Welcome
The Japanese Acupuncture Clinic Finchley is founded by Marian Fixler and Fiona Hurlock. Combining their passion for Japanese acupuncture, 50 years of experience and the legacy of their teachers, the clinic is a hub of learning, training and practice. The clinic is located in a quiet mews in East Finchley.
Your Acupuncture Practitioners
Fiona Hurlock Dip Ac (Dist) Clinical Ac (Japan), MAcS Dip Shiatsu, Dip Acu
My journey into East Asian medicine started in 1994 when I started practcing Wu Style Tai Qi. Four years of Japanese shiatsu bodywork training followed. Keen to learn more I studied Traditional Chinese acupuncture and undertook a clinical apprenticeship. I then returned to the Japanese arts and studied a number of specialised acupuncture systems in the UK, Europe and Japan. Whilst running a busy practice, I also worked in NHS pain and addiction clinics. Since 2011 I have been travelling regularly to Japan to observe and train intesively in the clinics of master practitioner Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey who practice Traditional Japanese Acupuncture. I am enormously grateful to them for sharing their deep knowledge and understanding of this powerful healing art. I offer support to the art by organising post-graduate workshops. I am part of the publishing team for the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine and editorial team for the English publications of Ikeda Masakazu sensei’s teachings.
Ph 07795 203107
Thursday, Saturdays & Sundays
Marian Fixler LLB (Hons) Dip Ac Clin Ac (China) MBAcC, MEFTInternational
My interest in East Asian medicine began when I was living in Japan and studying shiatsu. After returning to the UK I qualified in Chinese acupuncture in 1991. This was followed by further intensive clinical training in a teaching hospital in Nanjing, China. Since 1998, I have specialised in Japanese acupuncture systems, training in the UK, the Netherlands and Japan. I taught for many years as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster and as a guest lecturer at other acupuncture colleges in the UK. This is my 30th year in practice and my clinical experience includes work in an NHS GP practice alongside my private practice. I am passionate about making Japanese acupuncture more widely available to practitioners and patients, organising and teaching post-graduation courses in the UK and abroad.
Ph 07966 411582
Wednesdays and Fridays
Areas of Special Interest
• Pre-Conceptual Care & Fertility
• Women’s Health
• Pregnancy Support
• Musculo-skeletal & Pain Conditions
• Degenerative Eye Conditions
• Mental Health Issues
• General Health & Wellbeing
• EFT
• Japanese Facial Massage
Tools & Techniques
Acupuncture Needles
Needles come in many shapes and sizes. Some are used for insertive needling whilst others merely stimulate the surface of the skin. They can be made of stainless steel, silver or gold. Japanese acupuncture is reknown for it’s refined needling techniques which aim to produce a pleasant and relaxing experience.
Moxibustion
The word Moxa (or Mogusa) literally means “Burning Herb”. The practice of moxibustion has been around for thousands of years and is inextricably linked to the practice of acupuncture and East Asian medicine. Buring moxa provides energy to the body in a way that is difficult to achieve with the use of needles alone.
Cupping
Cupping is the term applied to a technique that uses small glass or bamboo cups as suction devices which are placed on the skin to disperse and break up stagnation and congestion by drawing congested blood, energy or other humors (such as phelm and blood) to the surface.
Japanese Acupuncture
Japanese acupuncture shares the same philosphy and history as Traditional Chinese acupuncture but often differs in application and technique.
We believe that the body’s most responsive “ki” (life energy) lies on, or just beneath the skin surface so deep or strong stimulation is mostly unnecessary.
Moxibustion a prominent feature The warming of acu-points by burning the herb mugwort directly or indirectly on the skin.
Emphasis on touch In Japan, acupuncture and massage are traditional professions of the blind who naturally refined and perfected diagnosis and treatment by touch.
Less is more we use the minimum stimulation necessary.
Virtually painless Japanese needles are extremely fine and highly polished for painless insertion.
Chiropractic Integrated Therapies
Julian Ormerod BSc DC
An Approach That Works
Over the last 30 years, Julian has developed a successful approach for treating people suffering with pain. Everyone is different and therefore each person deserves a specific treatment that is right for them. Julian’s approach embraces a variety of techniques, all of which can help with specific objectives, be these pain management, mobility or functional movement enhancement.
• Chiropractic
• Clinical Sports Massage
• Deep Tissue & Remedial Therapy
• Hatha Yoga
Ph 07947 409809
Tuesdays
Physiotherapy - Wendy Longworth
Physiotherapy
Passionate about physiotherapy and acupuncture, my aim is to get you fit and optimise your recovery, so you can get on with your life. I work closely with doctors, consultants, and other healthcare professionals, who refer patients from a wide radius. I care for patients who have undergone procedures and operations at some of the top private hospitals in London.
As a physiotherapist, who also practices acupuncture, I specialise in treating patients with musculo-skeletal and other types of pain. A range of physiotherapy equipment is available including:
1. Interferential
2. Ultrasound
3. TENS
4. Heat treatments
5. Intermittent compression
6. Cold therapy
7. Neuromuscular stimulation
8. Traction
Ph 020 8883 5888
Mondays
