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COVID19 UPDATES and November Clinic News

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  We are pleased to announce that, to today’s date, no Covid19 cases were reported or traced back to our clinic. We want to thank all of you for making this happen. It could not have been possible without your cooperation and willingness to maintain social distancing and sanitation requirements while in the clinic. We see that our commitment to CDC and PPE requirements makes a difference!

  As Covid positive cases are increasing throughout the world and at home, we want to reinforce the importance of working together toward implementing CDC & PPE behaviors to manage the spread of the virus.

Today, Austin is in stage 3, there is a chance the city will go back to stage 4 in the near future. We are closely monitoring the COVID situation and we will act accordingly.

Through this season, we plan on remaining open as an essential business as many of you reported our services as essential throughout the pandemic.

We are taking this opportunity to remind you that your safety and the safety of our employees are of the utmost importance to us. We work daily toward maintaining a safe, relaxing, and soothing environment for you to come rest and heal.  Our clinic will continue to have less than 10 individuals at once in a room while applying the CDC and PPE requirements set in place last May 2020, at reopening. For your convenience, at the bottom of this newsletter, are the CDC and PPE requirements currently in place at Acupuncture Together.

We look forward to having you at the clinic!

In gratitude and health,
Dr. Guillaume Vincent

REMINDER: The best way to go through this season is to boost your immune system!

HOW CAN ACUPUNCTURE HELP YOU GET STRONGER?

  • Improve digestive system, decrease inflammation
  • Getting adequate sleep is essential to our body. It helps us restore and rejuvenate. Sleeping more should allow the immune system to better fight illness. Acupuncture can benefit sleep.
  • Supports the cardiovascular system, can help lower blood pressure
  • Manage stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD would help the immune system to stay strong
  • Support stopping smoking, asthma, allergies and other respiratory issues. COVID-19 attacks the respiratory system, so anyone with damaged lungs would seem vulnerable.

Happy Thanksgiving from our families to yours!

  Holidays are going to look very different for some and for others may be very similar to past years. No matter the circumstances, our theme for this holiday season is “do your best with what you got!”. If it is a thanksgiving alone at home, know that we are doing the same and that you are not alone. Great time to read a book, go on a walk, take a nap, and invest in self-care. If it is a Thanksgiving with family and friends yet disturbed by social distancing and PPEs, give yourself a tap on the back, you are doing your best.

We are very grateful to all of you, for your trust and loyalty!

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Are you considered high-risk to COVID19?

Book your treatment on our slowest shifts, when the treatment room is not busy.
Slowest shifts: Wednesday 9am-2pm & Friday 9am-2pm
On our online scheduler you can identify which shifts are the slowest by the amount of available time slots.  Otherwise, you can call or text us and we will gladly assist you in finding the best time for you.
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Cancellation Policy Update

  If you have scheduled an appointment with us, we are saving a chair just for you. With respect to our intention to provide high quality acupuncture with affordable prices we ask for 24 hours of advanced notice if you must cancel or reschedule an appointment. This gives us time to fill the vacant space in our schedule and helps us keep rates affordable. You may cancel or reschedule by phone or by using our online appointment scheduler. You may also leave us a voicemail or text outside of regular business hours.

 Please note:

  • A $25 late cancellation fee will be charged* for appointments cancelled or rescheduled within 24 hours.
  • A $33 fee will be charged* for “No Show” appointments.
*There are exceptions, including emergencies.

Thank you for cooperation and understanding.

– Acupuncture Together Staff –

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REMINDER

     As recommended by the City of Austin and the CDC, we are continuing to apply social distances and PPE requirements. Many of you have expressed positive feedback regarding the processes in place at Acupuncture Together and have shared with us “feeling safer here” than in many other establishments. We value your loyalty and your trust.

STAGE 3 – CDC and PPE requirements

Masks are required to enter the clinic.

All chairs are at least 6 feet away from each other.

Temperature checks.

Stay home if you are sick or have been sick within the last 14 days prior to your visit.

Payments: We prefer you to use contactless pay if you have it. Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, and contactless payment cards are examples of these. If not, you will insert or swipe your credit card yourself.

Personal items: Leave your purses, phones, and other personal items in your car or at home.

Sanitation: We change the sheets and pillowcases after every person. We wipe down commonly touched surfaces with disinfectant multiple times throughout the day. Hand sanitizer is available at the entrance, in the treatment room, and bathroom.

Air filter: We have a new air filter for the treatment room that removes viruses, bacteria, molds, and allergens from the air.

Blankets: Please bring your own blanket.

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Notes from Guillaume and Ashley

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A note from Guillaume

Hello everyone!

  I want to thank each of you for your warm welcome and for giving me your trust over the last ten months at Acupuncture Together. Also, a big thank you for supporting our clinic and for trusting us with your health and safety during this pandemic.

As most of you know, Ashley is transitioning toward new ventures. So many of you have expressed how much Ashley has made a difference in your lives, how generous she has been to the community and that you will greatly miss her. Please know I join you in this feeling.

I will do my best to continue what Ashley has created. To this effect Ashley and I have been working at facilitating a smooth transition with consistency of service, care, and hospitality at heart; continuing to offer what Acupuncture Together has in Austin for now 10 years: affordable, high-value acupuncture in an easy and relaxed environment in the Burnet/Anderson Lane community.

If you read my bio, you will see that I have had the privilege to work in many settings in the integrative health industry. From my experience and from the original applications of acupuncture, one thing is clear: acupuncture delivers the best results when regularly administered and when easily accessible. For this reason the high volume, low-cost community model is the most rapidly growing clinical model. I am very grateful to be able to serve you and the community in this way.

In this new social and economical era so much is changing. At our clinic, we are discovering along with you what works best. We are working on restoring our prior COVID activity, and continue to need your help to do so. Getting regular acupuncture, sharing the benefits of what you receive from us with your friends, colleagues, and loved ones, as well as, leaving a review, on google or yelp, will help us get there.  On our end, we will continue to do all we can to increase your comfort and safety while offering high-quality acupuncture treatments. If you have any suggestions or feedback we would love to hear from you. You can email us at acupuncturetogetheraustin@gmail.com

Thank you for reading and for your continuous support! I look forward to serving you with your health needs at the clinic.

In gratitude,
Dr. Guillaume Vincent
A note from Ashley

  Thank you all so much for making the clinic what it is today. I wish I could say this to each and every one of you in person. When I opened Acupuncture Together in 2010, my dream for it wasn’t nearly as good as the reality it has become.

  To see it flourishing nearly a decade later is extremely satisfying for me. I have given over 50,000 treatments in this clinic in the last 10 years and I feel it is now time for a much-needed break. Some of you have expressed sorrow to see me go, and I thank you for your amazing trust and dedication to me, to this healing space, and to your own healing. It warms my heart.

  This is why I feel good leaving this practice with Dr. Guillaume Vincent, who I know will bring his warm compassion, kindness, and enthusiasm to Acupuncture Together. He is an amazingly skilled acupuncturist who I know will take this clinic far and continue the healing work we have provided to the community for 10 years. I can’t wait to see this clinic thrive with Guillaume’s vision.

  This is not fully goodbye though, you will still see me subbing in for Guillaume and helping him fully with the transfer of the clinic.

  It has been very special to work with you all. I move forward with a little sadness, but with joy from all we have shared and the prospects of new beginnings.

  Sincerely,

Ashley

Reopening after Covid-19

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Dear Clinic Friends,

After being closed for 2 months, we are (cautiously) excited to announce that we will reopen the clinic on Monday, May 18.

We hope you will come in and resume your treatments. The closing of our clinic for several months was unexpected and we’d love to return to our normal level of providing treatments as soon as possible, while creating a clean, sanitized and relaxing environment for you and our staff.

Many of you purchased 4 for $100 packages that expired March 31, and you did not get a chance to use all of your credits before we closed. The expiration date for these has been extended to June 30, 2020.

We will be selling new 4 for $100 packages from May 18 to June 30.  These will expire September 30, 2020. We’d like for you to use all existing credits before you buy a new one.

We ask you to understand that we cannot absolutely guarantee a 100% virus-free space, but with your help, we will do everything we can to ensure your health and safety while visiting the clinic.

We will reopen under the guidance set forth by the Federal Government for Phase 2 re-opening procedures with a few additional requirements. This includes the following provisions and safety measures:

CDC:  We will follow CDC guidelines as much as possible.

–       Masks or facial coverings are required to enter the clinic.

–       Keep 6 feet between you and other patients if possible.

–       Stay home if you are sick or have been sick within the last 14 days prior your visit.

–       Stay home if you are a high-risk patient or you care for/live with a high risk person.

Entering the clinic: If you approach our lobby from the outside and see another person there, please wait outside until they leave the room (If the weather allows) or maintain 6 feet distance inside.

Payments: We prefer you use contactless pay if you have it. Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, and contactless payment cards are examples of these. If not, you will insert or swipe your credit card yourself.

Personal items: Leave your purses, phones, and other personal items in your car or at home. We want to minimize locker usage since they are a commonly touched surface.

Checking for fever: All patients will have body temperatures checked at the front desk prior to being allowed to enter the treatment room.

Scheduling: For a while, only 5 patients will be allowed in the treatment room at a time instead of the usual 9. Only every other chair will be occupied. There will be no one sitting next to you and you will be at least 6 feet away from others.

Sanitation: We will change the sheets and pillowcases after every person. We will wipe down commonly touched surfaces with disinfectant multiple times throughout the day. Hand sanitizer will be available at the entrance, in treatment space and bathrooms.

Air filter: We have a new air filter for the treatment room that removes viruses, bacteria, molds, and allergens from the air.

Blankets: Please bring your own blanket if the AC makes you cold. We do not have enough blankets to wash them after every use.

With these steps in place, we feel we can provide a safe environment for us all.

We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Sincerely,                                                                                                                                             Ashley, Guillaume, Maxine, and Madelyn                                                                           Acupuncture Together Staff

 

Three Reasons People Don’t Try Acupuncture

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Let’s clear up some misconceptions about this healing practice.

1. People think acupuncture is too expensive.

It’s true that there are many clinics that charge $75 – $125 for a single acupuncture treatment.

It’s also true that there are places you can be treated for $40 or less. Community acupuncture clinics (like ours) and internship clinics at acupuncture schools usually charge anywhere from $15 – $40 per treatment.

Our rate is $33.00 per treatment. Periodically, we sell packages, ie: 4 for $120 treatment packages offering a 10% discount. This brings down the rate to $30.00 per visit. We are also in the process of developing subscription offers.

2.  People think acupuncture is painful.

In general, acupuncture is a mostly comfortable experience. The large majority of people who receive acupuncture do not experience pain. Occasionally, one of the needles might hurt a little, but it can be removed or replaced with one that feels better. No acupuncturist wants their patient to feel discomfort, so tell your acupuncturist if a needle bothers you after the initial insertion.

At Acupuncture Together, we use some of the thinnest acupuncture needles on the market. Most people who visit our clinic do not experience any discomfort when receiving their acupuncture treatments.

3.  People don’t know what acupuncture can help them with.

The quick answer is almost anything! The most common reasons people get acupuncture at Acupuncture Together are:

Allergies  Anxiety  Arthritis  Asthma  Bell’s palsy  Chemo side effects Depression  Digestive problems  Eczema  Fatigue  Fertility  High blood pressure  Hives  Hot flashes  IBS  Injuries  Insomnia  Jet lag  Knee pain Migraines  Neck pain  Plantar fasciitis  PMS  Rashes  Stress  Sugar addiction  Surgical recovery  Tendonitis  Tennis elbow  TMJ

If you are interested, give acupuncture a try! It doesn’t have to be expensive, it probably won’t hurt, and it will most likely help you feel better.

 

What Acupuncture Together is All About

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More and more, people are discovering the power of acupuncture for healing both mind and body.

Every cell of your body has an energy or life force to it that has its own natural, healthy vibration. Sometimes our vibrations get out-of-whack, causing dis-harmony or dis-ease. This can affect us physically, mentally, and emotionally. Acupuncture is regarded as energy/vibrational medicine because energy is moved.  Blockages are released and a balanced free flow of life energy is restored.

In the early years of my acupuncture practice, I found I did not feel good about treating patients one at a time in a room by themselves and charging $75 per treatment. It seemed most of my patients could not afford to come as often as they needed to get better and stay better. Something about that just did not feel right to me. I learned about the community acupuncture business model and changed my business structure.

I offer 45 minute personalized acupuncture sessions in a peaceful community room. These sessions help to bring the energy of your being into a more harmonious, balanced vibration. Because multiple people are having their treatments at one time, I am able to keep the rate low – at $28.00 per session.

I’ve been providing acupuncture treatments this way since 2010.  I am continuously amazed at the affects that acupuncture has on the people that visit the clinic. The power of stillness, a peaceful environment, and tiny needles inserted into certain energy points on the body help quiet mental chatter. People sleep better. Pain dissipates. Allergies and sinuses improve. Skin looks better. People are in better moods and have mental clarity and more energy.

I enjoy being in a peaceful room full of relaxed people. I like knowing they will feel better when they leave and that the skills I have as an acupuncturist help facilitate this.

Weekly acupuncture sessions will improve your life. You will have more energy, sleep better, handle stress better, and be in a better mood. You will feel better physically. You will just feel better!