Santa Monica Bay Physicians
ACUPUNCTURE

Dr. Rob Kassan and Dr. Robert Ashley are both extensively trained in acupuncture. As a complement to traditional medicine the SMBP acupuncturists provide treatment for neck and back pain, headaches, arthritis, joint and muscle pain, fatigue, depression, and infertility. In the past two decades, acupuncture has grown in popularity in the United States. In 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimated that Americans made 9 to 12 million visits per year to acupuncture practitioners and spent as much as $500 million on acupuncture treatments. In 1995, an estimated 10,000 nationally certified acupuncturists were practicing in the United States. By the year 2000, that number had  doubled. Currently, an estimated one-third of certified acupuncturists in the United States are medical doctors.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded a variety of research projects on acupuncture that have been awarded by its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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