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

December 3, 2019

Healing Broken Bodies, Broken Hearts

Since 2015, Acus Foundation has trained 350 military doctors who are now working in clinics and hospitals across the nation and across the globe. They are saving lives every day.

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December 3, 2019

“Medical Acupuncture Saved My Life”

U.S. Air Force veteran, Matt, had been saving his painkillers. Every day, he took one pill and set aside another… until he had a stockpile of opioids that would be enough to end his life.

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December 3, 2019

Help Us Save Lives on #GivingTuesday

Today is Giving Tuesday. Today it is estimated that 30 military active duty service members and veterans will take their lives.

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