Practitioners

email: simone@kaneandross.co.uk

Simone is an experienced osteopath who has treated patients from newborn babies to adult for over 40 years. She combines cranial and structural techniques with postural, ergonomic and exercise advice. Her approach focuses on understanding the underlying cause to create long-term results.

Simone is well-known amongst the medical profession in London and worldwide as an expert on osteopathic treatment for babies and children. She is committed to an integrated approach working with her patients’ consultants, paediatricians, obstetricians, GPs, fitness instructors, lactation consultants and dentists etc. to enable the patient to get the best all-round care.

As well as a particular focus on early development and preventative treatment in babies and children, Simone has a special interest in supporting women in pregnancy and after birth, helping to ease discomfort that is common but not “normal.” She is passionate about encouraging the individual’s full potential and optimal health whether in childhood, during or after pregnancy, or during menopause into old age.

Besides osteopathy for which Simone has taken many courses taught by world specialists in the field, Simone’s educational background is in nursing where she has experience in paediatrics, oncology and orthopaedics. She has a postgraduate degree in integrated healthcare from Exeter University and has taught many courses particularly on the holistic approach osteopathy has to offer.

Simone has also lectured on osteopathic techniques to postgraduate students in London universities, she regularly teaches other healthcare professionals and post-graduate students about the benefits of the holistic approach of osteopathy. She is part of the Postgraduate group at The Portland hospital to which she recently lectured. She is also a member of the Dentofacial Growth Society.

Outside her professional life Simone is a mother to 4 children giving her a personal as well as professional understanding of the challenges of pregnancy, birth and parenthood. This shapes her warm integrated approach to patient care.

email: mark@kaneandross.co.uk

Mark Kane has spent more than 25 years as an osteopath helping patients from all walks of life - pregnant mums, children, stressed execs and office workers, parents and grandparents.  On a daily basis, he treats pre and post-natal women, sports injuries of kids and weekend warriors along with the postural stresses and strains that go along with 21st century living.  

His passion is for finding the underlying causes of his patients' pain and devising effective strategies to get people onto the road to recovery.  The first step to effective treatment is accurate diagnosis and Mark uses a wide range of clinical testing and will incorporate diagnostic ultrasound within the osteopathic consultation where relevant.  Ultrasound can be particularly helpful in the diagnosis of soft tissue problems of the shoulder, hip, knee and ankle. He has had many years of experience using gentle osteopathic techniques to help with pain in pregnancy and post natally.

Mark has also completed a MA in integrated health, a three year training in acupuncture and a MSc in diagnostic ultrasound. He was a senior lecturer at the University of Westminster and from 1995 to 2002 was the director of the MSc programmes at the University's School of Integrated Health.  As well as being a member of the research team at the British School of Osteopathy between 1995 and 1997 he was senior lecturer in Osteopathic Methods at the London School of Osteopathy '94-97 where he taught musculoskeletal diagnosis and treatment. When he is not busy at work, Mark loves surfing and keeping fit with his four children.

Cecylia qualified with distinction from the British School of Osteopathy in 2008, after a degree in Physics and ten years in the oil and gas industry. She has subsequently worked in busy practices in London and Edinburgh treating a wide variety of problems in patients of all ages.

Her treatment combines structural and cranial osteopathy with practical advice and support, including exercise and ergonomics. Her approach is guided by the osteopathic principle that health can be enabled by supporting the body’s own healing mechanisms. Cecylia’s aim is to ensure each individual achieves their best health state, relieving pain and symptoms and also working with them to prevent problems recurring.

Over recent years, Cecylia has built up particular expertise in treating expectant mothers, babies and children of all ages. She has specific obstetric and paediatric training and also her own experience as a mother to two boys.

Working with women in the ante-natal period, helping to support her patients towards the delivery of their babies, she treats problems that can occur, or be aggravated, during pregnancy. Such problems include:

• low back pain
• sciatica
• rib pain
• upper back and neck pain

Cecylia strongly believes that chronic and recurrent problems can be avoided by helping patients to identify, understand and manage the factors that contribute to their patterns of pain and dysfunction.

Cecylia lives in London with her husband and two sons and enjoys running, cycling, swimming and sailing.

Carolina is an experienced structural and cranial Osteopath, with a Postgraduate Certificate in Paediatric Osteopathy.

She graduated from the C.E.R.D.O. (Centre for Education, Research & Dissemination of Osteopathy) in Italy where, during her six year course, she gained a deep understanding of the human body including structural, visceral and cranial aspects of Osteopathy.

Alongside being an Osteopath, she worked for ten years as a Gymnastic Coach, giving her the opportunity to enhance her expertise in exercises and body movements and to train and treat young athletes (aged 5 to 18 years old). Moreover, during the 1-year post graduate course in Paediatric Osteopathy at the University College of Osteopathy she specialised in treating babies and toddlers.

Carolina has a holistic osteopathic approach. She combines hands-on treatment, including structural and cranial Osteopathy, soft tissue techniques and dry needling, with exercise prescription and self-management lifestyle advice and support. Her sessions are tailored to patients’ needs in order to relieve aches and pain in the body, reduce muscular tension, increase mobility, improve general posture and prevent relapses.

Carolina is experienced in treating patients of any age and with different symptoms. She treats musculoskeletal problems as well as helps manage chronic conditions such as chronic fatigue, headaches and digestive issues.

She has a special interest in the treatment of pregnant women, post-partum women and babies. Pregnancy and childbirth represent natural processes, but they involve significant changes to the woman’s body that can lead to common but unnecessary aches and pain. Osteopathy can help reduce women’s tensions and strains during and after pregnancy as well as helping babies to soothe, relax and feel comfortable.

Carolina believes in an integrative approach and works alongside other health professionals, such as midwives and lactation consultants, to whom she will refer her patients where necessary.

Arturo gained a Bachelors degree in Biomedical Science in 2006 and a Masters degree in Osteopathic Medicine from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012. He provides a patient-centred health care service using hands-on techniques, practising structural and cranial osteopathy to support the body’s innate capacity to heal, and to promote well-being and good health.

He enjoys treating everyone, from the newborn to the elderly, and is able to tailor, according to individual needs, a full range of treatment techniques. He will also advise on lifestyle, ergonomics and exercise as part of a treatment plan to prevent symptoms recurring, with the aim of helping patients towards full recovery.

Arturo has been a biomedical scientist for the Women’s Health Team at University College Hospital since 2013 with a focus on stem cells for research and therapeutic purposes. He has in this time developed a broad knowledge around pregnancy related and baby health issues and brings this experience to his care of the mum’s and babies coming for osteopathic treatment.

Arturo has a special interest also in sports and applied movement neurology and its application to rehabilitation. Arturo has extensive experience dealing with intervertebral disc bulges and disc related issues.

Originally from Madrid, Arturo has lived and worked in London for 20 years and when he is not working he is keeping fit and enjoying life in London.

Camilla is a structural and cranial osteopath who enjoys and has great success treating patients of all ages right from birth to adulthood. She has over 20 years of experience treating musculoskeletal conditions as well as specialising in Paediatric Osteopathy (Babies, Children and Pregnant women). Camilla has completed a Masters Degree in Paediatric Osteopathy where she experienced treating patients with a wide range of conditions at the Osteopathic Centre for Children, London and within the Paediatric Wards of Barnet Hospital (NHS) and North Middlesex University Hospital (NHS). She went on to run a successful mums and babies clinic for over 15 years.

Camilla is a mother of two herself and understands both the joys and strains of motherhood. During the pregnancy she received regular treatment and both her children received treatment when experiencing issues including glue ear, colic and tongue tie so understands the parents concerns and stresses.

Camilla uses Osteopathy to help many babies, children, and adults. She finds the root of the problem so that a course of treatment can be devised to relieve the symptoms as soon as possible and then to prevent them returning. She also does check-ups for newborn babies and pregnant women giving postural, feeding and exercise advice.

Camilla also enjoys treating patients functionally-structurally, with injuries from back & neck pain, sporting injuries, frozen shoulder and sciatica to arthritic pain and migraine prevention.

Paul’s passion for the philosophy of osteopathy is at the heart of his practice. Combining structural, visceral, and cranial techniques along with dry needling, he offers a comprehensive approach to care.

His philosophy centres on the uniqueness of each individual, adapting treatments to uncover and address the root cause of issues rather than merely treating symptoms.

Over the years, Paul has expanded his expertise to encompass a wide range of areas, from sports injuries to prenatal and postnatal care. He has worked with many babies from few days old to older children and found osteopathy to be a great help to support them during their growth and women throughout their pregnancy.

As a keen sportsman himself, Paul deeply appreciates the mechanics and movement patterns unique to various sports, allowing him to provide tailored care to athletes.

Born into a medical family, Paul’s interest in medicine began early. At 18, he moved to the UK from Nice in the French riviera to study osteopathy at the European School of Osteopathy (ESO) in Maidstone, Kent. After graduating, he built a thriving career in Bedfordshire and Suffolk, working in two busy practices for seven years. During this time, he also shared his knowledge internationally, teaching osteopathy in countries including Russia, Denmark, France, Belgium and Spain.