In the West, acupuncture is still most commonly practiced privately and lots of people will find it hard to pay this price regularly. It is vital that you can have treatment frequently enough and for long enough to get better and stay better.
Our clinic offers affordable acupuncture treatments and gives access to quality care for those who can’t afford the regular prices. It allows for more frequent treatments as it is often necessary to have acupuncture once a week for a period of time in order to get the best long-lasting results.
Multibed or Community acupuncture is growing in the UK, and we are proud to be part of a movement that is bringing affordable accessible acupuncture to those that need it. Samantha is a member of the Association of Community and Multibed Clinics (ACMAC) which is working hard to help this movement.
In a ‘multibed’ clinic, several people are treated together in one large room, hence the term.
Multibed clinics are a really new part of acupuncture provision in the West, appearing over the last 10 to 20 years. However, in the Far East it is normal to treat many people together and therefore many people feel is a more ‘authentic’ way to practice and receive acupuncture.
It is possible for acupuncturists to offer this type of service because acupuncture needles usually take 20-45 minutes to do their work, so the practitioner can place needles in one patient, leave them to relax into their treatment, and then move on to another patient.
By treating more than one patient each hour, a practitioner can significantly reduce the price of each treatment. Also, rent costs per patient can be much reduced, and these savings can be passed on to you, the patient.
Research is showing how the efficacy of treatment is enhanced through the nurturing, group healing environment. As one patient stated, “The ‘sense of community’ also changes the way treatment feels…it’s more powerful and comforting.” Another stated, “I love the group sense of well-being, healing and striving for health.”
