Osteopathic medicine is a complete system of medical care. The philosophy is to treat the whole person, not just the symptoms. It emphasizes the interrelationships of structure and function, and the appreciation of the body's ability to heal itself.

For more information about osteopathy and its regulating body, please visit the General Osteopathic Council website.

There are four osteopaths working at the Deoora Clinic:

Tajinder Kaur Deoora MSc, DO(Hons), Dip Phyt

Tajinder has been in general osteopathic practice since 1983. Although she uses the traditional methods of manipulation, Tajinder specialises in osteopathy in the cranial field. She has extensive experience of treating babies and children, having worked at the Osteopathic Centre for Children in London, for over 10 years.

Tajinder is an international lecturer. She is currently the head of clinical studies at the Osteopathie-Schule Deutschland in Hamburg and a faculty member of the Sutherland Cranial College. She is also the author of the patient oriented book 'Healing through Cranial Osteopathy' and co-author of 'Fundamental Osteopathic Techniques'.

Susannah Booth DO DPO

Susie qualified from the British School of Osteopathy twenty-three years ago and has been in general osteopathic practice ever since.

In 1991, she joined the group of pioneering osteopaths who set up the Osteopathic Centre for Children, becoming the first full-time Clinic Director in 1994 and in the same year initiating and subsequently leading the first osteopathic team to work within neonatal intensive care in the UK.

After leaving the OCC in 2006 she has continued to teach MSc level Osteopathy and Paediatric Osteopathy in the UK, Austria and Germany, as well as treating patients in her own practice.

She is a contributing author to the Textbook of Paediatric Osteopathy edited by Moeckel and Mitha and to Osteopathy in Paediatrics edited by Liem, Schleupen, Altmeyer and Zweedijk.

Christina Lenz MSc Ost

Christina practises both traditional manipulative osteopathy and osteopathy in the cranial field. She has extensive experience working with adults and children. Besides being a practising osteopath, Christina also fulfils academic roles on the postgraduate programmes on paediatric osteopathy at the Osteopathic Centre for Children in London and the Osteopathie-Schule Deutschland in Hamburg.

Ian Wright BSc(OST) DPO MSCC MOCI

Ian has been practicing Osteopathy for over 20 years and has taught Cranial and Paediatric Osteopathy internationally for 15 years. Ian set up the Daisy Clinic Trust in Ireland - a charity with the dual purpose of training graduate Osteopaths in Paediatrics and broadening access to treat children with special needs on a donation only basis.

Ian practices in Ireland, Harley Street in London and Hay on Wye.