Masks are still required
Mask update: yes, face masks are still required at all times in the clinic space, and we are not sure when this will change.
Thank you for taking care of each other by wearing a well-fitting mask in our clinic.
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Educators discount in April 2021
Educators: we really believe you can hold it together until the end of the school year.
And acupuncture can help.
We’re posting this special BEFORE April Fool’s Day, because this occupational special is no joke. All educators* can get 20% off on up to 3 treatments per person at Boston Acupuncture Project this month.
First Visits for $28 (regularly $35-$65 sliding scale)
Return Visits for $20 (regularly $25-$55 sliding scale)
How to use the special: just let us know you’re an educator* when you fill out your intake form, or come in for your return visit.
*Educators = anyone who works at
? Public or private pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools
??? Childcare centers and Head Start programs
? Any other organization providing education or support in a school or childcare setting!
Share this with someone who could use the discount!
New to Boston Acupuncture Project? Read about our new patient process by clicking here.
Acupuncture For Allergies
Hi everyone, Ren here with a PSA about acupuncture for seasonal and environmental allergies.
Personally, I used to be one of those people who could not go anywhere without a packet of tissues. Since I was a kid, my eyes would swell up and my nose would be stuffy at the slightest environmental allergen. It wasn’t until I started getting regular acupuncture in my twenties that I realized life could be different for me!
If you’re interested in having a better Spring (or Autumn) this year, try getting a series of acupuncture treatments in the season leading up to your worst allergic time.
Based on your exact symptom picture, your acupuncturist will recommend a treatment plan for you. Regular acupuncture treatment really can make a huge difference. Acupuncture also works great alongside other treatments, so it’s not like you need to give up your allergy meds cold turkey or anything.
But don’t take my word for it. Here are a few studies showing acupuncture’s effectiveness for allergic rhinitis (basically, seasonal and environmental allergies):
- Acupuncture in patients with allergic rhinitis from Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology
- Acupuncture for persistent allergic rhinitis from The Medical Journal of Australia
- Acupuncture in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis from Annals of internal medicine
- A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial testing the effects of acupuncture on allergic rhinitis in European journal of allergy and clinical immunology
- Acupuncture methods for allergic rhinitis: a systematic review and bayesian meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in Chinese Medicine
Affordable acupuncture means you don’t have to suffer! Book an appointment today.
(If this will be your first visit, please note that we are doing tele-health intakes until further notice, so please make a tele-health intake appointment first! Our New Patient Process explainer is here.)
Keeping Our Doors Open – How You Can Help
Community acupuncture would not exist without you, and your participation.
Boston Acupuncture Project works to make acupuncture more affordable and accessible, so we can make a difference in people’s lives! But we need your help. The way we keep our prices low is by giving a LOT of treatments.
Telling others about Boston Acupuncture Project is the #1 most helpful thing you can do to help us stay open. (After making sure you get enough acupuncture yourself, of course.)
Here are a few other things you can do to help:
- Tell your other health care providers how acupuncture is making a difference for you. (We want them to send more patients here.)
- Put up a BAP flyer – maybe at work, your local coffee shop, community center, place of worship, anywhere you go where there is a bulletin board. Flyers are available at the front desk – just ask.
- Give BAP a good review online, to tell the world about why they should come here for acupuncture!
- Share our posts on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. (Yes, it makes a difference!)
- Bring your own blanket(s) to your treatment to help us save on laundry time and money.
- Pay for your treatments with cash, if you have the means.
- Throw in a few extra dollars if you pay with a credit card. (Every credit card payment sends a slice of that money to the processing company.)
- Slide up the scale – but only if you’re able to do this and still get enough treatments to feel better. If you’re paying online, consider buying yourself gift certificates of $30 or $40 per treatment.
- Make a one-time or recurring donation to Boston Acupuncture Project – these general donations will help us cover rent, electricity, supplies, and other basic expenses.
- If you have pre-paid treatments you’re not using, consider letting us know you want to Pay It Forward
- Share our other community acupuncture offerings with your workplace or volunteer group.
- Let your family and friends know that acupuncture can help them just like it’s helped you. You can even book a Bubble Block appointment to come in all together. (Or outdoor acupuncture when it’s warm out!)
- Come in for acupuncture! Don’t forget about how great you feel with regular acupuncture treatments.
Thank you for participating in community acupuncture!
January 2021 special offers
New Year, New Patient Special: $21 for 2021
For January 2021 we’re offering a New Patient Special: your first visit with us is only $21 when you pay with cash in the clinic after your treatment.
This special is only good for the month of January 2021. So make your tele-health intake appointment online, or text or call 617-506-3868 to get the ball rolling on a fabulous new year! Click here to read more about our New Patient Process.
Massage Discount With Acupuncture Treatment
Our friends at 4 Corners Yoga + Wellness are offering $20 off a full-priced massage of 60+ minutes, when you come in for an acupuncture treatment at Boston Acupuncture Project! This offer is now extended through Feb. 28, 2021.
Massage & acupuncture work so well together. Why?
- Even one acupuncture treatment may start to reduce an area of radiating or referring pain, so a massage therapist can spend more time focusing on where the pain is really coming from.
- Getting acupuncture before massage can help reduce your pain and get you into relaxation mode, so that your massage therapist can spend more time on the therapeutic part of the massage – or you can just enjoy it more!
- Getting acupuncture after a massage can help the results of the massage “stick” better – your muscles can stay more relaxed, your range of motion improved, etc. for much longer when these two are combined.
So book your appointment at Boston Acupuncture Project today – use our online scheduler (just click here) or call or text 617-506-3868 if you don’t see a time that works for you. Please remember that NEW patients need a brief tele-health consultation before a first in-person visit!
Our New Patient Process
UPDATE AS OF JUNE 14, 2021: tele-health intakes are currently optional. New patients can come in and get acupuncture right away. Book your first visits online or by phone and come in for your intake AND first treatment in person.
Are you new to Boston Acupuncture Project? Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here and we look forward to being your partner in health.
Here’s how our New Patient process works:
Gift Certificates & holiday hours
Purchase a Self-Printed Gift Certificate
Give your loved ones the gifts of wellness, healing, and relaxation with a gift certificate to Boston Acupuncture Project. You can directly purchase online – anything in our online store that says Gift, and any Special Offer Package, will have a gift certificate you can print out yourself.
Order a Gift Certificate To Be Mailed
You can also fill out the form below to request a gift certificate, and we will send you an invoice to complete payment:
The clinic will be OPEN by appointment as usual on the following dates:
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Saturday, January 1, 2021
Hope to see you soon! Make an appointment online anytime.
Win Free Acupuncture in our Raffle
Boston Acupuncture Project is planning ahead for SPRING! We want to get the most of the good weather surely coming our way with as much outdoor acupuncture as possible. Help us set the stage for success with a fundraising raffle. Drawing on: December 18, 2020
First prize: one MONTH of FREE acupuncture for one person
Second prize: one WEEK of FREE acupuncture for one person
Third prize: ONE FREE acupuncture treatment for one person.
Update: winners selected on Dec. 18, 2020 at 7pm! Winners notified by email and/or voicemail. Thanks to all our supporters!
Please share with your friends!
(They can always buy some tickets to support YOUR favorite local acupuncture clinic . . . . and give the prize to you.)
The drawing will be on Facebook Live – click here for the event.
Free DAy & Raffle To Celebrate 2 Years Open
We’re celebrating the second anniversary of our Hyde Park community acupuncture clinic with a day of FREE acupuncture treatments on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 28, 2020! Appointments (and masks) required. First treatment begins at 10:00am, last treatment begins at 2:15pm, and doors close at 3:00pm. Click here to save your spot!
We will also kick off our Readiness Raffle, raising money to cover the costs of providing outdoor acupuncture this coming Spring.
This event is on Facebook: Free Day & Raffle to Celebrate 2 Years Open at Boston Acupuncture Project. Check it out and invite your friends!
State of the Clinic: to stay open, we need to raise prices.
Community acupuncture clinics (like us here at Boston Acupuncture Project!) work to keep care accessible, and we rely on many people paying a reasonable amount for every treatment to cover our expenses. That’s why we count on you to tell people in your life about Boston Acupuncture Project and how they should come here for acupuncture!
Part of being accessible means staying open. To do that right now, we have to raise prices. Our new sliding scale, starting Monday, November 16, will be $25 – $55 for return visits, plus a $10 intake fee for first visits only.
If this puts acupuncture out of your reach, please talk to your acupuncturist – we can almost always work something out.
For the clinic’s health, Boston Acupuncture Project needs around 20 people a week to pay $25, 10 people a week to pay $35, and 5 people a week to pay $45. Right now (as of October 2020) we are averaging about 22 treatments per week, with an average payment of about $22 per treatment.
Overall, we need to increase the number of people getting acupuncture here, and also the average payment per treatment, so that the clinic can stick around for years to come.
Thank you for your support and understanding.