Updated appointment types

Some of you may have noticed a change in the types of acupuncture appointments available for online booking. The new types are:

Acupuncture (single sided, 35 min)

Acupuncture (double sided, 55 min)

These replace the older descriptions of initial vs express, which were frankly not very informative.

One reason for this change is to make highlight the difference in time commitment for the two types of treatment. Understanding this on the way in to an appointment is important for a patient in terms of scheduling, and also understanding the impacts of being late to an appointment. (e.g. If you are 15 minutes late to a treatment that takes 55 minutes, I may not be able to treat everything you hoped for that day. The appointment slots are all an hour long, and I can’t in good conscience make the next person wait because you had a bad time in traffic.)

Let’s be honest here. Inflation is bad, and this change is also meant to set up a framework which I may use in the future to charge more for the double treatment. For the time being, I will continue to charge $50 for either a single or double sided treatment, but if prices at the grocery store continue to rise, I may have to raise the price of the more complex treatment. I will give at least three months notice of any price change with another post on this website, and will endeavor to notify any patients returning after a long hiatus of any changes in price prior to their appointment.

To make things more affordable to new patients, I am going to offer a new incentive. New patient treatments are normally $80, while follow up treatments are $50.

It really does save a lot of time if a new patient fills out forms and signs waivers in advance. These treatments wind up taking very little additional time, so if a patient completes their forms (no blank forms), I will waive the $30 premium for a new patient treatment, and charge that new patient only $50 for a single or double sided acupuncture treatment.

Thanks for understanding, and please feel free to contact me if the changes here cause any confusion.