"World Acupuncture Awareness Week" November 17-23

"World Acupuncture Awareness Week" November 17-23

If you have been considering acupuncture to improve your health but haven’t yet made the time for it, then the next few days may be just the opportunity you have been looking for. Around New Zealand, many professional acupuncturists, members of the NZ Register of Acupuncturists are actively promoting World Acupuncture Awareness Week (WAAW), November 17 to November 23rd.

Acupuncture has become a treatment of choice for many in New Zealand. Consider injury recovery alone, statistics received from ACC show patient visits in 2011 were 328,287 and in 2014 they rose to 450,359. This indicative rise of 122,027 in acupuncture visits over the past three years trend continues.

Many countries such as China, Japan and Korea provide western medical facilities along side the traditional. Acupuncture retains its standing and is often the medicine of choice due to its effectiveness, safety and as a viable alternative to the biochemical approach. Prominent universities in Australia, USA, England and more, are contributing to the understanding of acupuncture. Careful investigation applying robust, quality research methods to studies has opened the door to the specialist areas of fertility, mental health, headaches and chronic back pain.

To celebrate World Acupuncture Awareness Week the New Zealand School of Acupuncture, accredited with Bachelor and Master’s level courses, is providing free treatments to the public. The school’s director AM Olatunji, says

“The medical paradigm on which acupuncture is based views the body, not from a reductionist perspective but one of holism and balance. Active patient participation, incorporating treatment, qigong and lifestyle advice provides a way forward to a positive view of health management. Our public health system has been grappling with as to how to educate people so serious future health issues may be prevented or reduced.

These WAAW clinics are really an extension of our other community based initiatives, which have involved low cost or free clinics at the school, Hutt hospital and Arohata women’s prison.”

To locate events around the country which are promoting WAAW visit www.acupuncture.org.nz, or http://acupuncture.ac.nz.

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