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capabilities of the volunteer staff. Across the entire United States, we do an average of 50,000 individual treatments a year for our Veterans alone.
Military Stress Recovery Clinics (MSRC)
All of the MSRCs listed are independent entities run by local acupuncture volunteers, and have no legal affiliation with AWB. We collaborate as part of AWB’s national Military Stress Recovery Project. AWB makes no guarantees about the services provided, and is not legally responsible for those services.
Navigate to this link to view locations where clinics are currently operating: https:// www.acuwithoutborders.org/military-stress-recovery-project/
The Military Stress Recovery Project (MSRP) provides free acupuncture treatments for Veterans, active military personnel, reservists and their families. This work is part of AWB’s Community Service Clinic Program which serves all types of communities affected by traumatic events. The MSRP began in 2006 with a pilot clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As AWB trains more practitioners through its “Healing Community Trauma” educational program, additional clinics are being established.
AWB created the MSRP program during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because so many soldiers and Veterans were suffering the effects of trauma without effective treatment within the military medical system. Pharmacological treatments for post-traumatic stress (PTS) have been shown to be relatively ineffective and can create chemical dependence with devastating side effects, including increased suicide rates. AWB pioneered the use of acupuncture as a safe, effective, non-pharmacological therapy for returning soldiers that fills this trauma treatment gap.
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