New member - brief introduction

[Guest guest]

Dear Group-

 

I am really happy to be part of this group! The welcoming messages and the

site information from Attilio promise a wonderful combination of warmth and

informational wealth.

 

I'm an acupuncturist and an optometrist by license (FL AP 466; FL OPC 1819).

I spend a lot of both professional and thinking time in optometry,

developmental vision, nutrition, aromatherapy and cognitive and muscle refex

based

energetics, plus thought field therapies - unfortunately to the detriment of my

traditional acupuncture/TCM skills. I often explain to clients that acupuncture

is extremely powerful and that the best practitioners not only practicebut

live and breathe it - and since I am actively involved with a number of other

modalities I may want to refer them to an acupuncturist more skilled in

traditional techniques and herbology when indicated. But, whether I'm treating

or

referring, I'm sure the communications and information from this group will help

me to better do either.

 

I'm likely to post little unless I feel I have something useful to others to

share.

 

Gratefully,

Walter Chao, OD, AP

Pembroke Pines, FL

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Welcome Walter:

I congratulate you on dedicating your time and energy achieving your

AP license.

I want to compare that effort to those who take shortcut classes and

" do " acupuncture.

This is directed at Joe and others who do their 100 or 150 hours of

classes. This is not a turf war statement, just what is. I have learned

to adjust necks and backs, but I do not use the techniques as I have not

done the course work. What I would like to see is all those from other

medical type professions discount the anatomy, physiology, etc., that

they have obviously studied, and put in the clinical and practical hours

that APs have to put in. This is the minimal training I would suggest

for all would be acupuncturists.

Thanks for listening to my belief structure.

Yours in health,

Michael Towers, AP

 

Eodoc wrote:

 

> Dear Group-

>

> I am really happy to be part of this group! The welcoming messages

> and the

> site information from Attilio promise a wonderful combination of

> warmth and

> informational wealth.

>

> I'm an acupuncturist and an optometrist by license (FL AP 466; FL OPC

> 1819).

> I spend a lot of both professional and thinking time in optometry,

> developmental vision, nutrition, aromatherapy and cognitive and muscle

> refex based

> energetics, plus thought field therapies - unfortunately to the

> detriment of my

> traditional acupuncture/TCM skills. I often explain to clients that

> acupuncture

> is extremely powerful and that the best practitioners not only

> practicebut

> live and breathe it - and since I am actively involved with a number

> of other

> modalities I may want to refer them to an acupuncturist more skilled in

> traditional techniques and herbology when indicated. But, whether I'm

> treating or

> referring, I'm sure the communications and information from this group

> will help

> me to better do either.

>

> I'm likely to post little unless I feel I have something useful to

> others to

> share.

>

> Gratefully,

> Walter Chao, OD, AP

> Pembroke Pines, FL

>

>

>