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ABOUT SARAH

Sarah studied and qualified at The London School of *Osteopathy, accruing 1000 clinical hours, obtaining a B.ost (Hons) on a five year degree programme commencing in 2013. After moving to Somerset, Sarah worked as a locum in Bath. Her retirement in Osteopathy only marks the beginning of her work to build a wholistic health practice whereby most importantly, the principles of the founding father Dr A.t Still are revered and wholy respected.


In her spare time Sarah trained in Kyushindo Karate and is black belt level, under the teachings of Paul Socket in Highgate, London.



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Sarah has had rigorous training in anatomy, physiology, pathology, clinical practice, clinical competence, pharmacology, psychology and sociology.

Sarah's background in manual therapy with a comprehensive system of diagnosis and treatment using touch, massage and physical manipulation works closely with the structure and function of the body. When the structure of the body is correctly aligned it can achieve an optimum state of wellness. In this sense, the role of the practitioner is to facilitate the body's own healing mechanisms. 



ABOUT:  THE ORIGINS OF OSTEOPATHY, DR A.T STILL, KIRKSVILLE, AMERICA

"An Osteopath walks out single-handed and alone. And what does he place his confidence in? First, on his confidence in the intelligence and immutability of God himself. That the strokes of the smoothing-planes of God, the steam boilers constructed by the Divine Being and placed in man here, when unobstructed, act in harmony. What is harmony but health? It takes perfect harmony of every nerve, vein, and artery in all parts of the body. Every muscle that moves has something to make it go. Instance, what is it that constructs the heart that pushes the blood to all parts of the body? Why, an Osteopath will tell you it is the work of coronary arteries, which he must know before he treats your heart".  Chapter 20, autobiography of A.t Still, 1897.


"From the day of Moses until the present time, by habit and education, we have been taught to believe and depend upon drugs as the only known method of obtaining relief from pain, sickness, and death. By habit and use of drugs in sickness through so many generations, we as people think there is no remedy outside of them, and as the mind has been so unalterably fixed on that thought for so many years during all ages of the past, people have felt it a duty, if not a necessity, to be governed by established customs.


Rely on your anatomy, physiology, and rub your heads, or deny the perfection of God and intelligence, and say, I am only Osteopathy in one pocket and pills in the other, and none in my head. Much more could be written on this line, but I have said enough to warn you against being a kite-tail to any system of drugs which is your most deadly enemy. A doctor will use you for what money he can get out of you. Osteopathy is now legalized in four states, and you do not have to compromise your profession nor your dignity by associating with anything. Your opportunities from the American School of Osteopathy to master the science are good, your foundation is solid. I want you to come back with heads up, and on your return I want you to say, - I have transacted my business as the institution teaches me, without the aid or assistance of any medical doctor, either before or behind me. I have proven that the laws of the Infinite are all-sufficient when properly administered -


As the Science known by the name of Osteopathy is accredited to me, I suppose I am the oldest Osteopath now on earth. I also think I have given more attention to the study of the principles of this science than all persons now living combined. Being the head of this institution, it is my duty to impart to you the facts which I have obtained by practice and observation, during twenty-five years in combating all kinds of diseases of this climate. Also my observationsin obstetrics and diseases of women, diseases of children, contagions such as measels, whooping-cough, and on through the whole list, as well as diseases of the four seasons of the year, believing that my observations will cover more than one hundred thousand in number. With this vast field of observation I think I can tell how to treat and when to treat successfully, how to treat and when to treat unsuccessully, just how much and how little force to apply, and what good or bad effects to expect by judicious or injudicious methods of treatment. I think I am prepared by experimental knowledge to instruct and caution the student of Osteopathy every day he may work with me in the clinics, from one to three years. There are some diseases, and very few, that will admit of two treatments a week; others once a week, and some once in two weeks. In fact, a great number of times should not be for a moment before the mind of the operator. He should be instructed to ever remember that in infinite exactness of work when obtained is what will yield the success sought, without regard to the number of times. When you know the difference between normal and abnormal you have learned the all-absorbing first question, that you must take your abnormal case to the normal, lay it down, and be satisfied to leave it. Never leave your case yourself until you have obtained such results. Thus it is far better to familiarize your eye and hand with the normal before you can aproach the abnormal intelligently. We want first on your shoulders a normal head, with normal principles, then we can bring before your eyes an abnormal neck, an abnormal arm, spine, limbs, breast, and you can reason by comparison, because you have the normal as foundation on which to build your comparison of the abnormal." Chapter 15, autobiography of A.t Still, 1897.