Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Lucy has been living in the UK since the mid 90s. She trained as a Chartered Accountant and worked for many large corporations climbing the corporate ladder. In her late 30s she gave this all up to commence a 4-year full time honours degree in osteopathy from the British School of Osteopathy (BSO), the largest and oldest school of osteopathy in the UK. It is respected throughout the world for providing high-quality, innovative and modern osteopathic education with the largest osteopathic clinic in Europe.
During her time in the corporate world she worked in many organisations and is familiar with the stresses, both physical and mental, that working in a sedentary occupation places on our mental and physical well-being.
She studied Shiatsu, a Japanese form of acupressure, which started her love and passion for manual therapy and opened her eyes to its ability to help with many soft tissue and joint problems that conventional medicine seem at a loss to be able to address effectively.
Soon after graduating she studied various forms of acupuncture focused on treating muscular pain and is registered with the British Medical Acupuncture Society.
Many of her patients comment on the calming and caring quality of her touch and that they quickly feel at ease with her professional but friendly nature. She is also is very empathetic and easy to talk to. She is passionate about maintaining continuous learning. This is just an example of the post graduate professional development courses attended.
- Western Medical Acupuncture – British Medical Acupuncture Society
- Various Fascia Release courses including
- Myofascial Release Magic – Ellis Taylor and John Annan
- Graston Technique – innovative instrument assisted soft tissue mobilisation
- Scar Tissue release – MSTR
- Abdominal Visceral Manipulation with the Barral institute
- The Sarah Key Method – Physiotherapist to the Royal Family using a unique treatment where the practitioner treats with her feet! Absolutely wonderful.
- Special interest in helping patients to recover from Dizzyness/Vertigo caused by crystals floating around in ear known as BPPV and performs the crystal repositioning manoeuvres including the most common required Epley Maneuver. I am able to assess for BPPV and determine which maneuver is required.
- Shockwave Therapy to treat chronic pain caused by unresolved tendonitis in the foot/heel, achilles, knee, hip, elbow and shoulder (rotator cuff). Shockwave therapy is also fantastic at dealing with trigger point pain in your muscles commonly referred to as fascia pain. here is more information on this fantastic therapy.
- Treatment of the TMJ – temporomandibular joint (jaw pain)
Lucy is registered with the General Osteopathic Council and is also a member of the Western Medical Acupuncture society.