I’ve no idea why I booked this weekend “course”. Before I had children I enthusiastically embraced the biodynamics osteopathy programme. I attended many phases of the curriculum, hoping that if I did enough I would finally figure this damned thing out! Children intervened around phase 4 or 5, and twenty years later the small ad…
I have just made my annual pilgrimage to Oxford, seat of brainy scientists and medieval architecture. It was Meeting Minds 2026, where I keenly attend all the medical lectures while sheepishly admitting “I did history actually” to anyone who tries to engage me in any semi-scientific conversation. I booked a room in Magdalen College which…
Maurice Cheng MBE is singing Mozarts Requiem at Tønsberg Cathedral on Nov 1st 2026, NOT Tromso. Apologies I misheard.
I chatted with Maurice about his time at the iO, his view of osteopathy, his plans with Osteopathy Europe, and he filled me in a little about his life along with way. You can hear him sing in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at Tonsberg Cathedral in Norway on 1st November 2026. Thanks for following…
We all know the fees are going up, but the whys and wherefores might not be so obvious. Everything seems to be going up, except, strangely, my income. But why is the GOSC fee going up in particular? Is it just general inflation? Or is there more to it? I tuned in to the recent…
Email SUBSCRIBERS – apologies if you were sent the work-in-progress last week. This is the finished article! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ This post is a brief summary of the famous American Opioid Epidemic – the OxyContin part, anyway. I became hugely interested in it a couple of years ago and read and watched everything I could. If you…
NOTE TO EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS – apologies if you were sent the work-in-progress last week. This is the finished article! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ This post is a brief summary of the famous American Opioid Epidemic – the OxyContin part, anyway. I became hugely interested in it a couple of years ago and read and watched everything I could.…
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…
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…
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…
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