Your First Visit at Hawaii Community Acupuncture

Welcome to Hawaii Community Acupuncture!

We are committed to providing the highest quality care and experience possible. We strive to make acupuncture an affordable wellness care option for everyone.

We Have a Sliding Scale

We offer treatments on a sliding scale of $40-$80. You decide what you can pay. There is never any need to prove your income. We also offer a Simple Stress Relief Balancing Acupuncture for just $30. Our only goal is for you to find out how useful acupuncture can be for you. While we may not be able to cure cancer, or fix an injury from 20 years ago, community acupuncture can be a vital part of your health care regime. Acupuncture is most effective when it is done frequently and regularly. We've found this to be especially true at the beginning of a course of treatment.

Acupuncture is a PROCESS. While you may resolve a problem completely with one treatment, frequent treatment is much more likely to lead to relief. Your acupuncturist will suggest a course of treatment based on the intensity and duration of your health concern. Twice a week is usually the minimum needed to get some momentum moving ahead with a health issue – though more frequent visits are common for short periods of time if the problem is quite intense.

We Treat in a Community Setting

We believe a group setting has many benefits: it’s easier for friends and family to come in together and it allows patients to keep their needles in longer. Most people learn after a few treatments when they feel 'done' or 'complete'. This can take anywhere from twenty minutes to an hour or so. The treatment room is a quiet space for you and others to rest, sleep and heal. Its atmosphere exists through our patients relaxing and healing together. We appreciate everyone’s presence...we find this kind of collective stillness a rare and valuable thing in our rushed and isolating society. Maintaining this reservoir of calm requires very little talking in the clinic space – including us.

New to Acupuncture?

You're in for a treat! Be prepared to be amazed! We often address concerns with distant acupuncture points. Don't be surprised, for instance, if we put acupuncture points on your hands and feet to treat your back pain! Its surprising (yes, everything really is connected). Notice the changes in sensation in your low back, or whatever area your working on with needles only in your hands and feet, and be in awe that you can get this much relief from points that are not even close to where the pain is!

What's this Simple Stress-Relief Balancing Acupuncture?

We offer two types of Simple Stress-Relief Balancing Acupuncture for only $30!

One involves auricular (ear) points and the other we call "Four Gates and Yin Tang." If you're receiving acupuncture on your ears, each ear point correlates to a distant organ system on the body. One point calms your sympathetic nervous system, another ear point balances you, body-mind-spirit, and other ear points balance your major organs and all these points are on your ears! Imagine that!

"Four gates" is one of our most powerful acupuncture protocols. It can improve circulation, reduce stress, and boost overall well-being. The 'four gates" refer to four powerful points - one on each hand and one on each foot. "Yin tang" is the fifth point of this stress-relief balancing protocol and it is located between the eye-brows. It is grounding, calming, and relieves stress. Notice feelings of relaxation in the body as these five powerful points do their magic!

What to Expect at Your First Appointment

When you first come in, complete the registration & new patient form. We would like you to pay before your treatment. We will gladly give you a printed receipt upon request. If you need to leave at a certain time, let us know, or you might sleep through it! After all the bookkeeping stuff is out of the way, you may want to use the restroom and get a drink of water...and please turn all electronic devices OFF.

Please eat something before your appointment: It's not a good idea to get acupuncture on an empty stomach. Acupuncture can move a lot of qi (energy) which may leave you a little light-headed after a session. Food in the belly helps to center and ground your energy to avoid light-headedness or unease from happening!

The acupuncturist will introduce themselves, review your intake form and main concern, and will help ensure that you are relaxed and comfortable. Relax and bliss out for the next 30-45 minutes! If you have never had acupuncture before, you may be a bit nervous at first, but you're in for a real treat. This is a safe and healing space.

Our Commitment to You

We want our community to be welcoming to all different kinds of people. We want to give you the tools to take care of your own health in a safe environment with skilled, experienced practitioners. We will always be available to listen to any advice and/or feedback you may have about HCA. We will do all of this with a sense of humor and help from you as well. Please enjoy the space and time to do your work. We're happy you're here.

With gratitude and love,
Hawaii Community Acupuncture 'ohana

TREATMENT Tips

It is good to have something to eat about an hour before your treatment.
Wear comfortable clothes (like a t-shirt and shorts - that allow access to areas below the elbows and knees.
Silence is golden! Keep in mind that there will be others in the room with you receiving treatments. Please turn your cellphones off when entering the clinic and be respectful of those around you who have come to relax and renew as you have.
If possible, set aside time after your treatment to rest.

Policies

Payments are due at the time of service. We accept cash, check, or Mastercard and Visa.
Due to our sliding scale fees, we do not accept insurance claims. We are happy to provide you a receipt to submit for reimbursement at the time of service and recommend Aloha Acupuncture & Wellness, Inc, at this same location for your Workers Comp or Personal Injury Claims.
You may also download our Welcome & New Patient Form to bring to your first appointment. Thank you for your time and consideration of our policies and feel free to ask us if you have any questions!