Jennifer Williams is driven by a calling. She had an inkling of her future vocation very early in her life: It was simply to heal people. As an adult, Williams felt herself gravitate naturally to the field of Chinese medicine, and she has gone on to bring acupuncture to hundreds of people who might not …
There was not a precise moment that Xiaolong Alcocer discovered acupuncture鈥攂ecause there was never a time when he wasn鈥檛 living and breathing it. Alcocer鈥檚 Chinese mother and Mexican father are both acupuncturists. In fact, four generations preceding Alococer on his mother鈥檚 side had treated acupuncture patients out of the family鈥檚 home in Mexico for years. …
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Not long after acupuncturist Amy Mager graduated from PCOM, she found herself testifying in front of a committee of Massachusetts legislators. It was a common enough task for Mager, who serves on the boards of both the Acupuncture Society of Massachusetts and the American Society of Acupuncturists. But something was different this time. 鈥淭hey were …
Eric Cachia didn鈥檛 expect to develop an interest in acupuncture, much less pursue a career in acupuncture. Acupuncture burst into his life, as unexpected as the massive basketball player who fell hard on his leg during a casual pickup game one fateful day. At the time, Cachia was in law school, on his way to …
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Many people who have found their calling can look back and pinpoint the moment they realized what they were meant to do with their lives or their careers. For acupuncturist Dr. Dana Fine, that career in acupuncture and Chinese medicine began with a broken foot. 鈥淢y dad gave me acupuncture treatments for six weeks,鈥� Fine …
Dr. Kenneth Hoffman has a sign in his acupuncture office that reads, 鈥淔ight me if you wish, but remember, I鈥檓 old for a reason.鈥� It鈥檚 not meant to be intimidating or threatening; rather, it reminds his students and young staff that he has been around for a while鈥攁nd that he knows what he鈥檚 doing. 鈥淚t鈥檚 …
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