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Pin Pointing Pain

A 96th Medical Group family medicine resident inserts an acupuncture needle into a patient’s ear during acupuncture training Feb. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. A group of residents learn the acupuncture techniques and body points through a 200-hour course. Eventually, they can incorporate acupuncture care in their clinical practice at their first assignment. Acupuncture is used to treat acute and chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress in service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

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Pin pointing pain

Published March 7, 2022

Pin Pointing Pain — Pin Pointing Pain

Capt. Kyle Olsen, 96th Medical Group, places an electric acupuncture pen in a patient’s ear during acupuncture training Feb. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Olsen and other family medicine residents learn the acupuncture techniques and body points through a 200-hour course. Eventually, they can incorporate acupuncture care in their clinical practice at their first assignment. Acupuncture is used to treat acute and chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress in service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

Pin Pointing Pain — Pin Pointing Pain

A 96th Medical Group family medicine resident, applies cupping therapy to a patient’s back during training Feb. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. A group of residents learn the acupuncture techniques and body points through a 200-hour course. Eventually, they can incorporate acupuncture care in their clinical practice at their first assignment. Acupuncture is used to treat acute and chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress in service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

Pin Pointing Pain — Pin Pointing Pain

Capt. Sydney Giblin, 96th Medical Group, places acupuncture needles into a patient’s scalp during an acupuncture training clinic Feb. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Giblin and other family medicine residents learn the acupuncture techniques and body points through a 200-hour course. Eventually, they can incorporate acupuncture care in their clinical practice at their first assignment. Acupuncture is used to treat acute and chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress in service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

Pin Pointing Pain — Pin Pointing Pain

Capt. Kyle Olsen, 96th Medical Group, places ear acupuncture needles into a patient’s outer ear during an acupuncture training clinic Feb. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Olsen and other family medicine residents learn the acupuncture techniques and body points through a 200-hour course. Eventually, they can incorporate acupuncture care in their clinical practice at their first assignment. Acupuncture is used to treat acute and chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress in service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

Pin Pointing Pain — Pin Pointing Pain

Capt.s Kyle Olsen and Sydney Giblin, 96th Medical Group, use electrodes to connect acupuncture needles on a patient’s shoulder to an electro-acupuncture machine Feb. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Olsen, Giblin and other family medicine residents learn the acupuncture techniques and body points through a 200-hour course. Eventually, they can incorporate acupuncture care in their clinical practice at their first assignment. Acupuncture is used to treat acute and chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress in service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)

Pin Pointing Pain — Pin Pointing Pain

96th Medical Group family medicine residents remove acupuncture needles from a patient’s back during acupuncture training Feb. 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. A group of residents learn the acupuncture techniques and body points through a 200-hour course. Eventually, they can incorporate acupuncture care in their clinical practice at their first assignment. Acupuncture is used to treat acute and chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress in service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)