Connor has a keen interest in strength and conditioning in his personal life has helped Connor transfer this knowledge and experience to patient rehabilitation, he believes what you do at home to help yourself is just as important as the treatment he gives you. Connor enjoys treating patients from all walks of life and age groups and has effectively treated and helped people from many occupational and sporting backgrounds.

Connor’s previous qualifications in sports massage and rehabilitation techniques play a large part in his osteopathic treatment for a complete treatment approach.

Outside of work Connor spends time in the gym working on his own training and in the winter months he likes to head off to the Alps to do some skiing.

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Ellie is dedicated to helping patients achieve their health goals, both short-term and long-term, no matter how big or small. She uses a combination of visceral, cranial, and structural techniques, tailoring her approach to each patient’s unique needs. Ellie strongly believes in treating patients holistically, understanding that the best results come from addressing the whole person.

Before pursuing osteopathy, Ellie competed internationally in windsurfing. This experience has fuelled her passion for supporting others in overcoming challenges and reaching their full potential. Ellie strives to work with each patient individually, focusing not only on immediate relief but also on empowering them to reach sustainable, long-term health and wellness goals through a collaborative and comprehensive approach.

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Angelina is a passionate and skilled sports therapist dedicated to helping individuals achieve and maintain optimal physical health. Driven by a purpose to improve the quality of life for her clients, she is motivated by the impact her work has on relieving pain, restoring movement, and enhancing overall well-being. Her goal is to empower people to enjoy their lives to the fullest, free from the limitations of physical discomfort or injury.

Angelina specializes in working with a diverse range of clients, from athletes to individuals dealing with everyday pain and injuries. She thrives on connecting with those who are proactive about their health and well-being, and who are open to holistic and therapeutic approaches to recovery and prevention. Her clients often benefit from her expertise in techniques such as sports massage, joint mobilization for pain relief, and personalized exercise programs tailored to build strength, improve flexibility, and prevent injury.

A significant milestone in her journey is her role as a final-year student at Canterbury Christ Church University, where she has accumulated over 400 hours of clinical experience and is conducting a dissertation on the comparative effects of cryotherapy and thermotherapy on pressure thresholds in the lower back. This research highlights her commitment to advancing her knowledge and contributing to the field, focusing on a unique area that aims to address existing knowledge gaps. In addition to her academic pursuits.

Angelina has nine years of experience as a certified yoga teacher, leading public classes that deepen her approach to movement and flexibility. She is excited to bring her multifaceted expertise to a professional setting, where she continues to make a positive difference in her clients’ lives.

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Yuliana has a Masters Degree in Osteopathy and her treatment approach is mainly structural but she is open to adapt her treatment approach so that it individually tailored for each patient. She further focuses on the correct management for the patient and utilises a holistic approach.

Yuliana grew up enjoying a variety of sports, particularly playing football as a teenager and in the recent years she has taken up netball again. Alongside this, she enjoys spending time at the gym, focusing mainly on weight training.

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Liam is a dedicated and enthusiastic sports massage therapist with a strong foundation in his craft. Liam earned his Sports Massage qualification while gaining invaluable experience providing treatment at the 2024 London Marathon and working with the athletes of Gravesend Rugby Club.

Passionate about helping clients overcome everything from everyday aches and pains to long-term injuries, Liam finds immense satisfaction in seeing people leave his care feeling better and more confident. This drive fuels his ambition to further his expertise, with plans for further education and research.

Outside of his professional life, Liam stays active by playing Sunday league football, hitting the gym, and practicing kickboxing. Whether on the pitch or in the treatment room, Liam’s energy and dedication make him a standout in everything he does.

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Gayle Fitzgerald is a holistic therapist. She believes in the transformative power of holistic care and strives to support each person on their journey toward optimal healing, health and vitality. She loves working with clients who acknowledge that while conventional medicine is valuable, it may not address every aspect of wellness.

A personal involvement and active role in one’s healing journey can lead to profound changes and benefits and how holistic health care also focuses on prevention as well as treatment, by maintaining balance through regular treatments her clients can reduce the risk of health issues and enhance their quality of life.

Gayle is committed to her personal development. She is dedicated to continuous and professional growth in her field of holistic therapies . She is proud of building a diverse skill set that allows her to integrate various techniques and therapies, her current learning is Scar therapy massage and she is looking forward to being able to offer this to some of her current clients who have had surgery as well as new. Gayle works in a very diverse way, working with people of all ages and ability, she is able to adjust her skill set to the situation at hand. Being cancer care trained by the Christie charity Manchester Gayle spends part of her working week supporting palliative care and clients receiving cancer treatments. She also works with adults with learning difficulties so is good at offering a one to one treatment that is personally tailored to the individual.

Her work in the community won her awards last year in the Kent Health and Beauty awards and though Gayle found this extremely embarrassing she also felt proud of herself.

She also enjoys going to the gym, reading, live music and she even finds time in her busy schedule to meditate.

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Darren has been part of the team at the Oast since 2016. He enjoys working with a variety of patients, he has an interest in working with babies and has treated babies from as young as 1 week old, through to working alongside marathon runners to maintain their bodies during their punishing training regimes. Darren has undergone further training in western dry needling (acupuncture) which he uses alongside his Osteopathic treatments and a recent course on the Osteopathic treatment of pregnant patients to enhance his treatment of pregnant women.

Prior to Osteopathy Darren spent some time working with Brain injured patients as part of a Brain injury team within Medway Hospital.

In his spare time Darren runs around after his two young sons, swims for the masters section of Canterbury swimming club, enjoys camping, cycling and trips to the mountains snowboarding.

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With over a decade of ballet dancing under her belt, Naomi understands the importance of listening to the body, and of taking the time to heal properly. She addresses each individual as a whole, aiming to restore balance and engage with them to reach their highest potential by using various treatment approaches (structural, cranial and visceral techniques) combined with rehabilitation exercises where appropriate.

Everyone comes to their osteopath with their own hopes and dreams. Naomi’s dream is to be a helping hand and a familiar face along the way by providing appropriate treatments, advice, resources, and reassurance.

Naomi Graduated from the European School of Osteopathy in 2023 with a Masters degree in Osteopathy and experience in treating patients of all ages and backgrounds.

Growing up in France with British parents, Naomi dreamed of living in the UK. As a teenager she shadowed her osteopath – and was inspired to care for all who might benefit from treatment, including during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood.

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Chloe is currently working towards her Sports Therapy degree at at the University of Kent after already gaining her Sports Massage qualification. She has a keen interest in injuries and rehabilitation, so her end goal is to becoming a chartered physiotherapist. In her spare time Chloe enjoys going to the gym and taking dance classes.

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Josh is currently studying to become an Osteopath at the European School of Osteopathy in Maidstone and will be graduating with his masters degree in July 2025.

He currently plays a high level of semi professional football for Sevenoaks Town which outside university takes up most of his spare time.

Josh is keen to combine Osteopathy (when he has graduated) and Sports Massage, to help a variety of people. Whether that is a keen sports person in helping their recovery and rehab or someone suffering from the aches and pains of everyday work life and stress. He particularly enjoys treating neck and shoulder pain aswell as lower extremity complaints.

In his spare time he likes to be social with friends and family and eating/cooking nice food.

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Paul is an avid sports fan and likes to watch and par take in sport whenever he can.

After sustaining a few injuries himself Paul has a really good understanding to the injuries that sports can cause.

Paul is a MAT Pilates instructor and soft tissue & remedial massage therapist (Sports Massage) and is currently working and learning to become a chartered Physiotherapist,

Paul truly believes that Pilates and massage aid and help with training or sports activities. He also feels the use of rehab work to help speed the recovery and make the injured area stronger to prevent the injury occurring again.

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Sophie is a keen sports woman with backgrounds in gymnastics and rowing through which she has learnt invaluable lessons about the durability and limitations of the body.

The foundations of her interest in osteopathy roots from anatomy and fascination with how the human body works. She believes in holistic health and lifestyle changes as well as manual therapy to optimise patients lives.

She uses a variety of techniques (structural, visceral and cranial), within her treatments which are tailored specifically to the need of her patients. Sophie specialises in treating pre- and post-natal women as well as babies and children. She also has a qualification in dry needling and sports massage.

Sophie graduated from the European School of Osteopathy with a masters degree.

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Our Self Care team is made up of Or Osteopaths, Pilates and Yoga instructors.

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Laura first became interested in Osteopathy as a teenager suffering from injuries competing as a gymnast from a young age. This sparked her interest in sports injuries and biomechanics of movement. She has had regular osteopathic treatment since.

Laura loves helping a patient through their recovery and ongoing wellness journey that comes with it. Laura enjoys treating a wide variety of patients but in recent years has been developing herself as a women’s health practitioner, helping with peoples post natal journeys all the way through to menopause. Women’s health is an area of healthcare that isn’t talked about enough and Laura is a keen advocate for spreading the word!

Everyone has a unique journey with their health and their bodies and Laura loves bringer her expertise to aid this journey whether this is with treatment, management, advice or teaching Pilates.

Since graduating Laura has expanded her training to include, Pilates, dry needling, Mummy MOTs, vitamin injections, manual lymphatic drainage and scar therapy.

Outside of the clinic Laura enjoys travelling and spending time with her son.

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As a Senior Scientist in the healthcare industry, Mahrukh has a BSc (Hons) and MRes in Chemistry. She discovered the benefits of Pilates following injuries, which led to poor mobility in her joints and supporting muscles. Starting her Pilates journey for personal rehabilitative purpose, she continued to learn about anatomy and went on to train as a Pilates instructor with the Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute (APPI) in 2023.

Having trained with APPI, Mahrukh is now passionate about creating a positive movement experience for those who attend her sessions. She focuses on educating her clients so they feel more connected to the movements and understand the benefits of them, but more importantly, are able to take learnings beyond the class into their daily lives.

Mahrukh’s philosophy is to educate and empower her clients to enhance the quality of their daily movements. Mahrukh welcomes beginners or those new to Pilates, and tailors her class to allow mixed abilities to flourish. She is also extremely passionate about women’s health and the unmet need in the industry, and has continued her Pilates education by completing CPDs on Pilates for menopause, osteoporosis and pelvic health for her women’s health certification.

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Megan is a friendly and enthusiastic person who has a real passion for working with people and helping them to feel great about themselves. Megan fell in love with yoga during her time at Winchester university where she completed her dance degree, and has since branched out into learning Pilates. Megan truly loves dancing and all things theatre related, and still performs in musical theatre work, her proudest projects being, ‘Ben a Tribute to Michael Jackson’ which she toured the UK and France with as a backing dancer, and ”Hijinks and Caviar” - an original musical which recently had a run in Wimbledon.

Megan loves working with people who have a real zest for life, but equally loves helping people who perhaps don’t feel so confident in themselves. Megan has a natural ability for making people feel at ease in her environment and loves to see people flourish.

Megan does enjoy teaching classes that can really put you through your paces, so if you want to feel the burn, she could be your girl. Megan loves to set competitive challenges which she finds brings people closer together and creates a real sense of community.

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Claire has had a keen interest in helping people get back to doing the things that they love doing, managing patients journey through their recovery and ongoing support. She loves the whole body and mind aspect of Osteopathy which gives patients empowerment to take control of their wellness.

Claire likes to encourage the multidisciplinary aspect of the Oast Osteopathy as she feels that all therapies complement each other. Once patients are treated, it is about maintaining function and this is achieved through the Yoga and Pilates sessions, as well as educating patients in good healthy habits through life.

Claire enjoys treating a variety of patients and the uniqueness of every patient journey. she has a keen interest in women health as well as chronic conditions, helping patients manage their ongoing health and mobility.

‘I discovered Osteopathy when my parents visited an Osteopath, my mother suffered with sinusitis and following two operations she was still not as well as she had hoped to be. She went for regular Osteopathy which dramatically reduced her symptoms and managed to help her resume a normal functioning life. I was interested in how much scope Osteopathy had, and excited that it wasnt just about tight muscles and joints. I also love the fact that no two patients are the same, each person’s body has a different story to tell and requires a different treatment plan’

Claire trained as a Pilates instructor in 2010 as she realised the importance of exercises and functional movements in the rehabillitation and maintanance of good health. In 2014 she completed the Pilates equipment course and purchased a reformer cadillac, trapeze, arc parrel and split pedal chair ensuring she had a fully equiped studio. She is now working to include more exercises in her treatments and providing group training sesssions.

Claire graduated from the European School of Osteopathy in 2005. She worked in practices around Kent before forming The Oast Osteopathy in 2008. Further to her Osteopathy training, Claire is also trained in western acupuncture (dry needling) and Pilates. She also holds her PG cert HE and has worked as an educator, lecturer and clinical tutor in various institutes.

Claire is also qualified in:

Pilates mat and equipment Pre and post natal pilates Mummy MOT Muscular skeletal acupuncture Shockwave therapy Mindset coach

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Cheryl’s first encounter with Pilates was back in the late 1980’s as a young teenager training with the Sadlers Wells ballet company. As a devoted ballet dancer she had the privilege of dancing with not only Sadlers Wells, but also the National and the Royal ballet companies all before she reached the age of 15. Cheryl’s life then took a very different route, one which led her to find Yoga in the mid 90’s. She has trained with many different instructors and still to this day loves experiencing the hugely diverse teaching styles of this ancient art. Cheryl took her teacher training with the British school of yoga, in 2003, followed by Pilates, children’s yoga, and Ashtanga yoga soon after. More recently she has also completed Yoga therapy training. Cheryl is a BSY Associate, and accredited with The Yoga Alliance and The British wheel of yoga, through her work with the Prison Phoenix trust. She teaches a wide and diverse range of students from toddlers to the elderly, all who require a very different approach. She loves nothing more than being able to help a student and coming up against something of which she has no knowledge, gives her great pleasure in being able to learn and grow. She loves to learn, and is currently working her way to Reiki level 2, whilst gaining a more in-depth knowledge on our energy centres, Chakras. Both yoga and Pilates hold a special place in her heart, Cheryl loves the rhythms of the yogic teachings and appreciate the more physical practices of Ashtanga and the importance of a balancing yin practice something of which she love to pass on.

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