like disorders, back pain, neck, shoulder, arm and hand pain. He uses a personalized approach that combines traditional Chinese acupuncture and herbology with the specialized techniques of trigger-point and motor-point acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, gua sha, and tui na.
Governor Gavin Newsom has retracted the proposed budget cuts to the Medi-Cal acupuncture program for low-income Californians for the 2024-2025 budget year. This decision marks a significant victory for health care providers and advocates who have long championed acupuncture as a vital component of comprehensive medical care.
There’s no doubt that many of your patients visit your practice because they are in pain. And there’s certainly no doubt that curcumin from turmeric (Curcuma longa) can be incredibly effective in stopping that pain, whether due to chronic conditions like arthritis or acute pain from intensive workouts. But your patients may also benefit from curcumin for other reasons.
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Fair and appropriate wages in health care are typically based on economic evaluations. A simple literature review illuminates that acupuncture is missing economic evaluations; which implies you are either underpaid or overpaid. The complexity of services provided by most American acupuncturists, which they are trained and certified to provide, must be reimbursed fairly.
