Book your appointment for immediate pain relief 👉 +34 609 14 36 90 Welcome to my osteopathy center in Barcelona. I am Kathryn McConkey, but you can call me Katy!
My name is Kathryn McConkey (mROE), an English-speaking Osteopath in Barcelona with 15 years of experience . 1000+ patients move pain-free at Osteopatía del Mar since 2013. I am a registered, trained osteopath, competent in the fields of structural, cranial, and visceral osteopathy. I am dedicated to helping my patients reach their maximum health potential. If you are looking for a professional and friendly osteopathy center in Barcelona that offers a holistic approach to health and personal treatment plans, please do not hesitate to contact me at +34 609 14 36 90. I can treat you in English, Spanish, and Catalan. Osteopathy looks at the body as a whole and is a non-invasive, drug-free manual therapy that aims to improve your overall health and well-being. Its holistic, hands-on approach to healthcare improves circulation and movement of your body in a gentle, non-abrasive way to balance all the body's systems. Pain in one area might actually be caused by an issue somewhere else, and we work to find and treat the root cause of your problem. This is done with in-depth questions (anamnesis) about your medical history and an extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology. At your appointment, I can help with all types of muscle and joint pain, headaches, sleep problems, anxiety, digestive issues, menstrual cramps, and many other problems. I also include professional advice on stretches and exercises, can refer you for doctor tests, and have massage guns and rollers for sale. Osteopatía del Mar is easily accessible by public transport and has three public car parks nearby, recommended by the local community. Book your appointment for immediate pain relief at www.osteopatiadelmar.com.
18/12/2025
Take note of Christmas holidays and opening hours
Monday 22nd December : open all day
Tuesday 23rd December 8am- 1pm open
Wednesday 24th - 3rd January closed
Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th open (book with Elis)
Save time and book your appointments online with Osteopatia del Mar Barcelona 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
16/12/2025
Tip 5 for pre Christmas stress relief
Organize Your Agenda to Avoid Overload
A lot of stress comes from the feeling of "not making it." Use the 3 daily priorities rule: choose only the three essential tasks. The rest is optional.
This reduces mental pressure and helps to have more balanced days.
And remember if you get everything done and free up enough time ...you can come along for a session! Now that is a great priority!😂
11/12/2025
Tip 4 for pre Christmas stress relief
Practice Osteopathy and Self-Massage
Self-massage helps to relax areas that accumulate tension, such as the neck, temples, trapezius or jaw.
Mini Quick Guide:
1. Make gentle circles on the temples and jaw with your fingertips.
2. For shoulders and traps, press gently and release several times.
3. On the neck, slide your fingers from the base of the skull downwards.
Osteopathy and stress: regular treatments can be a key factor in preventing pain, improving your mood and enjoying your day-to-day life more. With regular daily actions and the right support from our team, it is possible to improve well-being and rebalance your body
09/12/2025
Tip 3 for pre Chrismtas stress relief
Reduce Digital Stimuli at Night
Blue light from mobile phones and computers alters melatonin production, making it difficult to rest and becoming irritable.
Try the rule: "30 minutes without screens before bedtime"
Instead, practise a breathing technique, read a little, or listen to quiet music.
05/12/2025
We've had Black Friday , Cyber Monday and now
Osteopatía Saturday!!!
Elis will be available for Saturday treamtents throughout December, please book directly with her online www.osteopatiadelmar.com
04/12/2025
Tip 2 to combat pres Christmas stress
Take micro-breaks every 90 minutes
The body is not designed to stay in the same position for hours. Take 5-minute breaks every 90 minutes and perform gentle stretches in your neck, shoulders, and lower back.
Or give yourself a treat and book in for a full body session to relieve stiffness and improve mobility...and see how relaxed you feel. Call 609143690
02/12/2025
Keep this December under control...tricks to combat pre Christmas stress
Breathe Better to Control the Nervous System
Breathing is one of the fastest tools for regulating stress. Try the 4-5-6 technique: inhale 4 seconds, hold 5, exhale 6.Repeat for 1 or 2 minutes.
Helps:
1. Reduces heart rate
2. Relaxes muscles
3. Improves mental clarity
Practise before bedtime, on a break from work, or when you feel built-up tension.
if you need more help or advice book in for a session on breathing techniques and how to releax your diaphragm Call us on 609143690
28/11/2025
Please welcome Elis to .bcn
Elis is an Osteopath trained in Milan.
She will be working with people of all ages and has a special interest in treatments for post partum women, helping with any pain, mobility , or pelvic floor issues.
She is looking forward to helping you move freely and without pain and improving your general wellbeing.
The Christmas lights are on in the streets so the countdown to Christmas has begun!
Over the next few weeks we`ll be posting some Tricks to Manage Stress This Time of Year
This time of year usually brings more commitments, less free time and a fast pace that can overwhelm us.
Work closures, family organization, shopping and changes in the weather directly influence our physical and emotional well-being.
As stress becomes chronic, it is common to feel discomfort in your body showing as neck tension, back pain, bruxism, or insomnia.
If you recognise yourself here you can book yourself in for a nice relaxing treatment .bcn or follow us this month for some stress relieving tricks.
[24/10, 15:50] Mahesh: *¡Masaje Ayurvedico en Osteopatiadelmar*
Del 24 al 27 de octubre
Demanda su cita ya: 674981098
Tratamiento Tradicional hindú para el equilibrio de cuerpo y mente.
(Se realiza en el suelo o camilla)
*Descripción*:
- Relaja el sistema nervioso eliminando tensiones musculares y articulares;
- Mejora la circulación sanguínea y linfática;
- Tonifica, hidrata y nutre la piel gracias a la aplicación de aceites vegetales;
- Bienestar total y arminia cuerpo-mente;
- Duración 1h
- Duración 1h30
[24/10, 15:51] Mahesh: El *masaje Champi*, también conocido como *masaje hindú de cabeza o champissage*, es una técnica de masaje tradicional de la India que se enfoca en la cabeza, el cuello y los hombros. Es una práctica ayurvédica que busca equilibrar el cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu, promoviendo la relajación y el bienestar general.
*¿En qué consiste?*
El masaje Champi se realiza con movimientos suaves y circulares, utilizando los dedos, las palmas y el costado de la mano (hipotenar). Se puede aplicar con o sin aceites esenciales, y se trabaja en la cabeza, el cuero cabelludo, el cuello, los hombros e incluso los brazos.
*Beneficios del masaje Champi:*
- Relajación y reducción del estrés:
Ayuda a liberar tensiones musculares y a reducir el estrés, la ansiedad y el insomnio.
- Mejora de la circulación:
Estimula la circulación sanguínea en la cabeza, el cuello y los hombros, lo que puede mejorar la oxigenación y reducir la presión arterial.
- Alivio de dolores:
Puede ayudar a aliviar dolores de cabeza, migrañas, dolores cervicales, tensión en la mandíbula y problemas relacionados con el bruxismo.
- Bienestar general:
Equilibra el cuerpo y la mente, mejorando la concentración y promoviendo una sensación de calma y bienestar.
- Salud capilar:
Al mejorar la circulación en el cuero cabelludo, puede ayudar a fortalecer el cabello, prevenir su caída y estimular su crecimiento.
- Equilibrio energético:
Se considera que equilibra los siete chakras del cuerpo, conectando con la energía universal.
*¿A quién va dirigido?*
- El masaje Champi es adecuado para personas que buscan relajación, alivio del estrés y mejorar su bienestar general. Es
24/10/2025
Dirección
Carrer Del General Castaños, 2A, Despacho C/D, El Born Barcelona 08003
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I was recommended an osteopath many years ago for the beginnings of a frozen shoulder. I had no idea what an Osteopath was, or how they treated. I went and was fascinated; my osteopath aligned my legs, did things to my diaphragm and barely looked at my shoulder and…. I felt great afterwards! So, curiosity piqued I went on-line to find out what it was all about. I read it was a hands-on way of treating the body in a manner that relieved people’s pain and made them feel better. I was hooked from the word go! Why? Well years previously I had studied a 4-year degree in something called Human Sciences. This was basically four years of Biology but crossed both disciplines; the Arts and the Sciences; we studied all sciences related to man: anthropology, philosophy, physiology, neurobiology, social and clinical psychology etc. It was a fascinating course and taught us all how to see things from all perspectives; the “whole” picture (clinical, social, philosophical) …..and now here was Osteopathy; a hands-on version, applying all the knowledge I had learnt about the human being.
As far as I could tell osteopathy was the study of anatomy and physiology and how these interact; how they work together in harmony to make a healthy human being (their definition of ill health was disharmony; blocks, congestion, contusion in the systems and how these could be rectified by small manipulations with the hands), but not only this. The information garnered at the beginning of a consultation (the anamnesis) involves all aspects of a person’s life and not merely their medical history. It includes factors such a sleep patterns, diet, ergonomics, work/social relationships. I honestly couldn’t believe it! I loved my degree but had never found a job that allowed me to apply all that I had learnt …and now here it was staring me in the face! A hands-on, holistic vision of the body. An all-round vision of why people get sick; posture, stress, mechanics, poor work and social relationships, poor diet, trauma to name but a few.
I found out where my nearest school was and signed up to the foundation course of one year’s anatomy, osteopathic models and manual techniques. The person who invented osteopathy (aprox. 125 ago) Andrew Taylor Still, when asked the secret to being a good osteopath said “Anatomy, Anatomy, Anatomy”. Too right! though I´ll misquote him… Study, study, study… and then study some more. The foundation course was followed up by the 4-year Osteopathy D.O course. Fascinating stuff though hard, hard, hard! The basics I mentioned above (anatomy, physiology), but then also embryology, clinical pathology, reading x-rays and more. Honestly, the body is an AMAZING thing. This was just the theory part, throughout these 5 years we were taught palpation skills, handling techniques, osteopathic techniques and how to “listen” with our hands and to hone our palpation skills….something you keep on learning probably for as long as you practise for.
Alongside my official degree and title, I also trained for 3 years with Jordi Salò Darder in La Bisbal where I became proficient in his method (now called Salò Darder technique) and practised my sacro-cranial training. It was different learning environment from my school and we had long hours of uninterrupted hands-on practise just listening to the human body.
So now qualified but not quite sure how to take part in the world again (12 hours of studying a day turns you into quite the hermit!) I set about looking for work.
I worked in various clinics in Barcelona and Catalunya, and then had the good fortune to meet and then work with Miguel Carboni at the (then) Aralia Centre Medic. Working with an experienced osteopath is a valuable learning experience and shadowing him, Jordi Salò, and Carlos Ferrari were formative experiences and I thank them all for the things I learned from them.
During this whole period (we are up to about 7 or 8 years now…and getting to the point of the story! How did Osteopatía del Mar begin) the one constant in my life was getting on my bicycle and cycling down to the sea to my local swimming pool and every time I came back I cycled through Pla de Palau…a light, peaceful square, full of trees and buildings with beautiful façades. I cycled past a low-lying building, just one storey high…and often thought what a great place it would make for a clinic. Then one day I realized there was a telephone number stuck onto one of the windows for rental…..weeks went by…months even, with me trying to memorize the number to go home and ring 93… something something…
I could never remember! , never remembered to call either, until the next time I cycled by! Finally! One day I stopped on my bike got out an old-fashioned pen! And wrote it down. I called that same day, no answer, went to the agency in person, had an interview made an appointment and saw the office the next day. Loved it and signed the contract. Then everything just fell into place in under a week! The treatment bed got ordered, IKEA did me proud and all rest came from begging, borrowing and finding in the street.
The fantastic logo you see is a painting by my mother (you can see more at the very NOT updated web www.rosemarymillar.com or go to the COAC art fair in Cambridgeshire every November), the word game puzzle was inspired in a web that mixes words up for you..when I remember his name I will write it in. My puzzle holds all the tenets of osteopathy.
Then all of you wonderful people came to the clinic and made it just perfect! I have met so many interesting, funny, kind, gentle, ..name your adjective, people over these six years that have made my time here practising invaluable! Osteopathy is great, it is inspiring, and it can help you! #OsteopathyWorks
And that’s how it began.
Now, back to work and looking forward to more and more of you lovely people coming to the clinic and making you feel great again!
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