Lily Thomas Osteopathy

04/08/2025

Sometimes when life is tough and scarily pressuring, the only option is to keep on swimming!

And then go for a nice treatment to release all that buildup of tension.. 💆🏻‍♀️

Ps ducks were perfectly fine

31/07/2025

Apologies for any inconvenience

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21/07/2025

I love Mondays! Since forever. It’s the “new start” thing. Of course, we can and do start new things on any day of the week but you know, it’s nice to give ourself the opportunity to start our week in a positive way!

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25/06/2025

After an injury, it’s common to feel disconnected from our body and fitness ability. Movements that once felt natural may now trigger hesitation, fear, or even frustration.

Recovery is often both a physical and a psychological process. Relearning how to move safely helps the nervous system feel secure again. Celebrating small wins helps rebuild our own self-trust.

The goal isn’t to “get back” to where we were before. It’s to meet our body where it is now, with patience and respect and to move forward from there.

Our physical strength may come back much faster than our confidence and that’s okay! Every step, no matter how small, is a step toward restoring confidence.

Be gentle on yourself and give yourself time.
Confidence, just like strength, isn’t lost forever. It can be rebuilt.

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23/06/2025

The sun is out! ☀️Time to take peel off some layers👙 and.. almost time for one of my most disliked social media yearly trendy thingy.. “the beach body”

Don’t fall for it! You can not exercise targeted fat loss in specific areas. Tons of researches have demonstrated this and it’s not how the human body works.

Plus, (and way more importantly!) your body is already perfectly suitable for a beach day so just enjoy the pleasant experience!

Reframe your mind set. Don’t workout out of self dislike, instead workout out of self love ❤️

Workout to:

💪🏻 Keep your muscles strong. Use it or loose it! We start loosing muscle mass from the age of 30

🦴 Strong bones. All women above the age of 40 should do some strengthening exercises to counteract our oestrogen/calcium reduction

❤️ A healthy heart. Yes please!

🤸‍♀️Great balance and strong core

🛌 Better sleep

😰 Stress and anxiety release

😁 Boost self esteem (then you don’t care about the “beach body” lie - win-win!)

Regularly workout for YOURSELF now AND for your FUTURE SELF too. It’s an investment the old you will be grateful you made.

And don’t doubt it, we’re all beach ready already! 🏖👙☀️

If you’ve do have aches and pains that stops you from enjoying either the beach or a good workout, make an appointment and let’s get you sorted.

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13/06/2025

Going to a new practitioner can be a daunting experience for some of us.

Feeling confident and comfortable to do so can sometimes mean bringing a friend, parent, partner, sibling or your dog.

Do it! We all have our fears and anxiety so there’s absolutely no judgement.

I have treated very many patients whilst being observed by very many chaperones and I’m comfortable with this.

As for your furry friend.. It’s not a secret that I am an animal lover and a qualified veterinary osteo so don’t hesitate to bring yours if needs be, I love them all!

So please, don’t let your anxiety stop you from having access to healthcare. I am here to help and would always do my best to make it comfortable for you (that includes the less practical but totally acceptable option of being treated fully clothes).

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14/05/2025

I’m listening to this audiobook again. (I’m normally a reader but I enjoy Dr Smith’s calming voice.) It’s a more practical follow up book from her “Why has nobody told me this before” (available in the waiting room).

I highly recommend a read or a listen. This book is full of realistic and empathetic life advices for when you need a little comfort or guidance. As with all good advices, none of them will be particularly complex or new to anyone who has done a little bit of self work but nevertheless all are undeniably effective in practicality.

Dr Smith’s approach is both uplifting and most of all she gracefully simplifies human existence in a way that allows us all to find our way out of our own (yet very universal) difficulties.

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12/05/2025

We now live in a world where we have free access to all the information anyone could ever wish for. Has that increased the desire for people to “do it themselves”? Probably. Is that a good thing? Maybe.

“Doing it yourself” has its benefits. It’s cheap and it’s convenient, plus self management is empowering.

But. What about the value of human touch? Nothing can ever replace that. Human touch is essential to our wellbeing and there are countless of studies showing that.

So maybe, find a practitioner you feel safe with and watch your body’s reaction to this type of care.

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12/05/2025

All entries now recorded.

Waiting room:
CCTV and motion detector.

Treatment room:
No CCTV, panic button has been installed.

09/05/2025

28/04/2025

Working towards our future self is important and taking the right actions today to give ourselves the chance of a desired future is empowering. What is not so empowering is leaving important or exciting plans for later.

There is no certainty in later. Later, our body will have gone through many changes. Later, we may no longer feel the same way.

Will we be able to take that special trip? Maybe not.
Will we have the strength to do something we’ve always wanted to do? Maybe not.
Will we have all the energy to make our dream plans happen? Maybe not.

Later is a total unknown. We change. Life change. Our “Later” may never happen. All we have is the now.

So strengthen your body, release your self limitations, take the trip, change the job, write the book, go on an adventure, say yes to yourself and all your beautiful dreams because that’s real self love.

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16/04/2025

Beautiful review from a lovely mum and her little one.

As a mother, we just know intuitively. If you think your baby is uncomfortable, he probably is. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Just because they have a brand new body, it doesn’t mean that babies can’t have a tight neck or a restricted pelvis. In fact, babies have such a huge and quick developmental capacity that it is no surprise at all that they have some adaptions which may cause them temporary discomfort.

The good news is that the same quick adaptations ability means that they very often only need one or two sessions.

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