Osteopaths in London

Torben Hersborg, principal osteopath, founded the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Injury Clinics in 1991. His great insight into sports injuries comes from 45 years of competitive judo, 5th in the 2002 World Masters Championship.
He specializes in sports injuries and sports performance enhancement for the elite competitor as well as structural treatment for acute pain and long term conditions. He likes cases that have so far been resistant to treatment.
Patients have come from around the World to see him and flown him to most Continents as well. They include numerous World- and Olympic Champions, Oscar Winners and Top Performers.
In the last many years there has been an increasing demand for Torben’s treatment of voice problems for singers and actors and he has been called out to give pre-consert treatments for some of the biggest rock singers in history alongside numerous other World renowned singers and actors.
Torben is registered with all the major private health insurances – except BUPA and AXA/PPP who since 2016/7 reduced benefits per treatment and not allowing their members to top up will not make it viable for most clinics in Central London to work with them.
Torben gives seminars to fellow osteopaths in London and abroad, please read more here about seminars on sports osteopathy

Diluka Perera, osteopath: Qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy in 2003.
Diluka’s treatments consist of structural osteopathy and can involve cranial osteopathy, visceral osteopathy, naturopathy and nutrition. She also has interest and experience in treating children and babies.
Diluka is registered with all the major private health insurances – except BUPA and AXA/PPP who since 2016/7 reduced benefits per treatment and not allowing their members to top up will not make it viable for most clinics in Central London to work with them.

Michael Snell, osteopath graduated from the British School of Osteopathy in 2014 with a Masters degree in osteopathy.
Michael played football to a professional level at Dagenham and Redbridge Football Club and Thurrock Football Club and is currently 1st team osteopath to Great Baddow Football Club.
He spent a year with the Osteopathic Sports Care Association (OSCA) working with GB and Olympic athletes and professional sports clubs including Bath Rugby Club and West Ham United Football Club.
Michael uses a hands-on structural approach and with a background in treating professional sportspeople his aim is to get you pain free as quickly as possible.
In addition to specialising in sporting injuries Michael spent two years in Chiropractic qualifying in Chiropractic BioPhysics and advanced X-ray analysis.
Michael is registered with all the major private health insurance companies – except BUPA and AXA/PPP who since 2016/7 reduced benefits per treatment and not allowing their members to top up will not make it viable for most clinics in Central London to work with them

Fabio Basile, Osteopath and Manual Therapist:
Apart from working at the Central London Osteopathy and Sports injury Clinic, Fabio is since 2013 the osteopath for the Italian Olympic rowing team, which is regarded as one of the best teams in the World, treating Olympic medallists, senior, U23 and junior athletes during the Italian camp and world championships.
Fabio has a dual registration as an osteopath in 2 countries: Italy and UK.He has experience with different acute and chronic symptoms, from children to elderly.
His particular interest is sports osteopathy: rowing, running, cycling, kite-surfing surfing, swimming, soccer, volleyball, basketball, weight lifting and fitness activities.
Fabio might use kinesio-taping in his osteopathy treatments.
He is a researcher in reliability of osteopathic tests, with 2 international publications – and he is lecturer at some osteopathic, physiotherapy and medical conferences. Fabio has achieved an MSc in Sports and Exercise therapy.
Fabio has been teaching for several years and his osteopathic therapy is based on structural adjustments, visceral and cranio-sacral principles and it is continuously combined with techniques and therapies, such as kinesio-taping and postural-stretching advices. He is aware of differential diagnosis and medical conditions thanks to his first-hand experience with different GPs, specialists and medical teams.
You wil find him empathetic and caring, open-minded and ready to help anybody. Patients often feel a relief of pain even after the first treatment and a clear treatment plan will be presented and discussed throughout the therapy.Fabio combines his osteopathy with several years experience as exercise therapist and personal trainer.
Fabio is registered with all the major private health insurance companies – except BUPA and AXA/PPP who since 2016/7 reduced benefits per treatment and not allowing their members to top up will not make it viable for most clinics in Central London to work with them

Chiara Paolillo, osteopath in London:
Chiara graduated from Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia (ISO Milan) with a B.Sc. Honours in Osteopathy validated by the University of Wales,
She is a registered osteopath in both Italy and the UK and she has a keen interest in sports osteopathy as she appreciates its role in preventing trauma as well as treating injuries.

She enjoys treating patients at all stages in life, combining a wide variety of structural, cranial and visceral techniques in order to achieve the best outcome for her patient. She also incorporates the use of Kinesiotaping and Dry needling in her treatments as well as advice on lifestyle, posture and rehabilitation exercises to achieve the best recovery.

Chiara is registered with all the major private health insurance companies – except BUPA and AXA/PPP who since 2016/7 reduced benefits per treatment and not allowing their members to top up will not make it viable for most clinics in Central London to work with them

David Canevaro, Osteopath in London

David Canevaro BSc Hons osteopathy, Polestar Pilates and APPI Clinical Pilates instructor,

ITEC remedial and sports massage therapist and western acupuncturist.

David specialises in the osteopathic treatment of sports injuries and other related musculoskeletal conditions.
With a background in osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, sports massage, and dance, David has a unique approach and knowledge of soft tissue manipulation, trigger point release and sports injury rehabilitation.

David is a Polestar Pilates teacher and a former Australian Physiotherapy Pilates institute trainer. He has worked as a lecturer and clinic supervisor for the British School of Osteopathy and BCOM, two of the most respected osteopathic schools in the world.

David also specialises in acupuncture, gait analysis, and clinical Pilates, where Pilates is combined with osteopathy to treat a whole variety of conditions and injuries.
David has named is own unique approach to rehabilitation osteolates.
Osteolates is a fusion of osteopathy and clinical pilates.

David also collaborates with Dr Ron McCulloch a specialist in Biomechanical assessments.

His knowledge in exercise prescription allows David to provide is patients with tailored rehabilitation programs.

Andreas Deman, osteopath.

Coming from a background of both sports and engineering, Andreas completed his Integrated Masters in Osteopathy at the ESO, Kent.

During his time in London, he has had the opportunity to learn from the best in their field which has helped him to develop into the practitioner he is today. He prides himself putting classical osteopathic technique and philosophy in a modern setting by integrating current research and therapies into his treatment plans. This allows him to optimise healing and improve recovery times.

Alongside his hours in the clinic, Andreas is also further specialising in a Masters in Sport & Exercise Medicine at QMUL. He attaches great value to thoroughness and efficiency, and aims to optimise this even more with the aid of this course.

He finds it of the utmost importance patients understand what goes on in their body and is a true believer of giving back the control and confidence for optimal recovery. With over 8+ years experience in strength training and 4+ years of triathlon under his belt, he finds exercise therapy an important tool to rehabilitation and recovery.

Well-travelled globally, he finds excitement in immersing himself in new environments, from the bushmen in Tanzania to the work-ethics in central Tokyo. Being fluent in English, Dutch and French, it will be most likely you will be able to speak a language with him close to your heart.

In his sparetime Andreas is an electronic music producer, percussionist, pianist and guitarist, and finds peace in drawing and meditation.

Proficiencies:

Osteopathic Treatment

ExerciseTherapy (strength, rehabilitative, cardio) 

Kinesio-Taping 

Western Medical Acupuncture (Dry needling)

Currently not available at the clinic:
(Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy, Class-IV therapeutic Laser, IDD therapy, Spinal Mobiliser, Infra-redlight therapy)

Andreas is registered with all the major private health insurance companies – except BUPA and AXA/PPP who since 2016/7 reduced benefits per treatment and not allowing their members to top up will not make it viable for most clinics in Central London to work with them.

Ange-Elie Ramavelo, osteopath and physiotherapist in London:

His favourite conditions and methods of osteopathy and physiotherapy:

1- Neck/shoulders and low back/pelvis chronic pain
2- Massage induced muscle relaxation combined with specific and adapted home stretchings for areas of tightness
3- Post traumatic/surgery rehabilitation
4- Advanced spinal manipulations, Kinesiotaping and Dry needling

Ange-Elie is a therapist with 3 MA’s, one in Sports Sciences and the second in Physiotherapy and functional rehabilitation, the third in osteopathy. He obtained them with honours, and has a strong knowledge in applied anatomy, biomechanics, physiology and nutrition. Sportsman since little, he tried himself many activities such as athletics, gymnastics, motocross, dance, yoga and Pilates. His main sport, though, is football, and he plays at a semi-professional level, understanding therefore the sports world and expectations as well as the setbacks/injuries through his own experiences.

“I would say my approach starts with listening, whether it is verbal or non-verbal, the body itself gives a lot of information.
As a part of my observation, I will evaluate your posture, the relative position of the different segments of your spine while resting, standing and in movement and the function of your main area of concern.

While treating, I use and induce motion as a main tool to show the right healing direction to your body. This could be done through adjustments, mobilizations, rehabilitation exercises, muscle release and stretches or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitations techniques. The aim will be to raise your body awareness, giving back to your body its proper postural harmony and function. Complementary techniques can involve kinesiotaping, acupuncture, myofascial work, trigger point techniques, positional release.

I know the body is organised in muscular chains, hence the root of your problem can be somewhere else than your main area of concern. Also, prevention and well-being is very important to me and I will gladly appreciate any discussion about meditation, breathing, training and least but not last stretching.”

Ange is registered as a osteopath with most major health insurances but not BUPA and AXA/PPP who in 2016/7 reduced benefits per physiotherapy treatment and not allowing their members to top up. This will only make it viable for non-busy osteopathy clinics in Central London to work with them.