Meet the Team
All the Bodycare osteopaths are fully qualified, and are registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), they are Steve, Sam, Hannah, Ricky, Thibaut and André.
Steve Palmer, the clinic's founder, says: "It is my belief that Osteopathy should be a process of continuous development and discovery. It is for this reason that I insist that all my practitioners participate in the in-house study groups and courses ensuring that we embrace all the latest developments, skills and treatment available to our profession."
At the Bodycare Clinic our aim is always to offer the best possible, friendly, professional, up to date, accurate care, treatment and advice.
Located at K2 we are based in the Health Suite next to the Gym. This allows us to collaborate with on-site gym instructors in order to gear treatment, care, advice and rehabilitation around the needs of the individual. We understand that the patient’s main concern is to be helped as much and quickly as possible, to become pain free. At the Bodycare Clinic this is our goal too.
Should you require a friendly chat about your complaints or wish to make an appointment with one of the clinic team, then please feel free to give us a call.
Stephen Palmer D.O. Principal
Steve graduated from the British School of Osteopathy in 1991. He has attended many post graduate training courses including Acupuncture & Dry Needling and Post Operative Rehabilitation in a Hospital environment.
Steve has many years of experience in the field of Cranial Osteopathy, an area that can be particularly effective in treating both headaches and migraines in adults and colic in young babies. His youngest patient was a 2.5 lb premature baby, his oldest was 104 years old, his largest was a Shire Horse as he is also a practitioner in Equine Osteopathy. (new web page coming shortly), his smallest was a 10 day old siamese kitten.
Steve was one of the first Osteopaths to work in the Primary Care Trust for the NHS. He did this for five years he worked with twelve GP’s in three local practices. During this period he also attended a number of courses including those on sports injury's, treating pregnant women, animals, TMJ or TMD, treating babies, post operative rehab, dry needling, acupuncture, scar tissue......................the list goes on.
Recently Steve has been studying regularly with Dental and Osteopathic specialists in both the UK and the USA helping formulate new treatment in TMJ/D the relief of jaw pain and headaches. As a consequence of this collaboration and study his skills are in high demand all over the world.
Steve believes he has a great team and regularly teaches ''in house''.
Steve founded the Bodycare Clinic in 1991.
TopSam McInerney BSc (Hons) Ost - Osteopath - Clinic Co-ordinator
Originally
from Limerick, in the south of Ireland, Sam moved to the UK over twenty
years ago. Sam graduated from Oxford Brookes University and has
completed post graduate courses in Cranial Osteopathy, Paediatrics
and dry needling (a form of acupuncture).
Sam qualified as a personal trainer and sports therapist in 2001. This lead to a special interest in treating sports injuries, as well as rehabilitation. Her treatment approach often emphasises the importance of the rehabilitative process in aiding recovery.
Following great success while in training, Sam also has a keen interest in working with patients suffering from long-term pain.
Sam is registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) and is a member of the British Osteopathic Association (BOA), she joined Bodycare in 2009 and is now Clinic Co-ordinator.
Hannah Lewis B.Ost. - Osteopath
Hannah
Lewis graduated from the British School of Osteopathy in 2008. She first
took an interest in Osteopathy after injuring herself as a teenager in
Gymnastics at National training. She went on to train as an Osteopath and
due to past personal experience has a particular interest in sports injuries.
Hannah enjoys treating a wide variety of patients, and combines structural and cranial osteopathic skills in treatment of patients of all ages. She also has experience of treating patients from all walks of life, including work done in old people's homes, homeless centres, expectant mother's clinics, children's clinic and sports injury clinics.
Hannah is registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) and is a member of the British Osteopathic Association (BOA).
Ricky Kempton B.Ost. - Osteopath
Ricky Kempton graduated from the British School of Osteopathy in June 2009. Ricky had been working at Kingston Rugby Football Club for 3 years whilst studying. Here he picked up a wealth of knowledge about sports injuries, pitch side diagnosis and effective treatment to enable the player to remain in the game.
Ricky has particular interests in sports rehabilitation; specifically corrective stretches and exercise. Ricky has also become adept in strapping techniques. Aside from the sporting field, Ricky has a keen interest in using functional techniques as part of his osteopathic approach. This is a form of cranial osteopathy that feels for strain patterns in the body and tries to correct them. This type of treatment can be used on anyone, from pregnant ladies to the elderly, as it is very conservative and subtle to the body's needs. Alongside these subtle techniques, Ricky is also skilled in manipulation of spinal and peripheral joints.
Ricky joined the practice in June 2009.
Thibaut (Tibo) Chassagne BSc (Hons) Ost. - Osteopath
Thibaut graduated from the European School of Osteopathy and
is interested in providing osteopathic treatment to a broad spectrum of
patients from infants to the elderly from both a structural and functional
perspective, including cranial and visceral osteopathy.
Thibaut has a broadminded approach, treating each person as an individual; hence, every treatment is different. He gives advice to his patients on lifestyle, ergonomics, exercise and dietary issues, as he believes it is an osteopath's role to engage the patient in their own recovery.
Thibaut also has experience in stroke rehabilitation, has completed post-graduate courses and has worked for several years as an assistant and lecturer at the European School of Osteopathy.
Thibaut is registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOSC).
André Treen B.Sc. (Hons) Osteopathic Medicine - Osteopath
André graduated from the Surrey Institute of Osteopathic Medicine
(S.I.O.M.) in 2008 learning both the British School of Osteopathy’s structural
osteopathy and John Wernham’s classical styles of osteopathy. André
studied osteopathy after being involved in the sports and fitness arena
for 20 years and has completed post graduate courses in modern acupuncture
and cranial therapy.
André graduated as a sport scientist in 1999, updated his sports massage qualification in 2007 and continues to teach exercise classes, such as boxercise which André teaches in Tunbridge Wells.
As well as sport-specific injuries, André treats a wide range of patients from babies to the elderly and everyone in between. Treatment is tailored to each individual patient to bring balance and efficiency. Exercise prescription is given where necessary to aid recovery and prevention of symptoms.
André is registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) and is a member of the British Osteopathic Association (BOA).