CSOMA 2009 Barefoot Medicine: Community Acupuncture and Beyond

Christian will speak on the many virtues of Barefoot medicine and community pain and stress clinics.  For treatment  of pain and stress as well as management of chronic disease, Acupuncture is without compare.  However, acupuncture works best when it is done frequently.  The going rate of $60 to $150 and higher makes frequent treatment prohibitive.  If practitioners of acupuncture could perform intake diagnosis and treatment within 10-15 minutes and also create a clinical setting in which multiple patients  can be seen in a single setting, this would address one of the gravest shortcomings of the conventional medical system - the failure to treat patients quickly and affordably for pain and stress without harmful side-effects.  Barefoot medicine is a new model of delivery requiring a new skill set.  Barefoot Medicine Training (BarefootMedicine Training.com) is the first comprehensive training program that allows holistic practitioners the opportunity to competently operate a community pain and stress clinic.  Training includes clinical skills, as well as logistical and business management and all-important communication skills.  Come hear about the revolution of community painand stress clinics that is sure to impact the U.S. healthcare system.