York Community Acupuncture is currently closed.
Please contact the Northern College of Acupuncture for low cost treatments here or telephone 0330 996 2726
Welcome, and thank you for visiting York Community Acupuncture.
York Community Acupuncture aims to provide people with access to the wonderful world and healing benefits of acupuncture without being too costly. We are able to do this (and still earn a living wage) by treating more than one person at a time. Once your needles are in place, we leave you to relax for about 30 minutes which means we can be treating another person. Distal acupuncture is mostly practised in community clinics meaning the acupuncture points in your arms and legs can be used to treat the whole of your body - yes, your back pain can be helped without a single needle going near your back! This means you won't have to expose any part of your body apart from your lower legs and lower arms, so loose clothing that can be rolled up is always helpful.
Our Approach
We will always take a full history from you about the reason why you are attending. Due to the setting of the community clinic, people might be in earshot of you although we do play background music. If you have something difficult to talk about in this setting you can arrange a phone call before your appointment or email us. Sometimes a community setting is not the best place for someone with very personal and difficult issues to discuss.
Low-cost acupuncture does not mean low quality. You will receive acupuncture that is specific for your condition by fully trained and insured acupuncturists. We offer a sliding scale for follow-up appointments. This means you choose what you can afford to pay us. We don't ask questions about your income, but we hope you pay what you genuinely can afford. We much prefer people to pay a little less if it means they can come a bit more frequently and get better sooner. Then you will spread the word to your friends how acupuncture helped you!
We are affiliated to the Northern College of Acupuncture which is an educational charity and on occasions we may have students conducting placements. You will be asked beforehand if you are happy for students to be included in your treatment process. Students will be fully supervised at all times. For more information about the Northern College of Acupuncture, please click here.
What can Acupuncture help with?
Acupuncture is a wonderful complement to orthodox medicine, but it is not a substitute for it. You need to take responsibility for your own health and see your GP if you think you have a problem that is serious. We can use acupuncture as an adjunct to orthodox treatments such as easing the side effects of chemotherapy, but it is often wise to discuss this with your GP. Acupuncture can be very helpful in painful conditions, whatever the diagnosis and many other conditions too.
Sometimes people are just not feeling themselves or have an underlying grumble that they just put up with – just like the odd noise that your car makes, but it still drives ok, so why get anything done about it? Acupuncture is great at helping people with these such grumbles – nothing is seriously wrong but if left long enough you may start to suffer further problems, just like a car eventually will. Acupuncture will help your body right itself so you feel better in yourself.
If you are unsure whether acupuncture can help you, please contact us either by telephone or email for a chat. The British Acupuncture Council have produced research factsheets on many conditions which you may find useful to read. See here
Sessions & Fees
Initial consultation and treatment:
£30
Allow up to 90 minutes
Subsequent Appointments:
You choose what you can afford to pay in the range of £20-30
Allow 45 minutes
We accept payment online, cash, by card, or by cheque.
We usually suggest weekly treatments for 3-6 weeks until we know how you will respond to acupuncture. You may need less than this, you may need more depending on your reasons for attending.