CENTRAL LONDON OSTEOPATHS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND SPORTS INJURY CLINICS IN CITY AND EC1 EC2 EC3 EC4 N1 W1 GIVING TREATMENTS FOR SCIATICA, LOWER BACK PAIN MIGRAINE AND FROZEN SHOULDER PROBLEMS

Find an OSTEOPATH, OSTEOPATHS, PHYSIOTHERAPY, ACUPUNCTURE, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, SHIATSU and other complementary treatments in our Central London clinics for City N1, W1, W2, W8, NW1, WC1, WC2, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, E1, E2, SE1

info@london-osteopath.com

Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics
Trusted by Olympic Champions

245 Pentonville Road London N1 9NG - 020 7833 5530
325 -327 Old Street London City EC1 V9LE- 020 7739 5666

Home

Sports Tune Up for Elite Athletes

OUR PRACTITIONERS

NEWS AND REVIEWS

OUR PRACTITIONERS

Our osteopaths:
Torben Hersborg, principal osteopath:
Torben Hersborg, osteopath giving treatment for neck pain, migraine, frozen shoulder, sciatica, ankle sprain, sciatica and lower back problems
Torben Hersborg giving treatment for neck pain.
Torben founded the Central London and Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics in 1991. His great insight into sports injuries comes from 35years of competitive judo, 5th in the 2002 World Masters Championship. He specialises in sports injuries and sports performance enhancement for the elite competitor as well as structural treatment for acute pain and long term conditions. He likes cases that have so far been resistant to treatment.
Patients have come from around the World to see him and flown him to most Continents as well. They include numerous World- and Olympic Champions, Oscar Winners and TopPerformers.
Torben is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP and BUPA.
David Annett, osteopath:
Osteopath David Annett with the British Team in Modern Pentathlon
Our osteopaths have looked after the British Modern Pentathlon for the past 10 years. The team are one of the most consistent medal takers at the Olympic Games and the World Championships.
An ergonomic consultant, qualified as an osteopath in 1999 at the British School of Osteopathy.
Patients benefit not only from his treatment, but also from his expert advice on workstation set up and posture.
Since starting in the clinic he has joined Torben as the official osteopaths for the Olympic team in Modern Pentathlon and also worked at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
David is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP and BUPA.
Inderpreet Kaur Saigal, osteopath:
Qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 2003.
Her treatments involve a holistic approach to the mind, body and soul, incorporating structural osteopathy, cranial osteopathy, visceral osteopathy and naturopathy.
She has a broadminded approach, treating each person as an individual, hence every treatment is different.
Inderpreet is registered with all the major private health insurances including AXA PPP and BUPA.
Diluka Perera, osteopath:
Qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 2003.
Her treatments consist of structural osteopathy and can involve cranial osteopathy, visceral osteopathy, naturopathy and nutrition.
She also has interest and experience in treating children and babies.
Diluka is registered with all the major private health insurances including AXA PPP and BUPA.
Chris Romero, osteopath:
Qualified as a physiotherapist in 2003, he decided to further improve his treatment skills by becoming an osteopath as well. He is one of the very few in UK to have this excellent treatment combination.
His background as a semiprofessional football player in Spain gives him the first hand insight into sports injuries and training, which is one of the areas, where Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics excel above most.
Chis is registered with all the major private health insurances but not AXA PPP and BUPA.
Andrew Howard, osteopath and sports massage therapist:
Andrew qualified from The College of Osteopaths and has worked in physical therapy for over 15 years as a lifeguard, sports injury and deep tissue massage therapist, dry needling and trigger point acupuncturist, YMCA aerobics and fitness instructor and as an osteopath.
Drawing on a broad spectrum of techniques, he combines structural osteopathy with massage, stretching and dry needling.
Andrew provides simple advice on exercise and posture, which can be easily incorporated into your daily routine. This enables you to prevent injury and better equip your body to deal with the stresses and strains of everyday life.
Brent Snell, osteopath:
Brent qualified from the British School of Osteopathy in 2002.He comes from a musical background and for many years prior to becoming an Osteopath he was a professional musician and worked extensively in London and throughout Europe. Brent has a wide variety of osteopathic experience and interests from treating babies using cranial osteopathy through to Structural techniques.
Brent is registered with all the major private health insurance companies incl AXA PPP and BUPA.

Ben Raikes, osteopath and naturopath:
Qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 1999.
His treatments consist of structural osteopathy and can involve cranial osteopathy, visceral osteopathy, naturopathy and nutrition. .
Ben is registered with all the major private health insurances including PPP but not BUPA.
BEN NOW WORKS SOLELY IN HIS OWN OSTEOPATHY CLINIC IN BRIGHTON.

Our sports masseurs:
Jacqui Agyepong, sports massage therapist:
Known by many from her Olympic career as a sprint hurdler, where she achieved a Commonwealth Games Silver Medal.
She is a much respected masseur, who recently turned down a full time position with a Premiership football club (luckily for this Clinic).
Alan Henderson, sports massage therapist:
Alan has himself competed at three Olympic Winter Games in the Bobsleigh.
He is a very experienced masseur and looks after sports people, even being sent out to World Championships events to look after the British Junior Athletics Team.
Nusrat Ceesay, sports massage therapist:
Nusrat is a very popular masseur in the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics and even preparing herself to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 400 meter hurdles event. She is very much in demand, and early booking is advisable.
Anna Markee, sports massage therapist:
Apart from treating at the London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics, Anna is a teacher of sports massage at the London School of Sports Massage, the premier college for sports massage in London.
Her background as a professional dancer gives her a great understanding of the functional body.
Amongst her massage techniques are myofascial release, soft tissue release, neuromuscular technique, muscle energy technique and connective tissue massage.
Rob Newton, sports massage therapist:
Our sports masseur has from his first day in the clinic been very popular for his combination of deep tissue massage and stretches ,and also he is an Olymppic Athlete with a 2003 personal best of 13.36 which took him to 4th on the UK all time lists in the 110m hurdles.
"Coco" Ebis Oye, sports massage therapist:
Coco is a trained and qualified deep tissue and remedial sports massage therapist who specialises in relieving muscular discomfort, i.e: muscle pain, spasms, imbalance and tightness, in order to improve, relaxation of muscles, blood circulation, breaking down scar tissue and adhesions, and for general well being.
The interest of health and fitness derived from the weight training experiences Coco gained whilst living in Atlanta G.A. She then studied at the London School of Sports massage in order to get a much better understanding in treating soft tissue injuries.
She is known by most of our clients through her work at the Central London Osteopahy and Sports Injury Clinic, where she gained valuable experience over the years.

Our naturopaths:
Inderpreet Kaur Saigal, naturopath:
Qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 2002.
Her treatments involve a holistic approach to the mind, body and soul, incorporating structural osteopathy, cranial osteopathy, visceral osteopathy and naturopathy.
She has a broadminded approach, treating each person as an individual, hence every treatment is different.
Inderpreet is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP and BUPA.
Diluka Peraera, naturopath:
Qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 2002.
Her treatments consist of structural osteopathy and can involve cranial osteopathy, visceral osteopathy, naturopathy and nutrition.
Diluka is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP and BUPA
Ben Raikes, naturopath:
Qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 2002.
His treatments consist of structural osteopathy and can involve cranial osteopathy, visceral osteopathy, naturopathy and nutrition. .
Ben is registered with all the major private health insurances apart from PPP and BUPA.
Ben is now concentrating on his own osteopathy clinic in Brighton.
Our podiatrists:
Gladys Neville:
Text to come

Our tui na and qi gong practitioner:
Shifu Quan Jun Liu, a native of China, has studied wushu (traditional Chinese martial arts or kung fu) and qi gong since childhood, and has been teaching traditional Chinese martial arts since 1991 and has studied with some of the best masters. He is a practitioner of Chinese medicine and specializes in Tui Na (Chinese massage), Dian Xue (acupuncture point massage), qi gong healing and martial arts therapy.

Our Aromatherapists:
Violeta Misic is ITEC qualified Aromatherapist and a Holistic massage therapist. She has professionally worked with the body for more then a decade training at dance, physical theatre, corporeal mime, yoga, acrobatics, feldenkrais, Alexander technique and qi gong.
She is presently training to become an Independent Pilates Instructor.
After suffering a spinal injury she has gone to study healing therapies to help improve her own health and awareness of the body-mind connection. Violeta has a strong interest in meditation, psychology, plant medicine and self-healing.

Our yoga teachers:
Alexandra Evans, yoga teacher:
Alex is a Shiatsu Practitioner, Bio-Dynamic Cranial Sacral Practitioner, Massage therapist and Yoga teacher. She has been practicing for over 12years and loves this work.
She loves working structurally to stretch and release the body particularly the lower back and believes having a treatment helps boost the whole body not just the injured area.
Many people also see Alex for regular treatment as a way of releasing the pressure of every day life and keeping themselves strong yet relaxed. She is excellent at getting you to deeply relax and let go, there's many a person that's fallen asleep during a session!! So don't be at all surprised....
She always works with an awareness of emotions and a sense of the whole. She also works with pregnancy and post natal and was quoted in The Sunday Times recently as "those in the know go to see Alexandra Evans"
Taking time to de-stress even for an hour a week can make a marked
impact on your life, give your body some quality respite to repair and relax itself.
Veronique Foley, yoga therapy teacher:
Veronique has been an avid sportswoman her entire life, but her interest in holistic bodywork and yoga came many years ago after sustaining a knee injury from running. Amazed at how yoga hastened her healing as well as her health and overall mindset, yoga quickly became an integral part of her life.

Veronique has spent extensive periods of time living, studying and teaching in India. She believes in learning yoga from where it originated and then fuses this ancient knowledge with the modern teachings of the west. This enables her to bring ancient yoga techniques and their many benefits to the 21st century urban dweller.

Veronique’s real passion has always been to use yoga and holistic therapies to help heal specific health conditions and physical injures. This led Veronique to undertake specialist training in Yoga Therapy in India and the USA . Veronique is one of only a few teachers who have trained in both countries.
Veronique has also undertaken specialist training to teach children and teenagers. She is a fully qualified Yoga Bugs and Yogad Up Teacher.
After four years away, studying and teaching overseas, Veronique returned to London in 2006 to set up Yoga Therapy London. Her own personal teaching style is supportive and encouraging, with a sense of fun. Her passion is to share her own yoga and holistic knowledge with others and guide them on the path to a healthier happier life. Veronique likes her students to leave the studio with a little extra love, light and laughter in their hearts and carry that with them throughout their day.
Veronique is also a trained Reiki Master and Massage Therapist.

Our ergonomic consultants:
David Annett:
An ergonomic consultant, qualified as an osteopath in 1999 at the British School of Osteopathy.
Patients benefit not only from his treatment, but also from his expert advice on workstation set up and posture.
Since starting in the clinic he has joined Torben as the official osteopaths for the Olympic team in Modern Pentathlon and also worked at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
David is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP BUPA.

Our Indian Head Massage Therapist,
Reflexologist,
Lymohatic Drainage Therapist
and
Beauty Therapist :
Katherina Zur:
Katherina started as a complementary and beauty therapist in 2001. She has worked in many well known 5* hotels including The Sanderson, One Aldwych and Sofitel Hotels.
She is fully qualified in Anatomy, Physiology, Body Massage, Indian Head Massage, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Pregnancy Massage and Reflexology. She is fully insured with ITPI.

Our Homeopaths:
Hilary Fairclough, BA(Hons), RGN, RSHom
Registered Homeopath
Hilary trained in homeopathy at the London College of Classical Homeopathy, qualifying in 1995. She is a registered member of the Society of Homeopaths and abides by its professional Code of Ethics and Practice.
Before training to be a homeopath, she worked as a nurse for 10 years and she is also a trained bereavement counsellor. These qualifications give her excellent mainstream medical knowledge and skills to assess her clients medical, physical and mental status and needs.
Her experience as a homeopath includes setting up two NHS Homeopathy Clinics and she is a founder and Clinical Director of The Maun Homeopathy Project, a registered charity (no:1109958) which provides free homeopathic outreach clinics for people living with HIV and AIDS in Maun, Botswana.
Jayne Middlemiss, TV presenter:
“I’ve been seeing a homeopath, Hilary Fairclough, who’s fabulous and has been treating me since about 1998. It’s helped me through some really difficult patches in my life and it’s really supportive without being intrusive. I would go to my homeopath before my doctor, unless it’s something really serious. I’ve tried most alternative therapies available to be honest. The one that I’ve stuck with is homeopathy and I think I will always use that.”

With osteopathy, physiotherapy, acupuncture and sports injury clinics in kings cross and Shoreditch, we are conveniently located for Central London, the City, North, West, South and East London.
Our Pentonville Road clinic is serving Islington, Kings Cross, Euston, St Pancras, Moorgate, West end, Camden, City, Chelsea, Harley Street, Kensington, Knightsbridge and post codes: N1, W1, W2, W8, NW1, WC1, WC2, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, SE1 for a complete health care.
Our Hoxton clinic is serving Shoreditch, City, Hackney, Canary Wharf, Liverpool Street and post codes: EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, E1, E2, N1

OUR OSTEOPATHS AND PHYSIOTHERAPISTS IN ACTION AT HIGHEST LEVEL

Our physiotherapists:
Rob Galloway, physiotherapist:
Rob is a state registered Physiotherapist with ten years of musculoskeletal experience practicing in corporate and private clinics, now exclusively in the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics..
He is not an ordinary physiotherapist, but using a broad range of treatments such as soft tissue work, massage, mobilising, manipulation, ultrasound, acupuncture, stretching and strengthening to release stiff joints, regain muscular strength and balance, aid healing of strained or sprained muscles and ligaments, also to mobilise bound neurological structures with the aim of restoring pain free movements of the body so you can return to your work sport or leisure activities as soon as possible.
Pilates based core stability exercises, ergonomic advice and aids, coupled with rehabilitation exercise programmes are given to strengthen the body and alter habits, which may cause re-injury with the aim of making the effect of the treatments long lasting.
Post graduate courses include Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, Myofascial work and Cranial Sacral systems in order to offer treatment when required which taps into the subtle systems in the body with the intension of releasing, unblocking and allowing the body to return to healthy patterns of being.
Rob is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP and BUPA.
Trecia Smith, physiotherapist:

2005 World Triple Jump Champion, Trecia Smith is one of our dedicated physiotherapists.
Trecia is the current World Champion in the Triple Jump, chasing the World Record and her second World Title this year.
She is also a very much “hands on” physiotherapist, and a specialist in rehabilitation and injury prevention.
Trecia joined the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injuries Clinic in 2006 and is registered with all the major private health insurances apart from AXA PPP and BUPA.
Chris Romero, physiotherapist:
Qualified as a physiotherapist in 20xx, he decided to further improve his treatment skills by becoming an osteopath as well.
His background as a semiprofessional football player in Spain gives him the first hand insight into sports injuries and training, which is one of the areas, where Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics excel above most.
Chis is registered with all the major private health insurances but not AXA PPP and BUPA.
Sabrina Baudrexl, physiotherapist:
Sabrina qualified as a physiotherapist at the University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Germany in 2004.
During the last couple of years she was working in a rehabilitation center and some private clinics with all different kinds of patients (mainly sports injuries and orthopaedical problems, some neurological and gynaecological patients).
Some of her post graduate courses are: Manual Lymphatic Drainage (important with gynaecological patients), Triggerpoints, Equipment-supported Physiotherapy and Manual Therapy.
She uses mobilising, stretching, strengthening, massage and manipulation depending on the patients problems to give each patient an individual treatment.
To improve her treatment skills even further Sabrina decided to become an osteopath and started studying at The International Academy of Osteopathy in 2006. She will graduate 2011.
Sabrina isregistered with the hpc and a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
Michael Smith, physiotherapist:
Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland, Australia.
He joined the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injuries Clinic in 2006 after working for various sporting clinics in Australia.
With a special interest in sports injuries, Michael has been involved in providing sports physiotherapy to a wide variety of athletes including football, rugby union/league, Australian football, athletics, basketball and swimming.
His special interest is pelvic instability and lower limb biomechanics.
Michael is registered with all the major private health insurances apart from AXA PPP and BUPA.

Our Acupuncturists:
Ann Bradford, BAcC, RCHM, M.Sc, Acupuncturist:
Ann is one of the most experienced experienced acupuncture practitioners in London, who has been in practice for more than 20 years.
She uses acupuncture, Tui Na (chinese Therapeutic Massage) and Kkanpo (Japanese Massage) in her clinic.
After completing her training in the UK she travelled to China where she worked in a hospital in Nanjing.
She then worked as acupuncturist in an NHS clinic in the Royal Free Hospital before going into private acupuncture practice.
For the past 11 years she has been lecturing acupuncture at the University of Westminster, where she is a senior lecturer on the BSc Hons course in acupuncture.
- You will find that many established acupuncturists in London actually are former acupuncture students of Ann.
She enjoys treating a wide range of problems including sports and musculo-skeletal injuries.
She has special interest areas, which include treatment of women's problems (gynaecological etc) and treatment of children.
She has a wide range of alternative techniques to acupuncture for those children (and adults) who are fearful of needles but still want a complete health care.

Neesha Perera, Acupuncturist and Cosmetic Acupuncture:
Neesha's areas of special interest are in the use of acupuncture for both male/female infertility and for facial revitalisation.
She has completed relevant postgraduate seminars for infertility (hosted by the Royal College of Physicians).
Neesha takes an approach which works alongside orthodox medicine and whilst her treatments are based on Chinese medicine and tailored to the individual, she will where appropriate use the insights gained from acupuncture research trials to optimise the potential of treatment.
Neesha completed her training in facial revitalisation with the author of "Cosmetic Acupuncture" and now uses cosmetic acupuncture effectively to improve crows feet, deeper wrinkles, dull complexion, dark circles and sagging facial skin.
Special equipment is used during the treatments which can also be used to benefit acne, cellulite and to firm abdominal skin after weight loss.
She combines acupuncture with gua sha (Japanese massage technique) which is very effective for inflammation & muscle spasm.
Neesha is a registered acupuncturist and has a background in Biomedical Sciences (King’s College London) before completing an acupuncture degree at The London College of Traditional Acupuncture. She pursued further clinical training at a busy acupuncture institution in Sri Lanka and worked at Lambeth NHS Hospital in the award winning Chinese Medicine centre. A variety of conditions were treated there including chronic pain syndromes, menstrual complaints, sports injuries, and migraines.
She now does acupuncture and cosmetic acupuncture in the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics.

Claudia Ferreira, Acupuncturist and Sports Massage Therapist:
Claudia, an International swimmer for Brazil, has complemented her massage skills with the full education in acupuncture, so her treatments are often a combination of both.

Our shiatsu practitioner:
Alexandra Evans, shiatsu:
Alex is a Shiatsu Practitioner, Bio-Dynamic Cranial Sacral Practitioner, Massage therapist and Yoga teacher. She has been practicing for over 12years and loves this work.
She loves working structurally to stretch and release the body particularly the lower back and believes having a treatment helps boost the whole body not just the injured area.
Many people also see Alex for regular treatment as a way of releasing the pressure of every day life and keeping themselves strong yet relaxed. She is excellent at getting you to deeply relax and let go, there's many a person that's fallen asleep during a session!! So don't be at all surprised....
She always works with an awareness of emotions and a sense of the whole. She also works with pregnancy and post natal and was quoted in The Sunday Times recently as "those in the know go to see Alexandra Evans"
Taking time to de-stress even for an hour a week can make a marked
impact on your life, give your body some quality respite to repair and relax itself.

Our applied kinesiologists:
Rob Galloway, applied kinesiologist:
Rob is a state registered Physiotherapist with ten years of musculoskeletal experience practicing in corporate and private clinics, now exclusively in the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics..
He is not an ordinary physiotherapist, but using a broad range of treatments such as soft tissue work, massage, mobilising, manipulation, ultrasound, acupuncture, stretching and strengthening to release stiff joints, regain muscular strength and balance, aid healing of strained or sprained muscles and ligaments, also to mobilise bound neurological structures with the aim of restoring pain free movements of the body so you can return to your work sport or leisure activities as soon as possible.
Pilates based core stability exercises, ergonomic advice and aids, coupled with rehabilitation exercise programmes are given to strengthen the body and alter habits, which may cause re-injury with the aim of making the effect of the treatments long lasting.
Post graduate courses include Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, Myofascial work and Cranial Sacral systems in order to offer a complete health treatment when required which taps into the subtle systems in the body with the intension of releasing, unblocking and allowing the body to return to healthy patterns of being.
Rob is registered with all the major private health insurances incl. AXA PPP BUPA.

With osteopathy, physiotherapy and sports injury clinics in kings cross and Shoreditch, we are conveniently located for Central London, the City, North, West, South and East London.
Our Hoxton clinic is convenient for Shoreditch, City, Hackney, Canary Wharf, Liverpool Street and post codes: EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, E1, E2, N1
Our Pentonville Road clinic is convenient for Islington, Kings Cross, Euston, St Pancras, Moorgate, West end, Camden, City, Chelsea, Harley Street, Kensington, Knightsbridge and post codes: N1, W1, W2, W8, NW1, WC1, WC2, EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, SE1 for a complete health care.