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Record numbers attend British Acupuncture Council conference

 

More than 500 acupuncture practitioners, students and healthcare professionals will be descending on the Royal Holloway, University of London on 12 and 13 September for one of Europe’s largest professional acupuncture conventions.

 

Hosted by the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) and now in its 14th year, the conference has established a reputation for bringing together the world’s authorities on acupuncture and facilitating a programme of workshops, discussion forums and interactive sessions.

 

This year, BAcC will be welcoming guest speakers such as Debra Betts from New Zealand who will be talking about supportive care in early pregnancy and the potential for integration within clinical practice; Thomas Lundeberg from Sweden who will share his understanding of the application of acupuncture to deal with stress in clinical practice; and Professor George Lewith from the University of Southampton who will discuss what makes acupuncturists good clinical practitioners.

 

Nigel Kay, British Acupuncture Council conference manager said: “Each year the conference seems to get larger, attracting some of the most respected experts in the field of acupuncture, as well as many overseas visitors - in 2008 alone, more than 15 countries were represented!

 

“The demand for places meant that we relocated the event to the Royal Holloway last year and we are delighted to be returning again this year with an exciting and stimulating itinerary of speakers and workshops.”

 

The programme for the two day event will include sessions which share the latest findings and ideas on pregnancy, IVF, stress, treating teenagers, knee pain, adrenal fatigue as well as student forums, exhibitors and panel discussions.

 

For further information about the conference or the British Acupuncture Council, visit www.acupuncture.org.uk.

 

 

 

 

 

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About the BAcC:

The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) has a membership of over 2,800 professionally qualified acupuncturists.  It is the UK's largest professional body for the practice of acupuncture.

BAcC members practise a traditional, holistic style of acupuncture diagnosis and treatment based on a system developed and refined over 2,000 years.  To achieve BAcC membership, practitioners must first undertake extensive training in traditional acupuncture (minimum three years full-time or part-time equivalent), which includes physiology, anatomy and other biomedical sciences appropriate to the practice of acupuncture.

 

Traditional acupuncture:

Traditional acupuncture is a stand alone complete system of medicine which uses an Eastern holistic diagnostic system. The whole point of traditional acupuncture is about maintaining good health and wellbeing – it’s not there to just clear symptoms.

Western or medical acupuncture is a more recent development practised predominantly by doctors and physiotherapists which uses acupuncture techniques within their existing scope of practice on the basis of a western medical diagnosis.