Acupuncture UK - Anne Etherton

My name is Anne Etherton, my house & practice is situated in Sutton Bonington, a small village a few miles off the A6, between Loughborough and Kegworth.  I am married and have a daughter.

I was born in Gloucestershire in the early ‘60’s, and grew up there.  I attended university in Bristol, where I read Microbiology.  After completing my degree, I worked in public health and the food industry. I worked in industry for 13 years before deciding to study Acupuncture.  I first met Acupuncture in 1986 when talking to the mother of a friend of mine who was an Acupuncturist.  I found the subject fascinating because it treated the person as a whole and it was a method of improving health without using drugs.  I studied for 4 years at the Northern College of Acupuncture (www.chinese-medicine.co.uk) in York, and qualified in 1999 with a Diploma of Acupuncture and a Master of Science from the University of Wales. My MSc was about atopic asthma and how this is understood in Chinese medicine. I am a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner.

I have done various courses in Japanese Acupuncture, Qi Gong and Tai Chi, Korean Hand Therapy, Korean Auricular Therapy, Reproductive Acupuncture and Reiki Seichem to level 3. I have also qualified with a Certificate in Pre-prepared Chinese Herbs (2004) which may be incorporated into my acupuncture practice. I practice in Sutton Bonington near Loughborough and also in Beeston , Nottingham.