About Jo Curle

Welcome to Jo Curle Acupuncture. I’m Jo, an acupuncturist and holistic therapist in the North East of England.

Good health is never guaranteed in life, and I believe we each owe it to ourselves to do the best job we can to enhance our wellbeing. I like to use an evidenced based, integrative approach to treatment and love to work collaboratively with patients who are committed to improving their health.

I trained at the Northern College of Acupuncture in York completing a three year BSc (hons) degree in Acupuncture, I am a member of the British Acupuncture Council and Cosmetic Acupuncture UK, and I am the Facial Enhance UK Affiliate for Newcastle. I am fully licensed and insured. 

I treat people with a wide variety of conditions, but I have a special interest in:

  • Musculoskeletal pain & problems

  • Sports related & athletic enhancement acupuncture

  • Acute & chronic pain

  • Headaches, stress & tension migraines

  • Facial Enhancement Acupuncture

  • Digestive disorders

  • Stress & anxiety

I am fascinated by the human body, nutrition and movement, and in particular, how eating well for our individual needs, and moving functionally can make a notable difference to health and wellbeing. After several years as a tutor in bodywork, both on the acupuncture degree at the Northern College of Acupuncture and at a local FE college, I now focus just on my clinic.

I continually further my learning with regular CPD and discovering the latest research. Completed (and upcoming) CPD includes: 

2024

  • Classical Chinese Dynamic Pulses for Complement Channel Acupuncture with Ann Cecil Sterman (in person)

  • Divergent Channels - Jeffery Yuen's Complement Channel Acupuncture with Ann Cecil Sterman (in person) UPCOMING NOV 2024

2023

  • Red Light Therapy with Michelle Gellis (online)

  • Master Tung’s Acupuncture for Internal Conditions with Alex Humphries (in person)

  • Master Tung’s Acupuncture Advanced Points and Bleeding with Alex Humphries (in person)

  • The Yi-Jing with Jeffrey Yuen (online - Xin Shu Academy)

  • Eight Extra Channels - Jeffery Yuen's Complement Channel Acupuncture with Ann Cecil Sterman (in person)

2022

  • Yijing The Classic of Changes with Jeffrey Yuen (online)

  • Luo Vessels - Jeffrey Yuen’s Complement Channel Acupuncture with Ann Cecil Sterman (in person)

  • Master Tung’s Acupuncture for Pain with Alex Humphries (in person)

2021

  • Face Reading with Cameron Bishop (online)

  • The Face from a Chinese Medicine Perspective with Lonny Jarret (online)

  • The Art of Needling with Jeffrey Yuen (online)

  • The Nine Heart Pains with Jeffrey Yuen (online)

2020

  • Treating Musculoskeletal Conditions using Traditional East Asian & Western Medicine – an Integrated Approach with Alex Brazkiewicz (in person)

  • Advanced Classical Chinese Medicine Needling Techniques with Ann Cecil Sterman (online)

  • Divergent Channels - Jeffery Yuen's Complement Channel Acupuncture with Ann Cecil Sterman (online)

  • Advanced Protocols in Facial Acpuncture with Michelle Gellis (online)

2019

  • Scalp Acupuncture with Dr Tianjen Wang (in person)

  • Tuina with Tim Sullivan (in person)

2018

  • Sinew Channels - Jeffery Yuen's Complement Channel Acupuncture with Ann Cecil Sterman (in person)

  • Decoding Acupuncture's Evidence Base with Mel Hopper Koppelman (in person)

  • Luo Vessels Part Two - Jeffery Yuen's Complement Channel Acupuncture with Tim Sullivan (in person)

  • Micro Needle Therapy Dermarolling with Paul Adkins (online)

  • Advanced Facial Rejuvination, Cupping, Gua Sha and Micro Dermarolling with Michelle Gellis (online)

2017

  • Classical Chinese Dynamic Pulses for Complement Channel Acupuncture with Ann Cecil Sterman (in person)

  • Tuina Introduction with Tim Sullivan (in person)

  • Luo Vessels - Jeffery Yuen's Complement Channel Acupuncture with Tim Sullivan (in person)

  • Acupuncture for Mental Emotional conditions with Chris Nortley (in person)

  • Emmet Technique Introduction (in person)

2016

  • Auricular Acupuncture with Jim Chalmers (in person)

  • Divergent Channels - Jeffery Yuen's Complement Channel Acupuncture with Tim Sullivan (in person)

2015

  • Sinew Channel & Gua Sha with Tim Sullivan (in person)

  • Facial Enhancement Acupuncture with Paul Adkins (in person)

  • Applied Channel Theory Channel Palpation with Yefim Gamgoneishvili (in person)

Other related therapies I have trained in and practised since 2002 include:
Swedish & Advanced Body Massage, Thai Massage, Indian Head Massage, Hot Stones Massage, Holistic Facials & Spa Therapies, Muscle Energy Techniques, Soft Tissue & Fascial Release, Acupressure, Aromatherapy and Reflexology.