Life Essentials Magazine April 2018

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HAVE A LIGHT MEAL BEFORE YOUR SESSION
Avoid eating a lot before an acupuncture session. Your meal should be light so that
you don’t get dizzy or nauseous, and don’t eat a full meal either. Many people can’t lie
flat and comfortably following a full meal.
CHECK FOR LICENSE
3 AND INSURANCE
Check with your state’s health department
to ensure that your acupuncturist is
fully licensed and insured. This helps you
to be sure that the acupuncturist didn’t
just get a certification from somewhere
that isn’t certified. The Health Department
will only issue a license to someone
with an adequate amount of training, so
you can feel more secure about visiting
one of these professionals.
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INFORM THEM ABOUT
YOUR MEDICATIONS
Talk to your acupuncturist about the
medications that you are under. This will
help them see how they can personalize
your session. This will also enable them
to fulfill your special needs.
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CLEAR INSURANCE COVERAGE
Make sure that your insurance is cleared up before you engage in a session. Many
alternative treatments, including acupuncture, are now covered by health insurance. This
will help you save a lot of money during your treatments. By not doing this, you must pay
for the entire fees of the treatment. These fees can become expensive over time.
Verify whether your acupuncture practitioner accepts your insurance and if your policy
covers such treatments. If you figure out insurance information and billing to start with,
you can just focus on the befits of your appointments. By avoiding worrying, you can focus
on your treatment.
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