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

April 1, 2020

Update on COVID-19

The Acus Foundation office will remain closed through May 3, 2020, following the extension of the shelter-in-place order issue by Alameda County and the City of Berkeley.

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March 27, 2020

Thank you to our health care workers

We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of our health care workers who are serving selflessly on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you for your service.

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March 17, 2020

COVID-19 Update

The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 is having a dramatic impact on our lives here in the United States and around the world. At Acus Foundation, we are taking steps to make sure our staff and community remain safe.

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