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We believe strongly in acupuncture\u2019s place in healthcare and want it to be affordable for everyone. Acupuncture\u2019s potential as a viable healing modality cannot be fully realized if it\u2019s inaccessible to most people, so it became evident and so important that we create a space to provide acupuncture in a more affordable way here in Ohio. A grassroots movement born out of a clinic in Portland, Oregon, coined the term \u2018Community Acupuncture\u2019 – the model of treating multiple patients in the same room and charging each of them less to allow acupuncture to be received more frequently as the therapy that it is intended to be. It opened up the possibility of acupuncture to more people all the while circumventing the insurance industry and our ailing healthcare system, which seems inherently broken; services and beautiful buildings exist, but accessibility and affordability simply do not. Community Acupuncture has been spreading like wildfire across the country ever since. That\u2019s what good ideas tend to do.<\/p>\n
Urban Acupuncture Center, Ohio\u2019s 1st\u00a0Community Acupuncture clinic, was co-founded by Steve Drugan and Susan Bowlus in 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n All of the acupuncturists at Urban Acupuncture Center meet the highest standards of education and certification required to practice acupuncture. Most practicing acupuncturists in the United States are \u2018licensed acupuncturists.\u2019 Though licensing requirements vary by state, licensing boards generally require an approximately 2000-hour curriculum completed over 3 years of post-graduate study from an accredited school. Additionally, practitioners must successfully complete the national board examinations brokered by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). The practice of acupuncture in Ohio requires both national certification by the NCCAOM as well as licensure issued by the State Medical Board of Ohio.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=”Sidebar – Staff Bios” _builder_version=”3.19.15″ area=”et_pb_widget_area_4″ orientation=”right” text_orientation=”left” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.3″]<\/p>\n Acupuncturists are trained to treat the body as a whole system.\u00a0 Therefore, you do not need to see a specific therapist for a specific condition.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”About Us” _builder_version=”3.19.15″] About Us Our Story We believe strongly in acupuncture\u2019s place in healthcare and want it to be affordable for everyone. Acupuncture\u2019s potential as a viable healing modality cannot be fully realized if it\u2019s inaccessible to most people, so it became evident and so important that we create a space […]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" [frame_left src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanacupuncturecenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/group-photo1.jpg\"] [\/frame_left]<\/p> In short, it began with several friends sharing a common vision.<\/p> We all believe strongly in acupuncture\u2019s place in healthcare, and we want it to be affordable for everyone.<\/p> Acupuncture\u2019s potential as a viable healing modality cannot be fully realized if it\u2019s inaccessible to most people, so we decided to create a way to make that happen.<\/p> Steve Drugan and\u00a0Sue Bowlus were instant friends that also practiced acupuncture. We were introduced to the concept or \u201cmovement\u201d of community acupuncture after Steve had learned about it. There are a growing number of clinics allowing people to pay on a sliding scale of $20 -$50, whatever they could afford. There are over 100 clinics in the United States, as well as many internationally that provide acupuncture for people whose insurance doesn\u2019t cover, or otherwise cannot afford regular treatments. We realized that Ohio did not have a clinic offering this service. We were immediately drawn to the philosophy of it, but wanted to see it in practice before embarking on this venture. We made a road trip up to Detroit, Michigan where there are three community acupuncture centers. It was wonderful to see these clinics full of people, from all different backgrounds getting acupuncture together. Shortly after the trip, Sue had an opportunity to attend a seminar at Working Class Acupuncture in Portland Oregon, the center that started this movement in the United States. It was incredible to see where it began, where they are now treating around 600 people a week.<\/p> It became evident and so important that we create a space to provide acupuncture in a more affordable way here in Ohio. For over a year we looked for the perfect location to begin, and finally we found our home in Clintonville on High Street in 2010.\u00a0\u00a0 Once there was no more room to grow there, we had to open another space.\u00a0 We found our second home in beautiful Westerville on Main Street close to the Otterbein campus.\u00a0 We are so fortunate to have found this extremely talented and compassionate group of acupuncturists to work at Urban Acupuncture Center.<\/p> All of the acupuncturists at Urban Acupuncture Center meet the highest standards of education and certification required to practice acupuncture. The vast majority of acupuncturists are \u2018licensed acupuncturists\u2019. Though licensing requirements vary from state to state, most licensing boards require an approximately 2000 hour curriculum completed over 3 years of post-graduate study in an accredited school of Chinese medicine. Additionally, practitioners must successfully complete the national board examination brokered by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). The practice of acupuncture in Ohio requires both national certification by the NCCAOM as well as licensure issued by the State Medical Board of Ohio.<\/p><\/blockquote>","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n