The 2010 Healthcare Reform Act passed by congress helps create better access to insurance covered options. The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is now in the process of considering which services should be considered "essential health benefits" for Americans.    

This is our opportunity as a community (practitioners, students, and users of the medicine) to make the statement that acupuncture is important in the healthcare system and we want it included among the healthcare choices we make for ourselves.   

Please take a minute to help get acupuncture recognized as an "essential health benefit." The website is easy to use and your privacy will be protected.  Click on the 'Take Action' button at http://www.aaaomonline.org/ and follow the instructions (4 quick steps).  

Sending this letter endorsing acupuncture is one small way of ensuring continued access to this powerful medicine.   

CPR Class at PIHMA 

Friday, December 16th, 2011

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Cost: $35

PIHMA College & Clinic

301 E. Bethany Home Rd., Ste. A-100

Phoenix, AZ  85012

This class will be taught by Ray Smith and is for both new certification and re-certification. 

Call PIHMA's Front Desk at (602) 274-1885 to register.

PIHMA interns provided free mini-acupuncture treatments to the community recently at a  Walgreens Wellness event in Northwest Phoenix.   

George Munger, L.Ac., performed auricular (ear only) acupuncture on members of Tonatierra's Community Development Institute at their recent Community Health Fair.  

Attendees enjoyed complimentary mini-acupuncture treatments given by PIHMA interns at the recent Phoenix Ultimate Women's Expo.

Would you like a Licensed Acupuncturist, PIHMA Supervisor, and student interns to visit your organizationn or business to present on acupuncture and provide demonstrations to your members or employees? Think acupuncture would be a great addition to your community health fair? Contact Carrie for more information at (602) 274-1885 or cthoreson@pihma.edu.

Try this Qi Gong Exercise - Separate Heaven and Earth

Stand or sit with feet one and a half shoulder-width apart. With open hands at the solar plexus, palms faced in towards the chest, begin to inhale and separate hands, one hand rises while the other hand falls.  

Though initially leading with the fingertips, as the arms reach their maximum extension, the wrists are extended with the uppermost palm facing up and the lower palm facing down.

Hold the breath in and down for a comfortable count as the focus is on pressing upward and downward respectively with the palm of each hand.

Exhale your breath as the hands return back to the solar plexus.  Inhale and alternate hands rising and falling.

PIHMA's Community Qi Gong Class is held on Mondays from 5:00pm - 5:55pm. ($10 drop-in) 

Pain is a long-standing problem in America. Over 83 million adults live with pain which impact their daily activities and over 75 million people live with chronic debilitating pain. Treatment often includes some combination of pain medication, physical therapy, and surgery. Compelling evidence shows the benefits of treating pain with mind-body therapy, acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, therapeutic touch, herbal therapy, and dietary/nutritional approaches. This seminar focuses on practical applications for nurses and explores and introduces many of the mind-body/alternative therapies and their benefits in the treatment of pain, as well as their impacts on patient and clinical outcomes.

When: January 20, 2012

8:00am - 12:00pm 

Where: PIHMA  

Cost: $39

Click here for more information & to register