{"id":126,"date":"2016-06-14T13:33:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T19:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/?p=126"},"modified":"2019-10-28T11:37:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T17:37:58","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-09-07-1438-16-smaller-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elmira Olson. Registered acupuncturist\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-09-07-1438-16-smaller-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-09-07-1438-16-smaller-768x985.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-09-07-1438-16-smaller-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2011-09-07-1438-16-smaller.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/>\n<p>Elmira Olson, B.Sc. R.Ac.<\/p>\n<p>Registered Acupuncturist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have completed the three year Acupuncture program at MacEwan University, earning my diploma in 2006.\u00a0As an optional\u00a0part of this program, I travelled to China and completed a one month internship at the Heze Medical College.\u00a0 While there,\u00a0I had the opportunity to\u00a0tour several hospitals and attend lectures on a variety of subjects.<\/p>\n<p>This experience allowed me to gain first hand knowledge of traditional Chinese Medicine in the country where it has been practiced for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the past\u00a0few years, I have integrated additional training in:<\/p>\n<p>-gua sha<br \/>\n-motor point therapy for muscle and joint pain<br \/>\n-pre-natal acupuncture<br \/>\n-cosmetic acupuncture<br \/>\n-pediatric acupuncture (Japanese\u00a0Shonishin\u00a0acupuncture)<\/p>\n<p>In addition to my diploma in Acupuncture, I have also completed a four year honours degree in Biology at the University of Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/Acupuncturists.HealthProfs.com\/cam\/external_verification.php?profid=513020\" alt=\"verified by HealthProfs.com\" usemap=\"#verifiedmap\" width=\"146\" height=\"69\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a registered acupuncturist, practising since 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-features","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmiraolsonacupuncture.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}