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- 9077910027
- 630 e 57th place Timothy Iliff Anchorage AK 99518 USA
- northstaracupuncture.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Health Care, Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment
Mission: Help veterans with chronic pain and limb amputations return to an active lifestyle by providing an individualized intensive rehabilitative acupuncture program to help them restore mobility. Goal: Enhance the lifelong well-being of combat veterans with limb amputations in Anchorage by developing an easy-to–access health program that meets their unique social, economic and medical needs in returning to physical activity.
Results: We have assisted around 50 wounded veterans with serious war injuries return to work and sports by decreasing their pain and immobility by 80% on average.
Target demographics: injured Veterans and retired military personnel
Direct beneficiaries per year: 50 Veterans injured in combay
Geographic areas served: Anchorage
Programs: acupuncture designed to rapidly decrease their pain, injuries and help them with morphine dependency and withdrawal symptoms. We provide treatments through Choice (TriWest) and sponsored programs for Vets with limb amputations.