For Practitioners

Benefits

Be part of a community of professional acupuncture clinicians – one that provides excellent value for money and is responsive to the changing needs of its members.
Access to a proactive and supportive team – See why JAMA members love us!
Publicise your clinic on our Acupuncture Near Me Finder.
Comprehensive legal and regulatory advice when you need it most given by leading experts in the acupuncture field.
Access to our #1 discounted and contract-free sharps disposal service.
Use of the JAMA logo on your websites, emails and social media – You can use the letters JAMA after your name.
Huge Insurance discounts: upon joining you will qualify for our great value JAMA Insurance Scheme.

Japanese Acupuncture in the UK

Japanese Acupuncture is a collective title for styles of treatment that are typically more gentle, sometimes non-insertion techniques that are rooted in classical acupuncture theory. The traditions that insert needles are often very fine sterile needles and are inserted using guide-tubes which were first introduced in Japan. Often palpation or touch precedes needling and the emphasis is on minimal intervention or gentle/shallow needling. The development of palpation and diagnosis of the condition of qi through touch and validation of changes through further palpation comes from the tradition of blind practitioners in ancient Japan. In addition, there is the general acceptance of specific tools used to rub, scratch or tap the body or to stimulate qi in replacement of the traditional needle.

Popular styles of Japanese Acupuncture Practised today in the UK include:

Yin Yang Balancing (Manaka Style)
Toyohari
Kiiko Matsumoto
Kampo (Japanese Herbal Medicine)
Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture
Masakazu Ikeda Sensei
Shonishin

Why JAMA?

JAMA is a not-for profit organisation. We do not sit and wait for things to happen, we make them happen. Our JAMA members ask and we respond! We have created partnerships which actually save our members money whilst providing additional services. We are part of the British Acupuncture Federation umbrella making us proud members of a 1300 strong acupuncture profession. Together we collaborate to produce strict but inclusive codes of conduct and safe clinical practice, recognition for the different styles and skills sets and we use our combined strength to purchase high value services for our members at reduced prices.

100% such a proactive and dynamic organisation! I’m so glad I chose you guys for so many reasons. And the perks! The genuine care for maintaining the dignity and integrity of our profession while it breaks long-standing walls of stigma and limitations.

Our Achievements

Negotiations with PHE securing recognition for Acupuncturists as Healthcare Professionals working safely to open in July 2020

BAF changed legislation to have Acupuncturists put into Exemptions documentation in November Lockdown.

BAF negotiated upgrade for all UK acupuncturists to category of Healthcare Associates on ONS alongside osteopaths and physiotherapists.

BAF Negotiated New Balens Insurance at 40% Discount for Practitioners

Refer A Friend

JAMA welcomes new members with open arms. If you are pleased with how the JAMA supports you, then please refer a friend and receive £20.
If you refer someone and they join us, then as a token of our appreciation we will take £20 off your friends membership (for a maximum of one year) and send you £20 as a thank you. This can be repeated as many times as you like.

Complete the form in the members area and we will then email your friend a discount code for them to use, as soon as they have joined, we will transfer £20 to you.

JAMA Affinity Insurance Scheme

The Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association have partnered with Balens Specialist Insurance Brokers to provide our members with a bespoke Affinity Scheme Insurance Policy. This scheme specifically covers acupuncture and related therapies. We are now one of the only groups who can insure you for blood-letting as well as semi-permanent acupuncture needles such as ASP/ and press needles. This policy also includes automatic cover for many adjunct therapies such as cupping and Gua Sha.

When discussing your insurance cover with Balens, it is important that you inform them that you are part of the BAF Insurance Affinity Scheme. Being a member of JAMA means you are also a member of BAF.

Thank you so much to the JAMA and BAF for setting up the pay as you go clinical waste contract. I have saved over £100 and I can have my bin emptied when I need it and not when the contractor decides.