Announces New Services for AGCHC Patients

 AGCHC prides itself on being patient-centered and encourages patients to take an active part in designing their health plan, advocating for themselves, and making the health care choices that are best for them and the life they lead with the beliefs that they hold dear.

 Beginning with Reiki and Acupuncture, AGCHC is pleased to provide these alternatives as a supplemental service to its patients. The agency believes in treating the whole being, not just the symptoms. The merging of traditional eastern medicine practices with western medicine practices is not a new idea. Patients have been seeking it on their own, outside of the agency, and seeing its benefits, asking for it at the Center. In the overall picture, by offering these modalities through the Center, providers are better able to manage and monitor the patient’s health care plan and progress, another aspect of the fully integrated care that patients receive at AGCHC. By enlisting these providers to provide services for AGCHC, the Center also ensures that its patients are receiving the quality and professional alternative care they deserve. 

Local hospitals have been using Reiki and Therapeutic Touch modalities for many years now, with good success. Hospital patients may request Reiki before and after surgery to facilitate a better healing and speedy recovery. Acupuncture became a legal practice in New Hampshire on June 30, 1997, and practitioners are required to be licensed through the State Board of Acupuncture.

 Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncturists believe that a vital energy force called Qi (chi, Ki) flows through the body in specific lines and areas. The insertion of special acupuncture needles along the lines of this flow are thought to restore health by removing blockages and energy imbalances. The needles are painless. Once inserted, the patient lies quietly for awhile as the energy flows are adjusted. A session may take a half hour or hour.

 Reiki is the ancient Japanese philosophy that the body has its’ own innate healing abilities. The Reiki practitioner simply facilitates the movement of the universal healing energy into the clients body, where the clients body distributes the healing energy for the clients highest good. This modality is gentle, non-invasive, and does not involve direct touch. It is a wonderful stress reliever. Sessions usually last from half an hour to an hour. Reiki speaks to the

 Yuri Belopolsky, MS, Li.Ac, M.Ac. - Accupuncture - Yuri, originally from the Ukraine, earned his Master of Acupuncture degree at the New England School of Acupuncture in Watertown, MA. He studied first with the late Dr. Ling Chin Yi and then with his son Dr.Ling Zhi Sheng; a family that has practiced acupuncture through generations dating back 500 years. Yuri has lived and held a private acupuncture practice, Family Acupuncture and Holistic Medicine, in York and then in Kittery, Maine for 6 years..

 Marilynn Carter, RPMT - Reiki. Marilynn is a Reiki Master and Teacher, trained in the traditional Usui System, and has worked in traditional medical settings, hospitals, and clinics, as well as her own private practice. She has volunteered her services at

the Integrative Medicine Alliance (IMA), Mobile Care Clinic at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Lesley University, Cambridge, MA; American Public Health Association Conference, Boston, MA and Wellspace, Cambridge, MA.

 All Fees are based on your ability to pay. 

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