Correction – Tønsberg Cathedral not Tromso
Maurice Cheng MBE is singing Mozarts Requiem at Tønsberg Cathedral on Nov 1st 2026, NOT Tromso. Apologies I misheard.
Adam Kay, the writer, has a protruding disc and visits an osteopath
You might have read “This is Going to Hurt” by Adam Kay, a former doctor. A monster of a bestseller and a funny and enlightening read. You might have even watched the BBC series starring Ben Whishaw, which was a far bleaker experience. My husband bailed halfway through because he found it too uncomfortable to…
Mary Monro on The Future of Osteopathy in the UK
OK I have finally got round to my second ever youtube interview, this time with Mary Monro. Mary has written an article on issues facing the profession. It is reproduced below the video, complete with references. The Future of Osteopathy in the UK by Mary Monro Introduction We are at a moment of seismic change…
First YouTube interview on OsteoFM – Margaret Sinclair, and why she left osteopathy
It’s a big day for me, today, posting my first ever YouTube video. It’s many years now since I had the idea to have a YouTube channel called OsteoFM, but I got engrossed in writing the blog, earning money, then covid happened, then new jobs to get good at…. But today’s the day! A chat…
Microblog: Are you autistic? Or just a bit awkward? Take this test
Am I autistic, or am I just bad at social chitchat and a bit obsessive?Is my husband autistic, or does he just like documentaries about modifying cars? Surely I can’t be the only one who’s pondered questions like these. The good news is that there’s an actually an easy, free, instant way to find out.…
The Biobank – teaching us about diabetes and dementia
A report from the Osler Lecture, Meeting Minds, 2025, Oxford University. Speaker: Professor Sir Rory Collins, UK Biobank Principal Investigator, and one of TIME Magazine’s top 100 most influential people in health. What is the UK Biobank? I had heard of the UK Biobank before. Along with the Human Genome Project, I was vaguely familiar…
The Microbiome: a few things you might not know
Gut Instinct: Why Microbial Diversity Matters – a talk by Professor Kevin Foster at Meeting Minds 2025, Oxford University I don’t think it will come as a surprise to many manual therapists out there that we are absolutely crawling with microbes (just to get clear on the wording: the word microbe is shorthand for, (and…
Finally – A Malaria Vaccine
Mal-aria Ok, I know a few interesting facts about malaria, I’d call them fun facts but it doesn’t seem very appropriate.. The word malaria literally means Bad Air – Mal meaning bad, Aria meaning air – harking back to the miasma theory, which said that diseases travelled around in a kind of invisible cloud of…
A very important post about insurance
Insurance might not sound the sexiest subject, but please read this through. It might save you months of stress. It will certainly ensure that your patients are protected in the unlikely event of an injury. This post, I should add, is targeted at osteopaths registered with the General Osteopathic Council in the UK. While it…
Book Review: Do No Harm, by brain surgeon Henry Marsh
Brain surgeon has to be up there with rocket scientist as one of the jobs which sounds like it’s the winner of the Most Impressive Job competition. You have to be very brainy, very skilled, and the stakes are as high as they get. The wonderful thing about this book – Do No Harm –…
OMG: The Glasses That Can Detect Parkinson’s (and Film Your Lunch)
In the near future our glasses might be able to advise us on our diet, warn us we might be in the early stages of Parkinson’s, and let us know if we should seek help for our mental health. Yes, by glasses I mean spectacles. Or rather “eyewear”, for the modern reader. Years ago, I…
