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Statistics Support the Future of Acupuncture and TCM:

  • It is speculated that the demand for services within the alternative health care industry will continue to grow, fueled in part by Canada's aging population and the increase in chronic illness.
  • From Canada Business Nova Scotia www.bsc-sec.ca
    Conventional medicine has no answers for antibiotic-resistant infections and few for many viral infections. But complementary medicine can do wonders for patients.
  • From the Canadian Medical Association Journal www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/157/2/186.pdf

Without a doubt, there is pent up demand for the highly- qualified acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners in Atlantic Canada.

Part of the great demand is due to the fact that acupuncture is a complete and effective system of medicine. It has its own diagnostic methods and a comprehensive range of treatment modalities. Part is due to the fact that many of the modalities within acupuncture can complement the practice of massage therapy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, naturopathy and modern medicine.

Acupuncture is especially effective in treating chronic medical conditions, thus helping to avoid an over reliance on surgery and the complications and costs related to drug therapy. Parts of acupuncture needling practice are used by physiotherapists, chiropractors and even massage therapists to alleviate acute pain, reduce swelling and to improve joint mobility. Acupuncture has also been proven effective in treating addictions and mental disorders.

The World Health Organization has recognized close to one hundred physical and psychological conditions that acupuncture benefits.

Acupuncturists provide a comprehensive list of services from acupressure to reflexology to auricular medicine, to acupuncture needling to herbology. Acupuncturists not only treat external soft tissue conditions but the internal organ 'networks' as well which are often the real source of pain, disability and dysfunction.

Acupuncture is a formidable therapeutic resource to offer Nova Scotians, many of whom are seeking the safe, drug-free, holistic approach to wellness that acupuncture presents.

It is no surprise that acupuncture is gaining recognition and support across the spectrum of health- care practices here and around the world. As medicine evolves, so will the need for acupuncture and highly qualified acupuncturists.