Our Mission....

Aculand by Nancy NormanCommunity 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.

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Click the map to locate affordable acupuncture clinics near you with a sliding scale ranging within $15-40 per treatment!
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Practitioners and Students interested in Community Acupuncture....

Highlights from the CAN forums (hundreds of users and thousands of posts!) for acupuncturists: nuts and bolts of the community acupuncture business plan, marketing, acupuncture techniques, comments on the state of the acupuncture profession, and plenty more!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.

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.

to nee * dle, verb; synonyms: aggravate, annoy, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, examine, gnaw, goad, harass, irk, irritate, nag, nettle, pester, plague, prick, prod, provoke, question, quiz, ride, rile, ruffle, spur, sting, taunt, twit, worry

duh Qi…de qi!

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The Integrator Blog notices Disintegrative Medicine is on the rise, Mark Seem lets the entry-level cat out of the bag…too bad it’s road kill, AAAOM provides a forum for conversation that it can’t totally control and PCOM finally figures out how to separate the branch from the root…with Community-Style Acupuncture!