Hancock Osteopathy

Hancock Osteopathy Michelle helps you to get back to functioning using gentle, hands on treatment & simple advice 👌

Osteopathy is a method of holistic diagnosis and treatment improving function, structural balance, range of movement and reducing pain.

While the kids prepare for ‘the North Pole train’ I’ll still be working Tuesday and Thursdays over the summer holidays 😀...
21/07/2025

While the kids prepare for ‘the North Pole train’ I’ll still be working Tuesday and Thursdays over the summer holidays 😀🙏 let me know if you need some help with heads shoulders knees and toes… and back pain of course 👍

Wonderfully active day, treated some lovely patients, enjoyed the sunshine and I have an amazing new yoga mat 💚🙌😀midweek...
09/07/2025

Wonderfully active day, treated some lovely patients, enjoyed the sunshine and I have an amazing new yoga mat 💚🙌😀midweek birthday not so bad 🚴🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🍰🏖️🌳🌞

02/07/2025

Made my day🤩"Michelle was extremely kind, knowledgeable and explained the issues I have so simply"

01/07/2025

Appointments just became available this Thursday, 3rd July 10am and 2.15, for returning patients .. let me know if you’re in need!

Crikey😅😆the highs & lows🏕️😍⛰️🌳back to work Tuesday !
29/06/2025

Crikey😅😆the highs & lows🏕️😍⛰️🌳back to work Tuesday !

One week of work left 📅 until we take our littles to the Lakes 🌳🏕️💚back to work in July ! 🙂🌻
06/06/2025

One week of work left 📅 until we take our littles to the Lakes 🌳🏕️💚back to work in July ! 🙂🌻

30/05/2025

Breathe, squeeze, drop 🧘🏻‍♀️

Important patient viewing explaining DXA scans, why it is important, what happens during the scan, and what the results ...
27/05/2025

Important patient viewing explaining DXA scans, why it is important, what happens during the scan, and what the results mean

In this simple bitesize session, consultant radiographer Jill Griffin explains what a bone density scan (DXA) is and what the results mean for you. For more...

22/05/2025

Such a wonderful way to end the week! Patients are improving, and doing their exercises, listening to advice, and it is working wonders ☺️🙌👏

21/05/2025

So you're flossing your teeth, but are you working on your rounded shoulders ?!
Lots of consider of course; your current shoulder health, your thoracic spine and neck, glutes and overall posture.. but some simple strengthening to the posterior shoulder can be really good in your routine for future shoulder health!

e.g's ( consult your health care professional first if you have a current shoulder condition)
-wall presses
-bird dog
-kettle bells/theraband 'row'
- pinching shoulder blades together
- stretching the pecs gently
- stretching the side ribs and side neck (gently)
- working on 'lengthening' through the spine- balloon exercise
- psoas stretching and glutes work

So many more.. and of course, this can be slightly different for everyone, come on in if you need guidance or a place to start :)

20/05/2025

For care of hip joint and low back, often, it’s better and easier for you, to sit on a chair with your bottom slightly higher than your knees, definitely not lower than! Feet flat on the floor.
If needed, use a cushion (loads of travel ones on the market), adjust your car seat (can be raised if suitable and safe to) and look at your position on the sofa… it’s boring but can be a game changer if you’re struggling with hip or/and low back pain. Particularly important if sat for longer periods of time!

Address

Lush House, 64a Old Milton Road
Dorset
BH256DX

Opening Hours

Tuesday 2pm - 8pm
Wednesday 11am - 3pm
Thursday 9:30am - 3pm

Website

http://Hancockosteopathy.co.uk/

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Michelle is an osteopath who qualified from the University College of Osteopathy in London in 2014, and has since worked with people of all ages and backgrounds, from babies to the elderly. She is a caring and highly skilled practitioner with a huge breadth of knowledge from her multiple post-graduate courses as well as her 4-year master degree in Osteopathy.

She now practices from home offering video call consultations/telehealth, which is well suited to the current climate we find ourselves in! Michelle was shaped as a practitioner working hands on with the public over the years and through attending many pain science education courses and lectures, where she has found her passion. Michelle has emerged as a practitioner who really listens to your story, and loves to try to help patients uncover what is the driving factor behind the symptoms they’re experiencing. Michelle is passionate in helping and encouraging patients to uncover new ways of managing and improving their symptoms and using this to work towards their goals, whether this is getting back to gardening, standing to make the dinner, picking up your grandchild, getting back to a sport or just feeling more in control of your symptoms with a better understanding of them.

While hands on therapies have a lot to offer and is how Michelle has spent most of her career, it is the discussion, advice and demonstration of what is possible to patients, alongside reassurance and getting you moving under guidance, that has really led the way to recovery and improved management in Michelle’s experience. The hands on treatment that Michelle practiced before Covid-19, was based around mostly gentle articulation techniques, relaxing the patient and the body’s tissues. This is something that can be taught to a degree to patients from home, to achieve in different ways, with guidance and the will to want to change.

Manual therapy is changing, and as valuable as touch is, having a better knowledge of your body and your symptoms and pain, can be the key to really helping you get to where you want to for the longer term.