Many of you know that this year I dove into a new modality that I think can be of great benefit to my patients: Hanna Somatics. Hanna Somatics uses very gentle movements to help re-pattern the brain to address muscular imbalances in the body. This can help improve pain and stiffness, limited range of motion,
In my survey last month, 20% of respondents felt that people don’t try acupuncture because it’s too expensive. What a great opportunity to spread the word about community acupuncture! Standard market rates for acupuncture can range from $50 to over $100 for a one-hour treatment. And since acupuncture usually requires a series of treatments to
Thank you to everyone who took my survey about why people don’t try acupuncture. Some of the results came out as I expected, but others surprised me. I will be discussing the results over the next several blog posts. To begin with, here was the basic information: 30 People responded to the poll. 43.3% of
A 2007 survey by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (part of the National Institutes of Health) showed that less than 2 percent of adults in the U.S. had received acupuncture in the past year. A 2003 survey by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine found that about 9% of