Here are some of Googles most popular questions with our answers. How long does it take to train as an acupuncturist? Between 2 weekends and 4 years. People who are already doctors train for about 4 days to become members of the BMAS. Physiotherapists train for about a year (Part time) in addition to their …
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When I was a student over 25 years ago there were very few books about acupuncture and certainly no websites or apps. One college in particular was very sniffy about any kind of technology being applied to it suggesting that do do so would in some way obstruct the “purity” of treatment and the flow …
A Discussion When you mention acupuncture most people think of China but that is not the whole story. In 1991 the mummified body of “Otzi the Iceman” a five thousand year old Neolithic hunter was discovered on the mountainous boarder between Switzerland and Italy. He appeared to have tattoos or burn marks on his back …
In the mid-1970s, Michael Smith, a medical doctor at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx area of New York, modified an existing system of auricular acupuncture into a simple technique for the treatment of many common drug addictions as an alternative to methadone. This selection of ear points proved to be extremely effective in the …
You may have already heard of the NADA protocol (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) and this is another useful technique for students to consider. Once you have learned how to do this it is not too difficult to expand into more general ear acupuncture if you so wish. You may even want to consider doing the …
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Massage to Complement Acupuncture If you met someone socially and said that you were training to be an acupuncturist and needed people to practice on how confident would you be that you would get a positive response? Then compare that to the response you would expect if you said you needed people for massage. This …
When I was a student of acupuncture in the early 90’s I remember the concepts of damp and phlegm being briefly explained to me. If you want to understand the nature of damp you can go out in England and experience it simply enough. It is heavy, it is misty, it’s usually cold and it …
I was conditioned to be opposed to doing acupuncture by prescription. It goes against all my instincts and my training, which says that if we are working with holistic medicine we must by implication look at the whole case. This system of medicine is about people not conditions so prescriptions will only offer temporary relief …
You can get a diploma in acupuncture, you can get a simple certificate and you can get a full degree. Ultimately there is nothing to stop you calling yourself an acupuncturist without any qualification at all. So we need to see if a full degree course is a worthwhile option. Lets have a look at …
Cosmetic Acupuncture – Facial Revitalisation Acupuncture (FRA) Facial revitalisation techniques we use for cosmetic acupuncture include needles, electro acupuncture, TENS pads, massage techniques and more. The exact method employed will depend upon the individual and their requirements. For example we have found that electro acupuncture is the most effective method to treat individual lines on …