About Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine performed by a L.Ac

As a reference point, a hospital orthopedic acupuncture appointment in St. Louis costs around $200 out of pocket and is administered by a Western Medical doctor with varied number of outside acupuncture training courses. Here at Golden Oak, you will receive the highest quality of acupuncture treatment from a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac). A L.Ac has over 3000 hands on training hours directly related to Acupuncture medicine and is supervised by Acupuncture medicine doctors for their 4-6 years of Acupuncture Medicine schooling (3-4 for Masters and 1-2 for Doctoral). In addition to having graduated with their Doctorate of Acupuncture Medicine, they are required to sit for and pass 3 National Board Exams in Acupuncture Medicine in order to meet basic competency for Acupuncture medicine practice in America. Neither chiropractors nor Western Medical doctors, nor anyone else practicing acupuncture in the state of MO has passed this rigorous of competency exams in order to be needling their patients with Acupuncture (and yes, dry needling and trigger point therapies are TECHNIQUES of Acupuncture medicine. They are NOT Western Medicine in basis, but are originally Acupuncture medicine techniques that Western medicine practitioners adopted without learning the full history, diagnostics, and application of them, nor having met basic competency standards as designed by NCCAOM-this is considered culturally appropriating Acupuncture medicine by many in the Acupuncture medicine practice and in the least does not include full education or competency exams on the proper diagnosis in order to utilize Acupuncture medicine properly). This is why the quality of a Licensed Acupuncturist doing proper Acupuncture Medicine diagnostics on you and offering you your acupuncture treatments is superior to any other type of practitioner who is not also a L.Ac. Here at Golden Oak, Dr. Kade is a Doctor of Acupuncture Medicine and has passed their 3 required NCCAOM competency exams and is Licensed in the state of MO as a Licensed Acupuncturist.