According to the American Pain Association, an estimated 86 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. While chronic pain is often the result of a previous health condition, it can also occur with no apparent cause.

Low back pain, neck pain, headache, and joint pain are among the most common forms of chronic pain. There is a wide variety of conventional therapies to treat chronic pain, many involving medicative treatment. However, traditional Chinese medicine has two therapies proven to be effective in the management of chronic pain, acupuncture and massage.

International Massage Week, July 20 - 26, is designed to raise public awareness of the benefits of therapeutic massage and encourage people to take the extra time to care for their health through massage.

Celebrate International Massage Week with a massage at Acupuncture & Massage College´s Community Clinic. Individuals interested in learning more about AMC´s Massage Therapy program are invited to attend a campus tour and receive a free massage. Call (305) 595-9500 today to schedule your tour and massage therapy treatment.

More than three hundred herbs that are commonly used today can be traced back over 3,000 years ago to the herbal tradition of China. These herbs, and other more recently discovered ones, can significantly increase the effectiveness of conventional medical therapies, often reducing adverse side effects.

A Chinese medicine practitioner may compose a specific herbal formula for a patient, which is frequently altered over a course of therapy. For other patients, prepared formulas may be utilized without modification. Based on health outcomes during treatment, the formula may be changed to another, modified or discontinued.