Medical Acupuncture Facts » medical acupuncture http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Medical Acupuncture Causes Extreme Difficulty Breathing and Severe Pain All Over http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/2008/12/02/medical-acupuncture-causes-extreme-difficulty-breathing-and-severe-pain-all-over/ http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/2008/12/02/medical-acupuncture-causes-extreme-difficulty-breathing-and-severe-pain-all-over/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:11:54 +0000 admin http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/?p=96 House calls always bring me the most unexpected and alarming assignments. The woman who had sounded so old and feeble over the phone was actually quite young — in her early thirties. She was in such a weakened state that she could barely walk to answer the door when I arrived.  “I can’t talk much because I’ll lose my breath,” she told me in a scarcely audible voice.

After doing the most brief patient intake, and after reviewing various inconclusive medical records provided by the patient, I palpated this young woman’s radial pulses and analyzed her tongue. She had become ill after a vacation in the tropics, and her health had steadily declined over a period of several months to a point in which she could no longer work or live independently. Terrified of receiving acupuncture, she had only contacted me as a “last resort” after several people had referred her to me. Her first and only experience with acupuncture was from a treatment she had received from a chiropractor, who, according to the patient, inserted several needles deeply along her spine, from the nape of her neck down to the sacrum.  The treatment resulted in the patient having extreme difficulty breathing and severe pain all over her body for days.

I utilized a gentle, non-insertion technique of acupuncture to provide some immediate relief for this woman, referred her to a physician, and went home amazed that any kind of medical professional would perform deep needling on such an emaciated, feeble patient.

Chiropractic acupuncture and medical acupuncture is an immediate public safety concern that must be illegalized.  Only licensed acupuncturists who have undertaken years of study at an accredited acupuncture graduate college should be approved to perform this invasive procedure.

Jamie Koonce, L.Ac.

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and Traditional or Chinese Acupuncture?

As more and more people are looking into receiving acupuncture for their health complaints, it has become that much more important to know what type of acupuncturists are in practice and what type of qualifications they have.

Acupuncture is a component of a complete medical system called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Acupuncture originated in China several thousand years ago.

ACUPUNCTURE TRAINING

Acupuncture is performed by licensed acupuncturists with a minimum of 3-4 years of study. This is a rigorous program of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine that includes intense study and an internship. Credentials can be seen after their name with an L.Ac.

Most often when you see the initials L.Ac., you can be confident that the acupuncturist had some serious training of at least a few years.

Medical Acupuncture is performed by a doctor (MD) or other licensed health care professional such as a chiropractor, dentist, and physical therapist.

Medical acupuncture was created for these health practitioners (MD, DC, etc.) without the lengthy study that licensed acupuncturists (L.Ac.) take. In fact, some of these courses only require 100 hours of acupuncture study!

Often, when you see the initials MD or DC or any initial without an L.Ac., more often than not, they have had much less acupuncture training.

In fact, it is in the nature of Medical Acupuncture to offer a less comprehensive course of acupuncture study to their trainees. Some states offer a minimum of ONLY 100 hours of acupuncture study while licensed acupuncturists (L.Ac.) have over 3,000 hours.

If you have received acupuncture by an MD, DC, or someone not fully trained like an L.Ac. and have not benefited from the treatment, you should consider going to a licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.) to experience the full potential that acupuncture has to offer.

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