Tuesday 29 December 2015
open today and tomorrow (New Year's eve) for Osteopathy and Acupuncture
Seasons Greetings and Happy holidays to all. Just to let everyone know that the clinic here is open today and tomorrow (New Year's Eve) for Osteopathy and Acupuncture. Then some family time over new year, and I'm open again on Monday 4th January, until Saturday 9th January. Kaori will be here to take bookings (03 980 2425) but I'm away on retreat from 9th to 24th January. Then fully open again from Monday 25th January. So hopefully you and your family will avoid any mishaps over the holidays (if you need a new ACC claim lodged) but if you do want to come for treatment and stay in top form, then best book online in the usual way: www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Patients will sometimes ask you 'what kind of acupuncture do you do?' It's still OK to practice both osteopathy and traditional acupuncture
Thanks everyone (acupuncturists) for your support - and reading my bogs last month.
You'll understand my reasons. Seems that Osteopathic Council NZ have forced us to register for the Western Medical Acupuncture scope of practice. But then, this was never really intended for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) trained people (just the dry-needling course trained people, who never used to use the word acupuncture a few years ago, but now do).
Patients will sometimes ask you 'what kind of acupuncture do you do?'
But I know at least one person who hasn't yet registered for the Western Medical Acupuncture scope of practice, and it's still legal to practice both osteopathy and acupuncture - but probably necessary to have 2 consent forms: and maybe two sets of notes: one for acupuncture, and one for osteopathy.
I might write again to Osteopathic Council NZ for clear guidelines about this.
We'll see. I think it's only fair for them to tell us how we CAN practice TCM acupuncture, not just how we CAN"T practice it.
For more on this you can see:
http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/acupuncture/traditionalDry.html
You'll understand my reasons. Seems that Osteopathic Council NZ have forced us to register for the Western Medical Acupuncture scope of practice. But then, this was never really intended for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) trained people (just the dry-needling course trained people, who never used to use the word acupuncture a few years ago, but now do).
Patients will sometimes ask you 'what kind of acupuncture do you do?'
But I know at least one person who hasn't yet registered for the Western Medical Acupuncture scope of practice, and it's still legal to practice both osteopathy and acupuncture - but probably necessary to have 2 consent forms: and maybe two sets of notes: one for acupuncture, and one for osteopathy.
I might write again to Osteopathic Council NZ for clear guidelines about this.
We'll see. I think it's only fair for them to tell us how we CAN practice TCM acupuncture, not just how we CAN"T practice it.
For more on this you can see:
http://www.christchurch-osteopathy-acupuncture.co.nz/acupuncture/traditionalDry.html
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