Why Community?

Harmony Community Wellness Center is part of the growing community acupuncture movement that is changing the way health care is provided. We provide acupuncture in a community space at a reduced cost.

The primary goal of the community acupuncture movement is to reduce cost to the patient in order to allow for treatments to be frequent and regular enough to be effective and provide wellness. Community style acupuncture counters the more common "Spa style" acupuncture which has developed in the U.S., where patients are treated individually in a room, similar to massage treatments. These "Spa style" treatments are expensive and are out of reach financially for many that could benefit from acupuncture, especially those without insurance coverage.

At Harmony Community Wellness Center, we treat in a community setting and price treatments on a sliding scale, from $20 to $40 per treatment.

We treat in a community setting

In the U.S., most acupuncturists treat patients on tables in individual rooms or cubicles. This is not traditional in Asia, where acupuncture occurs in a community setting. In our clinic we use recliners, arranged in a large, quiet, soothing space. Treating in a community setting has many benefits, including:

• Allows for low cost treatments.
• Friends and family can be treated together.
• Group energy enhances treatment.
• It is comforting. The setting reduces apprehension and mystery.

At Harmony Community Wellness Center, patients remain clothed, lie in comfortable recliners in a quiet, soothing community room. Acupuncture needles are applied "distally", meaning that we place needles primarily in your arms and legs, hands and feet. In other words, we may treat your back pain by placing needles in your hands and feet. With this more traditional style, we can see more patients and this allows us to reduce the cost of the treatments.

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