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Acupuncture Suggestions
Ask your primary-care physician or friends who have been happy with acupuncture for a recommendation. Then check with the American Academy of Medical Acupuncturists (AAMA, listed below), a physician-only organization, to see whether the acupuncturists you plan to call are certified by the academy.
STATS AND FACTS: The first course in acupuncture for medical doctors was taught at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1983. Now more than 40 medical schools offer courses on the healing partnership between the physician and the patient, acupuncture, and self-care (prevention of disease through a healthful lifestyle).
In your first call, ask the physician to describe his or her philosophy of treatment and choice of acupuncture employed. You want to work with someone who will treat your body the way you want it to be treated. Most acupuncturists firmly believe that the body is not a machine and therefore have reservations that high-tech treatment is always best. However, along the broad continuum of acupuncture practice and theory, some practitioners are closer than others to the traditional allopathic model of treatment. The task is to find a physician whose philosophy matches your own.
It is also important to ask where and for how long the physician was trained in acupuncture and what percentage of his or her practice is devoted to it. For medical doctors to be certified by the American Medical Association to practice acupuncture, they must complete at minimum a 200-hour course in acupuncture from a medical school. Search more information >>
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