Eileen graduated with Honours from the British School of Osteopathy (now the Health Sciences University) in 1997 and is fully insured and registered with the General Osteopathic Council. She was in practice in London for 30 years, before joining moving to the beautiful north East. Her treatments combine cranial, functional and structural techniques.
As a lifelong musician and performer herself, Eileen has a special insight into the problems faced by players and singers in today’s fiercely competitive music world. She is a member of the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine.
Eileen also has a keen interest in the world of motorsport, and has worked trackside as osteopath to various teams competing in the FIM World Endurance Racing Championship and UK Endurance championship. She was also part of the Games maker medical squad at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Eileen is engaged in the continuing study of cranial osteopathy- this can be very helpful in conditions such as headaches, migraines, sinus problems, tinnitus, vertigo, BPPV, Meniere’s, TMJ pain and dysfunction. Her areas of special interest include:
Pregnancy– low back pain, pelvic pain.
Babies– the unsettled baby.
Performing arts– instrumentalists, singers, dancers, especially those on the hypermobility spectrum.
Hypermobility/ Ehlers Danlos Syndrome/POTS