David Rindge, DOM, LAc, RN

David Rindge, DOM, LAc, RN, has been training licensed, health care professionals in laser and other energy based therapies through Healing Light Seminars and writing and as a regular columnist for Acupuncture Today since 2002. He is co-author of Laser Therapy; A Clinical Manual, Secretary of the North American Association for Laser Therapy and President Emeritus of the Florida State Oriental Medical Association. David received Conscious Living Partnerships' Leader of Innovative Medicine Award in 2005 and has more than 35 years health care experience as a doctor of Oriental medicine, acupuncture physician, perfusionist, respiratory therapist and registered nurse.

Previous Articles

Listening to Albert Einstein
October 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 10)
Making Light of Pain
June 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 06)
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem New Bones
October 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 10)
Laser TCM Meeting Roundup
October 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 10)
Lasers and De Qi
May 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 05)
Bioelectromagnetic Therapy
April 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 04)
Laser Therapy in Ear Disorders
October 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 10)
Laser Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease
April 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 04)
Illuminating the Mother of Qi
February 2006 (Vol. 07, Issue 02)
Laser Therapy in North America: NAALT 2005
August 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 08)
The Practice of Laser Acupuncture
May 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 05)
Laser Acupuncture and Respiratory Disease
February 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 02)
Let There Be Light! - Stimulated Emission
November 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 11)
Would You Take a Knife to a Gunfight?
August 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 08)
Lasers, Tricorders and NAALT
August 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 08)
What Is the Nature of Laser Therapy?
May 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 05)
Laser Acupuncture and Musculoskeletal Pain
February 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 02)
Laser Acupuncture, Part II: Let There Be Light!
August 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 08)
Integrating Low-Level Laser Therapy and Oriental Medicine, Part One
June 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 06)
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Ann Y Wang, CMD (China), LAc
News / Profession
Profession at a Crossroads: What Must Change
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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
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