All our Osteopaths are fully insured and GOsC registered

Stephen Palmer D.O. Clinic Director
Four years of full time study at the British School of Osteopathy culminated in my graduation in 1991. In the same year, here in Crawley, I set up my practice - the ‘Bodycare Clinic’ - at the Crawley Leisure Centre. The Bodycare Clinic is now based in ‘K2’ in Pease Pottage, Crawley’s fabulous new sport and leisure centre. I have attended many post graduate courses including Acupuncture & Dry Needling and Post Operative Rehabilitation in a Hospital environment. In addition I have 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. My youngest patient to date was a 2.5 lb premature baby, my oldest was 104 years of age and my largest was a Shire Horse as I am also a practitioner in Equine Osteopathy. So, you can see that Osteopathy has benefits for people of all ages. I was fortunate to have been one of the first Osteopaths to work in the Primary Care Trust for the NHS. For five years I worked with twelve GP’s in three local practices. During this period I was also able to attend a number of courses including those on sports injury and treating pregnant ladies. Recently I have been studying regularly with Dental and Osteopathic specialists both here and in the USA on courses concerned with new treatment in TMJ the relief of jaw pain and headaches. As a consequence of my collaboration and study with these highly respected teachers I am now treating patients from all over the UK, Europe and even the United States of America.

Richard Searle BSc (Hons) Ost. Med.  D.O.  N.D. - Senior Osteopath
Richard has been at the clinic since September 1999. He qualified from the British School of Osteopathy & Naturopathy in July 1999. He completed the course after spending 2 years at an American University, studying sports physiology.

He has special interest in treating acute and chronic, occupational and sports injuries and has also developed his knowledge recently by completing a course in dry needling (a form of acupuncture).

Mark Bolton BSc (Hons) Ost Med - senior associate
Mark has completed post-graduate courses in cranial and paediatric classical osteopathy.
His sports background has led to a special interest in sports injuries and rehabilitation.
In future Mark hopes to develop his skills further in cranial osteopathy and add dry needling techniques to his treatment.

Simon Capel BA (hons), BSc (Hons) Ost. Med.
Simon joined the clinic in March 2007. He has long been a keen sportsman and this has fuelled his interest in the Osteopathic treatment of a wide variety of sports injuries including Golf, Cricket and Rugby. Simon graduated from the Surrey Institute of Osteopathic Medicine and has since completed postgraduate courses in dry needling and the fitting of Orthotic supports. Having become a father in 2005 he has developed a special interest in paediatric Osteopathy and hopes soon to complete further training in treatment for mothers and babies.

Dave Robinson BSc (Hons) Ost Med
Dave graduated from The European School of Osteopathy in 2005 having
studied both Structural and Cranial Osteopathy. He is currently
specialising in the treatment of Sports Injuries and Rehabilitation
and is looking to add to his skills by attending a Dry Needling
postgraduate course.
He also currently assists in teaching osteopathy at The European
School and is Osteopath to the elite Mostyns Cricket Team.

Claire Conisbee BSc (Hons.) Osteopathic Medicine. DO. ND.
Claire graduated in July 2005 from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine. She joined the clinic in March this 2007. Her interests lie in using osteopathy in holistic way considering all aspects of life such as work, sports, diet and leisure.
Claire has a strong belief in the benefits of osteopathy and plans to expand her skills by completing courses in dry needling and cranial osteopathy.

Michelle King - Clinic Manager
Michelle has worked at The Bodycare Clinic since July 2004 when she joined the team as a receptionist. Earlier this year she became the clinic manager and has enjoyed watching the team grow and the clinic progress.
She has had personal experience of treatments at the clinic due to previous back pain.
Michelle enjoys all aspects of running the busy clinic and the friendly interaction between the team and patients alike.
 

Karin Webb - Receptionist
Karin joined the practice in July 2006, having had no prior experience
of Osteopathy. She is enjoying learning about all the different
aspects, finding it interesting and rewarding seeing patients making
progress.

Katie Stevens - Receptionist

Katie joined the practice in October 2006. She has previous experience
in retail and customer services, having spent a lot of time with
customer service focus. Although Katie joined us with no experience in
osteopathy she finds it very interesting and is rapidly learning more
about the therapies. She is always anxious to further her studies and
is currently taking an Open University course in 'Understanding
Health'.

Sarah Taylor Receptionist
Sarah joined the practice in May 2007, although she has had no prior experience with osteopathy, Sarah has always been interested in the holistic approach to health.
She enjoys meeting the patients and finds it very rewarding to see their progress through the treatment they receive.

All our Osteopaths are fully qualified and registered with the General Osteopathic Council. It is my belief that Osteopathy should be a process of continuous development and discovery. It is for this reason that I encourage all my practitioners to participate in the in-house study groups and courses ensuring that we embrace all the latest developments and skills 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.At both locations our clinics are based in the Health Suite. 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 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.