There is aman practicing acupuncture here in Merritt. In the 2000 block of Granite avenue in a shared venue with Doctor Collen Gage the  local chiropractor the oriental gentleman shares two rooms in the clinic.

Mary a local , has used the service is satisfied and says that her extended health plan as a retired teacher covers 70 percent of the treatment costs.

The practices sandwich board lists Nicola Valley Chiropractic phone number.

acupuncture was in the public view in recent months as one practitioner had billed MSP over a million dollars in one year for alternate medicine. The US veterans affairs has substituted acupuncture for some pain drug therapy for veterans with chronic pain.

The practice had a booth at a local health and wellness fair last year here, gambling addiction counselling and holistic food therapy shared the venue.

Editors note: Chronic pain is often the result of soft tissue injuries, a liability that is often suspect in at fault accidents.

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