Community Acupuncture Network (CAN)

Our Mission....

Community Acupuncture Network (CAN) is a nonprofit organization of practitioners, 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.

Find A Community Acupuncture Clinic Near You....

Click the map to locate affordable acupuncture clinics near you with a sliding scale ranging within $15-40 per treatment!

Practitioners and Students interested in Community Acupuncture....

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to stop complaining about what’s wrong with healthcare in America, and actually DO something about it?
How about joining an online community of acupuncturists who are not only doing something, but who will share all the nuts and bolts of how you can transform your practice into something that not only makes your living but embodies your ideals? To become a member join CAN.

First Professional Doctorate Discussions....

For a public discussion of the first professional doctorate, click here

Prick, Prod, Provoke....

Prick, Prod, Provoke… is the group blog of the Community Acupuncture Network. Its purpose is to prick, prod, and provoke both the imagination and the conscience of the acupuncture profession.

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CAN is READ ONLY for 24-48 hrs

Posted July 1st, 2009 by annmongeau

Beginning tomorrow (7/2) AM and lasting potentially 48 hours, CAN will be moving to another server. This means

1) during that time we will be unable to accept new or renewed memberships

2) posted comments may not make it to the new server

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Installment 2 of the "Finding Normal" Study Guide

Posted June 28th, 2009 by Lisafer

Self Esteem

The issue of self-esteem comes up over and over in the movie Finding Normal. Watch the trailer and take note of how many times the issue at hand is self esteem, either directly or indirectly.

http://www.findingnormal.org/?page_id=7

I count at least 16 times. Here are some examples of what I mean:

Recent Locate-A-Clinic News - Almost July 2009

Posted June 26th, 2009 by andy wegman

CAN recently asked for the clinics listed on the Locate-A-Clinic page (full-time community-style clinics) to report the number of treatments they'd given over the period from March 1st to May 31st, 2009 - a three month time frame.

After a week of feedback and ~ 45 responses, we've got......36,000 treatments.