Last year I joined Didcot Rugby Union Football Club as their first and second team osteopath. Didcot are based at the extraordinary Boundary Park at the centre of the Great West Park development. The state of the art facility has a brand new club house that is open to the public and is shared with local cricket and football teams.

Didcot were promoted to the Berks Bucks and Oxon Premiership this season.
They have had a strong first season narrowly missing out on third place. They hadn’t had any physical therapy or pitch coverage for games previously and whilst chatting to players I was seeing at Castle Osteopathic Clinic I decided to offer my help.

Didcot are a wonderful club with a fiercely passionate following
and I’ve had a fantastic time working with the players and coaches. 

Working in Rugby is unlike any other sport and running on the pitch to deal with injuries can be akin to working in a hospital A&E department.

So here’s to the next season and thanks to all at Didcot rugby club for making me feel so welcome. And if you’re in the area, come down and show your support for a local team.

It’s with great sadness that we say goodbye to Kate who leaves us this week. Kate has been with us since 2008 and has been an integral part of the clinic. She will be greatly missed by her patients and by us all at the clinic.

Good luck Kate and Andy. Oh and Max, please don’t throw your mum again!

I just need a minute…

As you can see, George has taken the news very badly!

Huge congratulations to Joel Redman for winning Associate of the Year at the annual Institute of Osteopathy awards. The awards, designed to celebrate successes in osteopathy and encourage role-modelling of best practice, were nominated by the profession, judged by an independent panel of experts and presented at the glittering gala dinner and awards ceremony in the company of some of the biggest names in osteopathy. Joel works both here at Castle Osteopathic Clinic and Summertown Clinic Oxford and we are all very proud of his achievement.

Castle Osteopathic Clinic is delighted to announce that Jon McSwiney has been selected as part of the core medical team at the London 2012 Olympic Games. ‘I’m very excited to be part of the Olympic experience’. 

Our fantastic clinic manager, Michaela Goodenough, keeps us all going and will help sort out any of your appointment or insurance issues. If you have any problems with appointments or any aspect of the clinic please contact Michaela at the usual clinic number: 01491 83 83 63 or email castleosteopathy@me.com