Acupuncture Awareness Week

The 1st British Acupuncture Awareness week from 27th February to 4th March 2012

Getting to the point in the 21st century

Acupuncture, which has been practiced for 4000 years, is moving more into the mainstream of medical practice. Every year traditional acupuncturists carry out 2.3 million acupuncture treatments and this figure is on the rise. Today, even 6% of the medical profession use acupuncture in some capacity.

To acknowledge the progress and development of Acupuncture over the years, this year from Feb 27 to March 2nd, sees the inauguration of the first Acupuncture Awareness Week. This week seeks to broaden the understanding of Acupuncture as a practice and its effectiveness for treating many health conditions in the community.

To celebrate Acupuncture Awareness week, the Creative Health Centre in Brierley Hill is hosting a series of events to mark the occasion.

Throughout the week, resident Acupuncturists, Tony Concannon and Balteg Singh, will be offering free 20 min consultation and health check and an opportunity to discuss any health issues and questions. This will include a health check, including BP and structural examination.

Clinical director, Tony Concannon says “This is the first national Acupuncture awareness week and it reflects how much acupuncture has grown over the years and become part of a health service to the nation. When I started 25 years ago, Acupuncture was unheard of and frequently confused with agriculture - on stating I was an acupuncturist, I was often asked how many cows I had!”
“Today it has become more accepted. I regularly lecture to medical students at the Medical School at the Queen Elisabeth. Many GP’s suggest it as a treatment and find it beneficial for a wide variety of conditions”

The purpose of this week is to make acupuncture more accessible to the public. Whereas it was once an alternative, it is now more accepted than ever before Tony Concannon says “ Recently, when being told by one of our patients, that she was having an alternative treatment called acupuncture for her back pain, her consultant replied “oh that’s no longer an alternative, it’s quite mainstream these days”

Acupuncture has grown into the 21st centaury as an acceptable treatment for many conditions, including arthritis, anxiety, back pain, headaches and that source of many ills, stress …..
The world health organisation recognises and lists many conditions acupuncture treats. Balteg Singh says “ this week presents a opportunity for anyone interested in Acupuncture or who wishes to explore what acupuncture can do for them, to come along and find out more in a comfortable confidential atmosphere- and we will also supply herbal teas and fortune cookies”