Acupuncture works best when people can use it regularly. Community acupuncture is a way to make that possible.

It’s a simple idea:
provide care in a shared space so people can come often enough to actually benefit from it.

Treatments are provided:

 - in a shared room
 - in comfortable recliners
 - fully-clothed

Even though the room is shared, it’s usually quite still—people resting, often sleeping, each in their own space.

You’ll also notice several large air purifiers running, cleaning the air and creating a low-level of white noise that helps keep conversations private.

Why Community Acupuncture Exists

The goal is simple:

remove barriers preventing people from getting enough treatment to actually see change.

Cost is the biggest one.
This model is built to address that directly with a low sliding-scale fee schedule.

How It’s Different

In the U.S., acupuncture is often provided one-on-one in private rooms.

Community acupuncture takes a different approach:

 - shared space
 - lower cost
 - easier to get treated consistently

That consistency is often what allows change to happen over time.

Our Story

Manchester Acupuncture Studio (MAS) opened in June of 2007.

Before that, director Andy Wegman spent years working in a private-room setting in an integrative medical setting.

One problem kept coming up:

People couldn’t come often enough to benefit —because of cost.

MAS was built to change that.