Denver Acupuncturist, Martha Lucas, Ph. D., L. AC., Offers Affordable Acupuncture & New Program: Acupuncture For The Underemployed
Martha Lucas, PhD., L. Ac., founder of The Colorado Center of Traditional Medicine in Denverís Capitol Hill area, is now offering her Acupuncture for the Underemployed Program. The new program offers lower priced treatments for those who have lost their jobs but still need medical care for their pain, fertility issues, emotional health, etc.
Denver, CO (PRWEB) January 8, 2010
Martha Lucas, PhD., L. Ac., founder of The Colorado Center of Traditional Medicine in Capitol Hill, is now offering her Acupuncture for the Underemployed Program. Additionally, she does not plan to increase the cost of treatment as is customary in many businesses at the beginning of a new year. She maintains her lower-than-average prices for Acupuncture to make it more accessible to those who need treatment. Her Acupuncture for the Underemployed Program offers even a lower price for treatment for those who have lost their jobs but still need medical care for their pain, fertility issues, emotional health, etc.
Lucas's practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) includes Acupuncture, Chinese herbal prescriptions, QiGong for self-care, and nutritional advice for those who want to maintain a healthy weight. Though she treats a variety of conditions, Lucas specializes in non-surgical face-lifts as well as the treatment of couples who are experiencing challenges with fertility, internal medicine issues like digestive distress (IBS for example), depression and other emotional conditions, weight loss, stopping smoking, allergies, chronic pain, and sports injuries to name a few. Additionally, she offers a variety of training and seminars including Corporate QiGong, Cosmetic Acupuncture, and Advanced Pulse Diagnosis.
Dr. Lucas calls her practice one of traditional medicine rather than alternative medicine because the therapies she uses have a tradition of more than 3000 years. TCM is a system of medicine whose philosophy is neither contrary nor exclusive to modern western medicine or vice versa. They are complementary, supplementary, and in some cases, alternative or redundant systems of medicine.
Like modern, western medicine, TCM is a form of scientific, evidence-based, triage style medicine. It counters the effects of the illness by treating acute symptoms first and then isolating and treating the underlying imbalance or root cause of the disease. In the pursuit of optimal health and medical care, some practitioners and hospitals have recognized that diverse approaches can be used simultaneously to treat certain conditions while other conditions must be treated with more narrowly focused procedures, like surgery, where modern medicine excels.
Research into the efficacy of TCM and Acupuncture continues to follow the general trend toward increased use of traditional medicine therapies. For example:
NIH has accumulated more than 2300 references on Acupuncture and continues to fund research. Traditional Chinese Medicine has been chosen by the World Health Organization for worldwide propagation to meet the health care needs of the twenty first century.* The U. S. government sponsors the use of Acupuncture in drug rehabilitation programs.* Approximately $22 million of U. S. government money has already been spent on alternative medical research since 1992 at the National Institutes of Health and Public Health Services.* The American Medical Association (AMA), in Resolution #514, is encouraging its members to become better informed regarding alternative medicine and to participate in appropriate studies of it.* The World Health Organization estimates that between 65 to 80 percent of the world's population (about 3 billion people) rely on traditional (alternative) medicine as their primary form of health care.* Worldwide, only 10 to 30 percent of people use conventional medicine while 70 to 90 percent use traditional medicine.* (*from Alt Med Online - ThinkQuest)
Lucas is the author of the books Vanity Calamity: Your Guide to Cosmetic Acupuncture for Anti-aging, Pulse Diagnosis: Beyond slippery and wiry, and the meditation CD, QiGong Meditations for Life: Basic Maintenance, that can be used to improve general health. Vanity Calamity and QiGong Meditations are available at her office or through her website www. AcupunctureWoman. com. Pulse Diagnosis is available through her website www. PulseSeminars. com.
Lucas received her Ph. D. in Research Psychology from the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, and her degree in TCM from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Denver. Besides her direct training in TCM school, she has advanced training in QiGong and pulse-taking diagnostics. She is an internationally known instructor of Cosmetic Acupuncture and Advanced Pulse Diagnosis. Her practice is located at The Colorado Center of Traditional Medicine, in the Capitol Hill area of downtown Denver. She can be reached at 303-947-6224 to schedule an appointment. Additional information is available at her website, www. AcupunctureWoman. com.
Contact:
Martha Lucas Ph. D., L. Ac., 303-947-6224
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