ACUS FOUNDATION BRINGS LIFE-CHANGING MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE
TO OUR NATION'S SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS.
WE TRAIN THE DOCTORS WHO TREAT THE PAIN.

Return to Mobility
It was like a light switch. Now I can move. Corpsman (ret) Marshall Peters
US Navy
Healing the whole warrior
Now I can be a normal person again. Sergeant (ret) Jeff Livingood
US Marine Corps
Acupuncture over Pain Meds
I was on 22 medications, now I'm down to two. Sergeant (ret) Matt Heist
US Air Force

MAKING WARRIORS WELL

Acus Foundation teaches military
and VA physicians to
Think Acupuncture First
when treating pain and stress problems.

EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS.
WE ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

60,000

…U.S. service members have been injured in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.

90%

…live in chronic pain.

45%

…reduction in opioid prescriptions shown at the Acus flagship program.

400,000-500,000

…U.S. veterans of recent wars suffer from combat-related pain and stress.

$2 billion

…was spent on treatments for veterans recently diagnosed with PTS and TBI in 2010.

232

…military healthcare providers were trained by Acus in 2017 and 2018.

Acus in the News

October 20, 2020

Acus Foundation Report to the Community: 2019-2020

Since 2015, the Acus team has trained more than 500 military physicians in medical acupuncture. These brave doctors Think Acupuncture First when it comes to treating patients for pain, stress, and sleep disturbances. It is with deep gratitude that we thank our doctors for treating thousands of military patients and…

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September 6, 2020

Celebrating Labor Day

On behalf of everyone at Acus Foundation, we wish you a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.

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August 4, 2020

Annual Gratitude Newsletter

Our students express their gratitude to you—our community—for your enduring support of our mission to bring life-changing medical acupuncture to our nation’s service members and veterans.

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