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.
Nancy Post, MAc, PhD
Dr. Nancy Post is an expert in the areas of strategic planning, organizational development and energy management. As a consultant, she has advised large and small companies on the benefits of strategic development, organization and leadership training, with a client list that includes Kaiser Permanente, General Motors, BellSouth Wireless, and the states of Vermont, Delaware and Massachusetts. She has held a variety of teaching positions at Temple University, the Wharton School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania and, most recently, the Keller School of Management in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Post graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, with degrees in economics and psychology. She then attended the Traditional Acupuncture Institute (now TAI Sophia Institute) in Columbia, Maryland and received her master's degree in acupuncture in 1984. In 1994, she earned a PhD in organizational behavior from Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Post still maintains a busy Chinese medicine practice in Philadelphia. For more information on Dr. Post and how to contact her with any questions, visit www.NancyPost.com.