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Are you considering taking insurance to jump start your acupuncture practice? Here are some things to consider that I bet you didn’t learn in school.

Are you a new practitioner and getting ready to launch your clinical practice? Maybe you are not so new, worked for someone else and are now ready to experience the entrepreneurial life. Taking insurance might help you get to financial stability much more quickly…. depending on where you live.

I interview Cortney Nedeau in this epis...

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Charting

In this episode Megan and I discuss the ins and outs of charting. 

Give examples of the languaging of charting.

Start with Evaluatin and the most important items the need to be in the eval and follow ups.

What should NOT be in the eval.

What SOAP means.

What the heck is OPQRST and how can it help you streamline your interview?

H...

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Are you ready to level up? Not sure how to transition from 1 room to 2 or 3? This is such a common question I often get from my coaching clients.

How do you treat 2 patients an hour? As a business coach to new practitioners, I get this question SO often! So… I called in my friend Megan who purchased a very busy clinic as a relatively new practitioner and basically started her career treating multiple patients an hour.

We all definitely have our comfort zone as practitioners, but I th...

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ACU-054 Welcome to this episode of the AcuSprout podcast where we explore case studies with expert acupuncturists to learn more about the application of acupuncture in clinical practice. In this episode, we have Toby Daly, a licensed acupuncturist and expert in Saam acupuncture, to discuss his approach to treating inflammatory bowel disease using this modality.

today’s guest

DR. TOBY DALY, PHD., LAC.

Toby recieved his undergraduate degree in Food Science fr...

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can a new practitioner really purchase a busy clinic and succeed? Yes! And Megan is going to tell you how.

I LOVE when people want to contribute hard earned knowledge to the AcuSprout community! My guest today contacted me because she wanted to share her experience with YOU of purchasing a practice as a BRAND NEW ACUPUNCTURIST. Yes. She. Did.

today’s guest

MEGAN LINDSEY, DACM, OWNER OF SILVER SAGE AC...

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If you are an Acupuncturist you NEED to know about Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome. The pain level and duration of CRPS is so debilitating that people often take their own lives but this is something we are well equipped to help manage. There are also some pretty important contraindications that we need to take into consideration.

In this episode Anthony Von Der Muhll DAOM, who teaches Orthopedic Acupuncture and Sports Medicine at the Doctoral Program at the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences (ACCHS) introduces us to CRPS...

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ACU-051  Today I’m going to talk about the biggest mistakes I see newbies making with regards to patient retention that keeps you from gaining any traction. No matter what type of marketing you do, how much you spend on advertising, If you cannot keep your patients committed to a treatment plan long enough to get well, then you are spinning your wheels. 

Now before I go any further I feel like it’s super important to define patient retention. Patient retention is a practice’s ability to tu...

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ACU-050  This is the part two of a case review I did with Henry McCann. We discuss how Henry treats neck and arm pain with Tung Style Acupuncture. If you missed the first part, be sure to check out Episode 49 where we had a brief chat about the importance and differences between the DAOM programs and the DACM programs. We learned about Henry’s path and teachings in Chinese medicine which include teaching extensively in the US as well as abroad. We learn about the history of Master Dung and this sys...

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ACU-O49 Today I'm talking with Henry McCann, and we originally recorded this episode to share a case study with you, but what has been happening with my case studies is that they get really, really long, so I'm breaking this one up into two parts.

Be sure to tune in and subscribe so you don’t miss the juicy case presentation in Episode 50. But for now, here is wht you’ll learn:

Hey friends. Are you stuck? 

Afraid to open your practice, get a job, go to a networking meeting, learn to play pickle ball, create an instagram reel?

Are you afraid of what your classmates, relatives, future patients, former teachers and your neighbor Bob think of you?

Think about it. If everyone were perfect:

What would comedians talk about?

Would you actually have a job or career?

And here is a tragedy I am not sure I could have gotten thru medical school without. 

The TV sh...

ACU-047 In this episode I meet with Phil Settels the Dean and creator of the DAOM program at ACCHS, the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. We decided to bring the long held tradition of teaching thru case studies to the AcuSprout airwaves.

Listen in as I talk with Ali about how to create a company that when customers tell other people about it, they don’t say they “like” it. They say they “love” it.

I think one of the toughest things about designing your future upon graduation is actually taking the time to do it.

Especially after 3-4 years of no money coming in.

Especially when the people around you seem to have a plan.

Especially when you have had such focus on education and learning that you have lost touch with that perso...

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Case Study: Orthopedic Acupuncture Instead of A Total Shoulder Replacement with Anthony Von der Muhll, DAOM

Is it possible to avoid or postpone orthopedic surgery with acupuncture?

Can you help patients with extensive soft tissue damage regain full range of motion and strength?

Yes. Yes you can! Listen in as Anthony walks me through a case where he helps his patient avoid a total shoulder replacement.

In this episode….

ACU-045 I remember tr...

Are you a new parent AND graduate?

Trying to pass your boards in your last trimester and start a practice with a newborn?

In this episode I talk with Megan Neal as she navigates these GIANT life transitions and how she is SO ready to practice medicine!

As I see it, there is rarely a perfect time for anything. When is the perfect time to go to medical school? What about starting a family? When should you start working on your Doctoral degree? Or maybe it’s ti...

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ACU-041 In this episode I meet with Phil Settels the Dean and creator of the DAOM program at ACCHS, the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. We decided to bring the long held tradition of teaching thru case studies to the AcuSprout airwaves.

Listen in and puzzle through with me as Phil presents a case and shows me a new way to reason through the formula prescription based on his teachings with Dr. Huang Huang, Arnaud Versluys, and Dr. Suzanne Robidoux.

Enjoy the journey and get a flavor for...

Employee or Independent Contractor? What's an Acupuncturist to do?

Oct 26

Are you a new Acupuncturist?

Were you just offered an amazing JOB, to be brought on as an Associate?

Was the offer an independent contractor position?

Watch out! It’s probably not as great as it looks.

Listen in as I explain why.

ACU-042 Okay, so you've graduated and now you have to decide what's next. Maybe you already know where and who you're gonna work for, or where your clinic's gonna open, or who yo...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in your medical practice starts with YOU.

The willingness and courage to have uncomfortable conversations so that your clinic stands on ethical ground starts with doing your own internal work. To sort thru your own programming and call yourself out to become a better human and practitioner is the first step to building a safe and inclusive clinic and becoming aware of how much hidden bias affects healthcare and treatment outcomes.

I don’t think any of us would ever intentionally do something in clinic or elsewhere that would diminish another pe...

Are you a new Acupuncturist who wants to start a podcast?

Success is not a straight line. It is a succession of failed experiments, hard work, strong networks, support systems, timing and happy mistakes.

In this episode, on a random Sunday afternoon while testing new recording software a great little happy mistake of a podcast episode is born. I invite my Grumpy Uncle, Michael Max onto a mock podcast just to fill some airtime that I can later tinker with, but it was too good to not share.

Today’s Guest

MI...

ACU-039 In today’s podcast I am going to share how to create effective social media posts to promote awareness of your Acupuncture Clinic.

What you'll learn:

RESOURCES

ACU-038 A practical guide and considerations when prescribing herbal supplements to your patients.

In today’s episode I am going to cover…..

Resources

White paper: Good herbal compounding and dispensing practices by AHPA 2017

NCCAOM State Licensure - Does your state require certification?

FD...

“Wounded Healer” In Business: How Build A Medical Practice That Is Safe For Your Patients AND For You!

If you don’t create a practice with practices in place to continually check in with yourself as a “empath, wounded healer, or highly sensitive person”, you may actually be causing yourself harm.

Much like everything else in life, the world is a very different space for empaths, wounded healer and highly sensitive people. Seemingly small things can trigger your nervous system and suddenly you can’t figure out why your heart is racing and you feel...

Using deliberate practice to grow an Acupuncture Clinic

In today’s episode I am going to give you 8 intentional and deliberate practices to grow a soul fulfilling and successful Acupuncture practice.

Having a vision for your future, your career and your personal life will help you stay aligned with your calling, contentment and goals. And it’s okay if it changes along the way, or ends because then you can gather the information and feelings for this new situation and create another path forward with another focused intention. If you live with intention you will be l...

Can you practice medicine as a wounded healer archetype?

As children we may have had to read the room before we walked thru it because we were physically or sexually abused by family. We might have learned to know how someone feels by how they moved thru the room or even opened a door. 

We might recognize a parent or sibling on the edge of some sort of meltdown and found that if we do or say something special we could not only get “love”, but also change the potential outcome of that mood. ...

What doctoral degree is right for you?

I see you. On facebook, asking everyone what Doctoral program is best. I also see you confused about the difference between a DAOM program and a DACM program.

I invited Phil Settels on today to clear the air. In today’s episode we are going to talk about:

can choosing a niche really help get you out of the gate?

For any new health care practitioner choosing a niche can feel really uncomfortable. And honestly, it is not the only way to launch a practice, but it is one way. And a really beneficial way at that!

Listen in while I chat with one of my friends here in Bellingham who launched a medical practice one year ago, chose a niche and built an entire supportive community around that special population.

This is such a beautiful way to support your patients...

Acupuncture serving American Indians: Could this be your dream practice?

Are you a new Acupuncturist and you are having trouble putting your finger on the pulse of your career choices?

Here is one you may not have considered.

Join me in this episode where I talk with Michelle Jean Champion LAc. about her journey to serving Indigenous People with Acupuncture and Asian Medicine and how you can similarly make an impact.

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MICHELLE JEAN CHAMPION LAC. , LAKE COUNTY TRIBAL HEALTH CLINIC AND CULTIVATE WELLNESS STUDIO

Mi...

Enjoy a quick review of my favorite systems!

In this episode I cover my top five software systems to streamline my Acupuncture practice. I use these tools to streamline the business stuff that I don’t particularly love spending time on but are necessary to my practice.

I wanted to share them with you because as a new practitioner you really shouldn’t spend too much time trying to make decisions about software.

You just need to make a quick choice and move your focus to activities that will engage people’s interest and dr...

introverted marketing 101: how a new acupuncturist can get patients in the door their way

Are you an introvert and new acupuncturist wondering how you are ever going to get patients in your clinic?

Are you afraid that you are going to have to be salesy and social?

Does the word “Marketing” make you want to crawl under your treatment table?

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!

Most of us don’t come by sales, marketing, networking and being overall entrepreneurial naturally. Especially introverts! This is mostly because historically when we talk about...

Simplified Bookkeeping For Your Acupuncture Practice

Are you feeling confused about how to set up your bookkeeping? 

Confused about what taxes to pay or how much to put away each quarter? 

Do you feel overwhelmed about what software you should or could be using?

 If you are like me you want to understand and learn how it all works but you can’t seem to find the right help. Boy have I got the right person for you! 

It took me a couple years to find Sarah with Horizon West B...

TOP TIPS FOR BUYING THE RIGHT COVERAGE

Are you less than excited about researching what malpractice insurance? Not really sure what you should be looking for? Are you confused by the terms and amounts?  Not sure about the terms? How much should you buy? What if you are changing companies?

Buy insurance can be really confusing and it’s one of those foundational choices that you make at the beginning of your career when you don’t know what you don’t know. 

Listen in as Rachel and I cover every detail of buying y...

YOUR STRATEGY IS YOUR MAP TO SUCCESS!

 How could you possibly know how to get to where you want to go without first defining where you want to go? Are you a new practitioner and want to know how to get new patients? Are you feeling unheard? Do you have SO much passion that when someone asks if Acupuncture can treat XXX you can hardly contain your excitement and can’t wait for them to come see you so you can SHOW them?!! Then they don’t come see you and your sensitive feelers crumble. Because, if they...

MINDSET MONDAY - ARE YOU TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO “GET YOURSELF OUT THERE”?  DEFINE YOUR DREAM PATIENT AND YOU WILL KNOW WHERE TO GO. 

 Are you afraid that if you have a niche or choose a target market that you will, “miss out” on opportunities to treat patients? Does it feel counterintuitive to get super specific about the cases and people you love to treat? What about all of those other people who might need you or that you actually could treat? What about the missed opportunities to make money??! Especially when that is one of y...

MINDSET MONDAY - TIME TO WORK ON SELF CONFIDENCE! 

 Does this sound like you? You are just starting out and don’t know how to “get out there”.  They taught you in school to join a networking group like BNI and the thought of it makes you want to self medicate. You have tried to reach out to the other Acupuncturists in town to introduce yourself and they don’t return your phone calls. You feel a little sad and rejected by this. You aren’t feeling confident. You suddenly aren’t sure how confid...

DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE POLICIES AND DISCLAIMERS ON YOUR WEBSITE?

Me neither!! I mean seriously, I’m a couple years in and I had a pretty extensive business education in school. Here is what I can tell you. The tech world has moved SO fast that very few practitioners realize they are dangling the hook of being sued by pure ignorance of this information. Myself included. It’s not hard. None of this is hard. It’s just the stuff of, “you don’t know what you don’t know.” Listen in as we dive into w...

I have personal and professional mantras on repeat in my head all the time. Some are even incorporated into my meditations. Are you challenged with perfectionism? Me too.  Producing a podcast has taught me this: PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION. Since I have started podcasting nothing meets my perfect standards. Podcasts are raw and conversational. Grammar, punctuation and proper sentence structure doesn’t exist. I say f***. My interviewees cuss, their dogs bark and their kids play bowling alley outside their office while we record. As I have grown, my website is getting confusing and my branding colors are get...

HOW TO STAY ON THE UPSIDE OF LEGAL IN A QUICKLY EVOLVING TECH WORLD

I’m a freedom lover. I LOVE to navigate this world my way and rarely does it come close to the societal norm. I think a lot of Practitioners of Chinese Medicine are like this. We tend to be the outliers and renegades. However, I often see the tendency for Acupuncturists to sweep legal professionalism into the gray space. Not doing due diligence with the “seemingly small things”, like HIPAA compliant emails and posting photos on social media. It’s easy to gloss over the...

CAN YOU GUESS THE FORMULA???!!!

 Are you a game geek? Love a good puzzle? Maybe a little competitive? Do you miss being read to in class? ME TOO!!! In this episode we are going back to the cozy classroom with Phil Settels LAc.,the Director and Designer of the DAOM program at ACCHS, The Academy of  Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. Phil reviews an herbal case he encountered in clinic and breaks it all down for me. Enjoy the show!

TODAY’S GUEST

PHIL SETTELS LAC., 

Phil Settels graduated from ACCHS in 20...

YOU’RE NEW……WHAT TO DO? AN EXPLORATION OF POSSIBILITIES.

 New practitioners have SO many choices to make that often feel heavy. We have been a cog in the wheel of the educational machine where we are told exactly what hoops to jump through for 4 years. Suddenly, we sprout into the “real” world and are taxed with the challenge of making a living again. The options of where, how, and with whom are abundant. 

Do you want to be an employee for a couple years? Do you know how much you should be paid? Should you be an in...

COULD THIS BE THE PRACTICE OF THE FUTURE?

 I went in search of a practitioner who was practicing medicine in the business model I was envisioning as a result of the Pandemic. A practice with multiple streams of income that housed an educational community and platform to answer questions and share the fundamentals of Chinese Medicine. A way to spotlight the spectrum of natural ways it can help people heal. I was looking for a way to treat patients in my office and remotely, and also a way to connect with an build relationships with p...

YOUR STATE ASSOCIATION IS  SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!!

Hey Sprouts! Are you feeling a little lost in all of the legal jazz your state is offering up?  Trying to figure out what hoops to jump through and in what order? Not really sure where to find some help? 

Did you know that your state association might have the answers you need? They may even have a detailed explanation or road map for you to follow. And even if  they don’t, the ASA has mentors to help you!! Don’t know who the ASA...