Osteopathy

Your health, in expert hands

Nothing inspires our Award Winning Osteopathy team more than helping people on their road to recovery

Meet our award winning osteopaths

Our osteopaths work very closely with, and train jointly with our physiotherapists. This means you get the best of both worlds… expert hands on treatment, great rehabilitation skills and a superb ability to screen for the underlying cause of your problem.

Aisling Peberdy

Advanced Senior Osteopath MOst, Clinic CPD Coordinator **On Maternity Leave**

Shannan Clayton

Senior 2 Osteopath MOst

Ellie Evans

Senior 1 Osteopath MOst

Why our osteopaths are unique

Our osteopaths are highly trained at carefully assessing you to effectively understand if your pain or dysfunction is coming from your nerves, muscles and tendons, bones, ligaments, joints or cartilage. They also look at the way you move in a structured and systematic way.

Thier approach is in keeping with that of our physiotherapists, they aim to help your symptoms, but also to prevent reoccurrence.

We often find our patients end up being stronger and fitter than they even were before their injury!

Get ready to feel the best version of yourself!

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Osteopathy FAQ’s

What to expect at my osteo session?

We know that pain is a real issue… and can cause absolute chaos in all aspects of life!

At your first appointment, we’ll always take the time to do a thorough examination that helps us come to a clear diagnosis… and we are fully skilled to help whether it be for back pain, a sports injury, or even a repetitive strain injury! Our osteopaths are great at explaining this and answering any questions you have.

We know how effective manual therapy and ‘hands on’ treatment can be, so we will be super keen to get treating things as soon as possible. Our approach is that we will be assessing for what’s tight so we can loosen it, what’s stiff so we can mobilise or manipulate it and what’s in spasm so we can relax it off.

We also look to find what’s weak so we can encourage you to help yourself and strengthen it too (with our guidance), so expect to come away with some rehab exercises… that will need to be specific, achievable and progressive!!

Once the symptoms have started to improve our osteopaths are continually looking for the underlying root cause of the issue… looking for faulty movement patterns, alignment or postural issues, and areas of weakness so that they can correct all of the issues that contributed to the injury in the first place.

Do I need hands on treatment?

Once we have assessed you, and you understand your diagnosis, your therapist will be super keen to start some ‘hands on’ treatment. This is because ’hands on’ treatment is an excellent and really beneficial part to our treatment plans, which will be personalised to you. Your therapist will be looking for what’s tight so they can loosen it, what’s stiff so they can mobilise or manipulate it and what’s in spasm so they can relax it off. ‘Hands on ‘ treatment will help to reduce pain too!

Do osteopaths just treat back pain?

Not at all. Osteopaths specialise in back pain, neck pain, and any other aches or pains in the body, including shoulders, knees and hips to name only a few! Our osteopaths are superb at keeping up to date with the latest evidence and research to be able to offer you the very best assessment, treatment and rehab for a wide range injuries around the whole body.

Do I need to see a osteo, physio or chiro?

At the Back and Body Clinic, there is very little difference between how our physio’s and osteo’s assess and treat musculoskeletal pain. We all train together and use the most up to date evidence base to guide our assessment and treatment choices. We treat the same things and we use the best techniques that both physiotherapy and osteopathy have to offer. We believe that this is how things will be in the future; professions merging together as the evidence base guides us. So when choosing either a physiotherapist, osteopath or chiropractor, your decision should be based on which therapist is the most convenient for you to see rather than their profession as they will all have the tools required to get your body into the best version of itself!

What the patients we have helped say

Dean Mccaffery, Wootton

I have suffered with back issues for years and have never found anywhere that fixes it. Aisling is amazing, knows exactly where the issue is and my back has never been better. I won’t go anywhere else ever again.

Daniel Little, Bedford

I would highly recommend Shannan! I have been seeing her for years with various neck and shoulder complaints!

Shannan is extremely knowledgeable and provides excellent treatment – would not hesitate to recommend!

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Pam Kemp, Bedford

Just to say that Shannon has been a real life saver in the last year, helping relieve my bad back & shoulders.

always knows exactly what is needed & goes the extra mile to recommend other things that would help too & I now plan to see her on a regular basis to keep my back in a good place. Thank you Shannon !!

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Richard Osborne, Wootton

I have been visiting the Back and Body Clinic to see Ellie for a while now.

She has done some amazing work on my back and leg and is a lovely person who is very easy to get along with. Briony on reception always greets with a smile and is ready for a catch up.
They always make it a very comfortable and pleasant experience, would highly recommend.

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Richard Osborne, Wootton

I have been visiting the Back and Body Clinic to see Ellie for a while now. She has done some amazing work on my back and leg and is a lovely person who is very easy to get along with.

Briony on reception always greets with a smile and is ready for a catch up.
They always make it a very comfortable and pleasant experience, would highly recommend.

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Mike Cantelo, Northampton

Aisling at the back and body clinic has proven to be an absolutely fantastic therapist. She has treated me for a recurring painful neck / shoulder issue and also a painful knee / hip concern.

Aisling is extremely efficient, polite and can zone in on the problem area with laser like accuracy and with fingers of steel!

Aisling has a fabulous approach, explains clearly how the muscles and nerves are working, what the issues are and how they arise, and in addition has endless patience explaining to a non-medical person.

I always feel considerably better after each session, and with the clearly explained exercises to carry out between sessions I have seen issues which were problematic on a daily basis now relegated to occasional minor inconveniences.

Thank you, and to the rest of the team at the Back & Body Clinic!

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Gillian Ormston, Bedford

I have been seeing Shannan at Back and Body Clinic for long standing muscular conditions. She has been able to make significant improvements to my mobility, pain and muscular health.

Her mix of osteopathy, sports therapy and other specialisms is perfect for me. I am totally impressed with the excellent service she provides me. She talks me through the treatment in detail, teaches me how to make the improvements last and supports me fully in achieving positive health improvements – I will be continuing to see Shannan monthly to maintain my muscle health. A real diamond with a special ability to heal.

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Samantha Riseley, Northampton

After seeing another osteopath for nearly 7 weeks with no improvement,

in 3 sessions I was well on the way to recovery with Aisling, can’t praise her enough!

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Deborah Moseley, Bedford

Amy Randall was professional, kind and understanding.

I had never had acupuncture before and was quite nervous at my first appointment. Amy made me feel at ease and in safe hands from the start. After 5 sessions my chronic widespread pain was under control and I felt more able to cope. Amy gave me excellent advice and after care exercises. I highly recommend Amy and the service I received at The back and body clinic.

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James Smith, Bedford

Mike Mansfield at Great Denham was fantastic and so helpful and reassuring.

Cracking service and I would highly recommend.

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Sam Badhan, Bedford

Great service provided and very professional. Highly recommended

Yahia Hussain, Bedford

First time going to physiotherapy so wasnt to sure what to expect or if it would help, but Joe Dowling explained everything really well

and with his help and advice i was able to recover sooner than I expected. Would recommend this practise for anyone who has back or body pain.

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Isabel Denny, Bedford

The Back & Body Clinic have been amazing through my shoulder and neck complicated injury rehab.

Their well trained and skilled staff were SO caring, kind, and friendly throughout. This, along with their respect for their patients, their passion for their job, and their clean, modern clinics, was outstanding.
A huge thank you to Mike Mansfield who provided most of my treatment… a truly professional, awesome physiotherapist who made every session a pleasure; and who’s skilled hands, over time, facilitated my healing.
Many times it felt like he was hardly doing anything…. the following day/week always revealed the power of his treatment. After my experience, I would recommend to anyone…keep going back and let them show their worth! Healing takes time. I’m sure glad I didn’t give them up after 2 sessions.
These guys are amazing.

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Jesse Masih, Bedford

Joe has been a fantastic help over the last few weeks. Prior to visiting the clinic, I was in a great deal of pain, I could barely walk,

and I had been misdiagnosed multiple times by other professionals. Joe was the first person to consider all my symptoms and to give me a clear answer and treatment plan. Over the following weeks, he worked with me patiently and diligently, offering both physical and psychological support. It was evident that he was working with me in an individualistic way, considering my personal body mechanics and how I was responding and what I needed as the weeks went by. As a direct result of our sessions, I am now able to walk and live my life as normal. I have the utmost faith in Joe’s knowledge and skills, and I cannot thank him enough. The clinic itself is also a lovely, welcoming atmosphere thanks to all the staff there.

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Charlotte Ward, Bedford

Amy was absolutely brilliant she understood my needs and explained everything to me which was great.

My back now feels great after treatment Will definitely be spreading the word to people about this clinic.

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Neil Cox, Bedford

Joe Dowling treated me. He is very professional and knows what he’s talking about,I would recommend him to anyone.

Thank you for the treatment and advice you have given me to make a full recovery

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Luke Bratrsovsky, Bedford

This is the best place to go! Where is the 6th star option? I have lost the count of how many times Mike and the team have saved me.

Thank you guys! Suffering with lower back pain, facet joint sprains, slipped discs, bulging discs in past, you name it. I have given up so many times, especially when under severe pain, but they were always able to help and lead me to recovery, made me smile and cry :D. I would strongly recommend to anyone. It’s well spent money, investment for health.

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Andy Brasted, Bedford

Excellent clinic. Very nice staff on reception. Being seen by Joe.

Very polite, knows his stuff and has sorted my issue in very few visits.

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Dave Shrimpton, Bedford

Amy Totally understood my condition and how to treat it. My shoulder went from very restricted movement to not even noticing during normal day to day activities.

All the staff were very helpful and professional and I would definitely recommend their services to anyone needing treatment

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