Acupressure

Duties and Responsibilities:

                 Acupuncturists are alternative healthcare professionals who are trained to treat illnesses through inserting needles at certain points of body. Acupuncture is an important part of Traditional Chinese Medicine that also has other necessary segments for providing a complete treatment to patients. Qi Gong is the movement exercise whereas Tui Na includes Chinese Physiotherapy, herbal prescription is also vital and finally the application of heat to the main points of the body. Along with all these treatments acupuncture is prescribed to patients which enables energies to sustain their flow within the human internal system. As an acupuncturist, professionals have to perform certain duties on daily basis.

Salary:                                                          

 $35,970 by year

Education:

Certificate and associate's degree programs provide classroom instruction, as well as hands-on workshops where students apply their acupressure knowledge. Two of the leading, nationally accredited agencies for training in acupressure include the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia (AOBTA) and the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). Accredited formal education programs prepare students for state licensing exams.

 

Reflection:

          I don’t think I want to work as Acupressure, I find this job to be really boring because its just trying to make people relax for a hour or so. Also your required to touch random people and I don’t want to do that.