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ACC Acupuncture

ACC provides cover for acupuncture for all New Zealand citizens, residents and temporary visitors who sustain a personal injury in New Zealand in general injuries from accidents

How does ACC works?

First, the injured person needs to visit a treatment provider either a GP, doctor, physiotherapist or hospital. The provider or hospital do an assessment and lodge an ACC 45 injury claim form. ACC will receive the form and decide on cover, if the cover is accepted the injured person can receive treatment from an acc registered acupuncturist. With acupuncture, you are allocated up to 12 treatments over a period of 12 weeks from the date of the first acupuncture treatment. With the acc injury cover, you can see other providers such as a physiotherapist, chiropractor, or osteopath this will not affect your allocated acupuncture treatments.

ACC funds two sets of treatment modalities within acupuncture services, conventional therapies and adjunct therapies. Conventional therapies are comprised of traditional acupuncture, western acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and auricular acupuncture; the adjunct therapies include cupping, Gua Sha scraping, tuina massage, and moxibustion.

What injuries does ACC cover for acupuncture?

cc covers personal physical injuries and may cover work-related gradual onset injuries and mental injuries.

  • ​​Personal physical injuries typically include wounds, lacerations, sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations
  • work-related gradual onset injuries, for example, carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Mental injuries, acc may cover acupuncture for mental injuries on a case-by-case basis. Cover for a mental injury could be provided if it was caused by, a physical injury, a specific event in the workplace, sexual assault or abuse.

Is acupuncture free under ACC?

ACC covers most of the cost for an acupuncture treatment you will need to pay a small surcharge, see prices here 

Acupuncture for injury recovery

Acupuncture and the adjunct therapies of cupping, Gua Sha scraping, tuina massage, and moxibustion are very helpful to heal and recover from injuries. Acupuncture is very effective for reducing pain both chronic and acute, decreasing inflammation and swelling, decreasing reliance on pain medication, improving scar tissue, reducing anxiety and stress due to injury or surgery.

Does ACC cover acupuncture?

ACC provides cover for acupuncture for all New Zealand citizens, residents and temporary visitors who sustain a personal injury in New Zealand in general injuries from accidents to find out more click here

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Contact for any questions or booking Phone 0210347752 or Email dean@acupuncture.yoga