Experienced Acupuncturists in Lincoln

John worked as a Chief Inspector for the RSPCA until a near fatal road traffic accident in 1993 curtailed his career in animal welfare. There followed many years of rehabilitation before John undertook nearly 3 years of Shiatsu training. Shiatsu is Japanese for "finger pressure" and is a form of acupressure and massage using TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) principles. This interest in TCM led John to enroll at the University of Lincoln to study Acupuncture for three years, where he gained a first-class BSc Honours degree in Acupuncture.

John completed nearly 1000 hours of practical Acupuncture with patients whilst studying at the university. During the last year of the course, John was assigned to a Doctor's surgery in Howden, where he treated patients referred to him by the doctors, using Acupuncture for a wide range of conditions. This was a challenging assignment as most of the patients had been ill for a long time and had extremely complex problems.

During the three years at university, John studied the principles of Chinese medicine and practice of Chinese Acupuncture, the management of the clinical conditions, as well as the orthodox disciplines of anatomy, physiology, pathology and psychology.

After university, John continued his studies in China at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and worked in TCM hospitals working under Dr. Wang, who was recognised by Nanjing City, and had over 40 years' experience in this field. John returned to England where he opened the Chinese Acupuncture Clinic in 2008. 

John attended the Northern College of Acupuncture where he gained a postgraduate certificate in Patent Herbs and is now a member of both the ATCM (Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine) and BAcC (British Acupuncture Council).   

John is qualified to dispense Chinese Herbal Medicine after several years of study after receiving a Post-Graduate Diploma in this subject.