About Community Acupuncture
Community Acupuncture is based on a concept that acupuncture should be accessible to everyone. It should be affordable and explained in terms that people understand. It is too effective and too helpful to be only available in private clinics for the enlightened. It is effective across all demographics, and is not dependent on education, income, cultural background or beliefs.
This concept comes from the use of acupuncture in hospitals in China and is being now applied widely across the United States and United Kingdom.
Community Acupuncture is based on an idea of using skills and space smartly to treat many people effectively. This might mean sharing the same space to get a treatment. It might also mean sharing community networks and resources to bring acupuncture to more people, more affordably.
Some more information about what we do and the people who work with us can be found in the links below:
Inner East Community Health Services provide community based health services through clinics in Hawthorn, Richmond and Ashburton. They provide general practice medicine as well as a variety of allied health services including physiotherapy, speech pathology, audiology, dental care, dietetics and drug and alcohol services. THe IECHS has innovated in many ways to help target groups including carers, the elderly and rehabilitation patients. www.iechs.com.au
Community Acupuncture Network (CAN) is a nonprofit
organization of acupuncturists, patients and supporters whose goal is
to make acupuncture more affordable and accessible by promoting the
practice of offering acupuncture in community settings for a sliding
scale ranging within $15-40 a treatment. www.
Hands on Health is a nonprofit Australian organization that deliver therapies and services to marginalized groups in the communities at no cost. Besides Chinese Medicine, they also provide a wide variety of services including chiropractic, dentistry, dermatology, general medicine, hairdressing, massage, naturopathy, nursing, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology and legal advice. Hands on Health is a volunteer organisation, utilising the services of countless good hearted professionals. www.handsonhealth.com.au
Traditional Healthcare is a nonprofit charitable organisation (based in Melbourne) committed to the development of sustainable healthcare facilities for underprivileged communities. They are currently funding and independently building a sustainable clinic in Datom, India. Traditional Healthcare come from a Chinese Medicine background, but their work also reflects the values eco-sustainability and community oriented education. www.th.org.au
The Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria was formed in 2000 to register the profession of Chinese Medicine herbalists, herbal dispensers and acupuncturists. The CMRB was formed to standardize the quality of the services we provide and ensure the safety of the public. www.cmrb.vic.gov.au