a site (under construction) for acupuncturists, physical therapists, chiropractors, doctors and patients who are looking for fast and effective acupuncture treatments and who want to promote this ancient way of healing

Target, goal and motivation


Target


Are you a practising acupuncturist, homeopath, osteopath or maybe a physiotherapist, chiropractor or medical doctor with acupuncture specialisation (TCM), looking for success in your treatments? Are you a patient who is being treated with either one of these disciplines, looking for fast pain relief and results? Then read on, because this information is all about you. Before we go on I would like to point out that when I talk about acupuncture on this site I mean acupuncture as part of Traditional Chinese Medicine and medical acupuncture. Traditional Chinese Medicine is a complete healing system, but the combination of traditional insights and modern knowledge offers the best results for the patient and that is what health care is all about.

Acupuncture is an ancient way of healing, where small needles are inserted in certain points of the body in order to get a reaction of the nervous system, or, as the ancient practitioners would say, to move the energy.  It is a very friendly, natural and cost effective treatment and has many advantages over modern medicine, when applied with knowledge and for the proper conditions. In general one could say that acupuncture is very effective in the treatment of chronic ailments and ideal for the treatment of pain, whether chronic or acute.  

Acupuncture becomes more and more integrated in modern medicine, but is still a little bit of an odd one out and deserves much better. Acupuncture is cheap, it does not use chemical medication, but stimulates the brain to produce its own, non toxic, chemicals. Therefore it is a much healthier alternative, especially in a time, when people take much too much prescription medication, are constantly under stress and have bad eating habits. The level of toxicity and acidity in the body is on the rise and acupuncture helps with detoxification, if only because it does not add more toxins to the body. 
If acupuncture would be administered on a much larger scale for the proper health conditions and it would be done in a professional and effective way, it would drastically reduce the costs of health care and shorten the wait times.
There is no need for expensive equipment, no invasive and expensive tests, just a treatment table, some needles and a simple electric pulse stimulator.


Goal


The problem is, though, that many times treatments are being repeated over and over without getting the desired results, a very frustrating situation for both patient and practitioner. This happens in almost all practices, be it acupuncture, physiotherapy, chiropractic or any other discipline. Making a patient come back over and over again is not in the patients interest and usually says more about the skills of the practitioner. If we want acupuncture to become a healthy and credible member of the health care family, we must make it as effective as possible.
With over 30 years of experience in acupuncture, physiotherapy and manual therapy the author has developed a deep insight in the functioning of the human body and the way it wants to be treated. Success in your treatments is depending on the way you approach the body, combining all your knowledge, physical, emotional and social, mechanical and energetic. Only then will body and mind show the willingness to heal. As long as the approach is limited to one point of view your results will be short-lived and most of the time pain and discomfort will come back, often more severe.
It is my goal to speed up the integration of acupuncture in health care, to open the door for more acupuncturists, to pave the way for this beautiful way of healing, to give acupuncture the exposure that it deserves. This can only be done when we administer and practice acupuncture in an effective way. If that is the case eventually there will be more cooperation between practitioners of modern medicine and acupuncturists and patients will be referred to an acupuncturist, because it will be general knowledge that that would be the best choice. It is what the patient deserves, what acupuncture deserves and what health care deserves. 


Motivation


Because I have seen the effects acupuncture can have on several ailments and at the same time the struggle for recognition we are still all involved in, I have decided to start up this website and make my knowledge and experience available. 

If we want to follow this path and make acupuncture an indispensable part of health care, we have to stick together. Please feel free to contribute to the blog and share your experiences and ideas.