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Daren Fletcher
Osteopathy | Sports Massage | Sports Performance Clinic | Orthotic Prescription | Foot & Ankle Clinic | Ergonomic Desk Assessments
Specialities
Osteopathy, Sports Massage, Sports Performance Clinic, Orthotic Prescription, Foot & Ankle Clinic, Ergonomic Desk Assessments.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Osteopathy, British School of Osteopathy Qualified in 1996 (Over 28 years qualified). General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) Registered. Member of the Institute of Osteopathy.
Treatment Style / Approach
Daren has a specific interest working with the body as a fully connected biomechanical unit. His interest extends to assessing your posture and identifying the vulnerable areas in your posture ultimately leading to injury. Sport specific biomechanical video analysis forms part of Daren’s assessments frequently (e.g. a golf swing or running style). His treatments involve deep tissue massage, spinal articulation and specific joint manipulation to optimise settling and balancing the functions of the musculoskeletal system.
Experience and interest in speciality
Daren has worked with a wide range of individuals from general osteopathic practice attending to occupational health and posture problems to clients who have a specific interest in sports such as running, cycling, tennis, swimming and golf. He also has an interest in helping clients to achieve their goals within the arena of more extreme sports such as open water swimming, triathlons and iron man competitions. He worked for 5 years with elite athletes alongside Dr. Anne Redgrave at the Redgrave clinic helping international rowers to achieve their goals and stay injury free. He also has vast experience in orthotic prescription and how they can be appropriately used to help with postural alignment, affecting issues far away from the ankle and foot. Consequently Daren sees many complex postural alignment and functional issues that can be helped with the careful understanding of the biomechanics of that individual.
Daren also works closely with a number of companies in London advising and consulting on good workplace posture and ergonomics.
Hobbies and Interest
Daren lives an active lifestyle participating in many sports such as running, cycling, gym, pilates and golf to stay healthy and fit. He believes that to help individuals who are active, it is important as a practitioner to experience a variety of sports.