Osteopathy at The Bampton Clinic
What is osteopathy?
Osteopathy started in the United States in the early nineteenth century when Andrew Taylor Still developed a method of treating and maintaining health in an era before modern drug and surgical medicine. Osteopathy is now a well-established and fully regulated profession; training involves a fulltime four-year degree course.
The philosophy behind Osteopathy is that structure governs function to maintain good blood supply throughout the body. By keeping the body posture upright and balanced blood can flow more effectively and keep you healthy.
How can osteopathy help?
Osteopathy can offer effective pain relief for a wide variety of muscular and joint problems, including:
- Arthritic Pain
- Sciatica
- Joint pain
- Neuralgia
- Muscle spasm
If you need relief from back pain, neck pain, joint pain or headaches, our highly-trained team of osteopaths are here to treat your symptoms.
With osteopathy in Bampton we use a variety of techniques specific for the patients individual needs, including manipulation, articulation, soft tissue releases, fascial work, MET, NMT, visceral and cranio-sacral techniques as well as kinesio taping, cupping and dry needling.
Common causes of these problems are:
- Straining your back gardening
- Lower back pain because of a recent pregnancy or injury
- Shoulder tension from working long hours at the computer, tablet or phone
- Chronic inescapable stress
Frequently asked questions
What to expect when visiting an osteopath
Osteopathy in Bampton
- A full case-history is taken
- You should wear appropriate underwear or bring shorts to change into for the initial physical examination
- After the examination, your osteopath will be able to give you a working diagnosis
- Following discussion, and with your verbal consent, you will be treated
- An initial consultation can last up to an hour
- Follow-on treatments are usually half-an-hour long
- Improvement is usually felt after three sessions, sometimes sooner
- Payment for osteopathy is to the practitioner by cash, cheque or by bank transfer (BACS).
Our therapists
Philippa Rayne
Manual Therapist
Philippa is a retired Osteopath, still working as a manipulating therapist. She was born locally and brought up in a medical family. Her father was a surgeon and her mother a nurse. She qualified from the European school of Osteopathy in 1989 and has worked as an associate in New Zealand and Zimbabwe, as well as many different practices gaining much valued experience, until starting her own, The Bampton Clinic in 2004. During this time she worked for over a decade as a clinic tutor and internal Examiner on the Osteopathic Degree course at Oxford Brookes. She has been involved in CPD events including a multidisciplinary workshop with a dressage trainer and pilates instructor for riders and their horses.
Philippa is passionate about her work holding hard to the principles of her training but has decided to resign from the General Council of Osteopathy 2025 due to different political and philosophical ideals. She will continue to work with like-minded colleagues through the musculoskeletal system, drawing on the mind-body-spirit integration and doing her utmost to listen to the patient as they are their own expert.
Amy Norman
Osteopath
Amy graduated from the European School of Osteopathy in 2011.
She joined The Bampton Clinic in 2013 and has been practicing full time as an osteopath for 14 years. Since then she has developed skills in osteopathic care for children and has an interest in exploring how the body holds emotional trauma.
Her osteopathic approach is adapted for each patient whether it be a more cranial approach or a structural approach. As part of her ongoing professional development, she has completed training in Kinesio Taping for sports, Myofascial acupuncture and myofascial cupping.
Miles Holloway
Osteopath
Miles graduated from the European School of Osteopathy in 2009.
He joined The Bampton Clinic in 2012 and has been practicing full time as an osteopath for 16 years. Since then he has developed his skills in osteopathic care for children, while continuing his work treating patients with sporting injuries.
As part of his ongoing professional development, he completed training in Kinesio Taping for sports and musculoskeletal injuries and Myofascial acupuncture, which he uses alongside his osteopathic work.
Toby Gwyn-Williams
Osteopath
Toby Gwyn-Williams has worked at the Bampton Clinic for the last 6 years. He graduated from the European School of Osteopathy in 2011, where he gained his integrated Masters in Osteopathy. Toby is a structural osteopath who uses a range of techniques, including massage, Theragun therapy and manipulations.
Prior to this, Toby gained a masters Diploma in Sports Medicine from the Ramworth Centre. Toby has also worked in surgical theatres (anaesthetics) and has worked as a Sports massage therapist since 1996. Toby also qualified in the western form of acupuncture in 2011. Toby was a member of faculty at the European School of Osteopathy where, not only was he a Final Osteopathic Practitioners Examiner, he was a mentor and a personal tutor.
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