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I am so happy to announce that I am now fully recovered and returning to work on 25th November. I am going to start back on a part-time basis and work up to full time by the end of January 2020. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for all the messages and cards that lifted those darker pain-filled days, it really helped to hear the kind words passed on via Gilly and to have all the lovely cards that surrounded my bed to cheer me on. I have never experienced pain like it and my understanding of disc injuries has stepped up 10-fold. Thank you all for your patience and forebearance in being rearranged and re-organised. I look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Throughout the whole ordeal I was surrounded by incredible fellow osteopaths. Emilie, Karen and Gemma who have done an exceptional job in keeping the Clinic going and I am grateful to them for their dedication, initiative and professionalism in stepping in like good travellers from Samaria. I am also grateful to them for their weekly osteopathic care that endorsed my recovery. To Steve Morris, Mark Andrews and Clare and Jonathan Hearsey and Hattie Buck who made sense of my MRI scan and advised on recovery and rehabilitation, just knowing that you were there and looking after me made my muscles relax.

To Eve who steadfastly and meticulously journeyed through the appointment book and smoothed the twists and turns, my sincere thanks for your zeal and celerity. To our friends who turned up, raked leaves, ironed clothes, made tea, hoovered the house, made more tea, brought casseroles, fetched prescriptions, emptied flooded drains, true angels in our time of need.

To our son Tim and our daughter Hattie who put their lives (and dissertations) on hold and flew to the hospital to tend to their buckled Dad, big hugs to you both it means the world to me. Finally, to my wife Gilly who knew what I needed before I needed it, and whilst choreographing all of this somehow never let go of my hand.

We are delighted to welcome

Emilie Roddie M.Ost Do

to our team at The Drive Osteopaths.

Emilie graduated from the renowned European School of Osteopathy in Kent with an Integrated Master’s Degree. She has recently returned from Melbourne, Australia, having worked as an Osteopath in several successful multi-disciplinary clinics and is now looking to continue her career in the South East.

Emilie’s method of working embraces the approach to osteopathic treatment that we uphold at The Drive Osteopaths.  She employs the same wide range of techniques, tailored to individual needs, incorporating articulation, manipulation, soft tissue work and cranial.  Self-management exercises and stretches are also incorporated into her patient’s management plan, as required.  

Emilie works all day Monday at the Clinic through to the evening for those who need an appointment after working hours.