TAC Turns 10!
By Toby Helmstetter, LAc
Ten years ago this spring, Chris, Katherine and I opened Triangle Acupuncture Clinic. We had just moved here after graduating from acupuncture school in Santa Cruz, CA and had the vision of creating a clinic that focused on treating people solely with Chinese Medicine. Not looking to create an integrative clinic with lots of modalities and different practitioners, our goal was to teach people that they too could find health, balance and longevity through the principles and tools that Chinese medicine had to offer--acupuncture, herbs, nutrition, and tai ji or qi gong. We constructed our business plan using library books on how to start your own business, working late, between studying for our board exams. The three of us were excited, hopeful, and determined to bring our new skills to North Carolina. We were fortunate to have some long-standing practitioners here before us who were gracious and willing to talk to us about what had and had not worked for them. Without some of these women and men, we would not be practicing acupuncture in this state the way we are today! And over time we became the clinic we are now, part of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, sharing the benefits of Chinese medicine with our patients.
