Free Acupuncture to Quit Smoking
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine is offering free acupuncture treatments for people who want to quit smoking, in conjunction with the Great American Smokeout. No appointments are necessary. When: Thursday Nov. 17 and Friday Nov. 18 9am-4pm. Where: Thursday at AOMA's north clinic, 2700 West Anderson Lane, 476-0370, Friday at AOMA's south clinic, 4701 Westgate Blvd., 693-4373.
Austin, TX, November 10, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Quitting smoking can be very challenging. Factors such as nicotine cravings, increase in anxiety, weight gain, irritability, and sickness due to detoxification can all be contributing factors for people failing to quit. However, continuing to smoke leads to more complicated health issues such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, various forms of cancer and the decline in reproductive organs making it harder for women to get pregnant. The National institute on Drug Abuse found that tobacco use kills approximately 440,000 Americans each year and one out of every five of those deaths is the result of smoking.
As knowledge becomes more accessible about these health risks more people are choosing to kick the habit. According to the American Lung Association the number of smokers between 1965 and 2008 has decreased by more than 50 percent. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2008 an estimated 51.1 million adults were formal smokers and of the 45 million current adult smokers 57.9 percent of these smokers stopped smoking at least one day in order to try to quit smoking completely.
In honor of National smokeout day AOMA is offering free acupuncture to help smokers kick the habit for good. Acupuncturists will be at the North clinic on W. Anderson lane on Thursday, November 17 and the South clinic on West Gate Blvd. on Friday, November 18. Both days acupuncturists will be treating from 9am to 4pm. No appointments are necessary and special discount booklets will be offered for follow-up care treatments.
The acupuncturists will use a treatment called the NADA protocol. This protocol consists of five acupuncture needles in the ear because the ear is a micro system for the whole body. This protocol was discovered by a neurosurgeon in Hong Kong in 1972 to relieve symptoms of craving associated with drug withdrawal, but became an official protocol in 1985 by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA). This protocol is found in detoxification centers in hospitals all across the nation for over thirty years. In 2000 Yale University School of Internal Medicine conducted research and found the NADA protocol demonstrates effectiveness for various kinds of addicts such as heroin, cocaine, and methadone.
Frontier Medical Institute found that the NADA protocol is effective for smokers because it counteracts the drop in dopamine levels, the neurotransmitters of pleasure that smokers miss when they begin to detoxify. Since nicotine addiction operates on the same pathways as cocaine, heroin, and methadone addicts the NADA protocol is able to help smokers get over the “initial hump” of smoking and produce an increase in dopamine to relieve tension, anxiety, and mood.
Acupuncture is an effective way to treat smoking cessation because it helps the patient to get over cravings, anxiety, insomnia, decrease in energy, night sweats, dryness, and weight gain without the negative side effects of antidepressants, nicotine patches and gum. Recognition of Oriental medicine as an important and necessary part of American healthcare is on the rise. Acupuncture is increasingly covered by major insurance plans in the U.S., and AOMA is a preferred provider for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, and the Seton Health Plan.
About AOMA
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine offers a masters-level graduate program in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, preparing its students for careers as skilled, professional practitioners. AOMA is known for its internationally recognized faculty, award-winning student clinical internship program, and herbal medicine program. Since its founding in 1993, AOMA has grown rapidly in size and reputation, drawing students from around the nation and faculty from around the world. AOMA also conducts more than 20,000 patient visits annually in its student and professional clinics. AOMA collaborates with Western healthcare institutions including the Seton Family of Hospitals, and gives back to the community through partnerships with nonprofit organizations and by providing free and reduced price treatments to people who cannot afford them. AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine is located at , 4701 West Gate Blvd. AOMA also serves patients and retail customers at its north Austin location, 2700 W. Anderson Ln. For more information see www.aoma.edu or call 512-492-3034.
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As knowledge becomes more accessible about these health risks more people are choosing to kick the habit. According to the American Lung Association the number of smokers between 1965 and 2008 has decreased by more than 50 percent. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2008 an estimated 51.1 million adults were formal smokers and of the 45 million current adult smokers 57.9 percent of these smokers stopped smoking at least one day in order to try to quit smoking completely.
In honor of National smokeout day AOMA is offering free acupuncture to help smokers kick the habit for good. Acupuncturists will be at the North clinic on W. Anderson lane on Thursday, November 17 and the South clinic on West Gate Blvd. on Friday, November 18. Both days acupuncturists will be treating from 9am to 4pm. No appointments are necessary and special discount booklets will be offered for follow-up care treatments.
The acupuncturists will use a treatment called the NADA protocol. This protocol consists of five acupuncture needles in the ear because the ear is a micro system for the whole body. This protocol was discovered by a neurosurgeon in Hong Kong in 1972 to relieve symptoms of craving associated with drug withdrawal, but became an official protocol in 1985 by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA). This protocol is found in detoxification centers in hospitals all across the nation for over thirty years. In 2000 Yale University School of Internal Medicine conducted research and found the NADA protocol demonstrates effectiveness for various kinds of addicts such as heroin, cocaine, and methadone.
Frontier Medical Institute found that the NADA protocol is effective for smokers because it counteracts the drop in dopamine levels, the neurotransmitters of pleasure that smokers miss when they begin to detoxify. Since nicotine addiction operates on the same pathways as cocaine, heroin, and methadone addicts the NADA protocol is able to help smokers get over the “initial hump” of smoking and produce an increase in dopamine to relieve tension, anxiety, and mood.
Acupuncture is an effective way to treat smoking cessation because it helps the patient to get over cravings, anxiety, insomnia, decrease in energy, night sweats, dryness, and weight gain without the negative side effects of antidepressants, nicotine patches and gum. Recognition of Oriental medicine as an important and necessary part of American healthcare is on the rise. Acupuncture is increasingly covered by major insurance plans in the U.S., and AOMA is a preferred provider for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, and the Seton Health Plan.
About AOMA
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine offers a masters-level graduate program in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, preparing its students for careers as skilled, professional practitioners. AOMA is known for its internationally recognized faculty, award-winning student clinical internship program, and herbal medicine program. Since its founding in 1993, AOMA has grown rapidly in size and reputation, drawing students from around the nation and faculty from around the world. AOMA also conducts more than 20,000 patient visits annually in its student and professional clinics. AOMA collaborates with Western healthcare institutions including the Seton Family of Hospitals, and gives back to the community through partnerships with nonprofit organizations and by providing free and reduced price treatments to people who cannot afford them. AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine is located at , 4701 West Gate Blvd. AOMA also serves patients and retail customers at its north Austin location, 2700 W. Anderson Ln. For more information see www.aoma.edu or call 512-492-3034.
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