Anne Benfield Osteopath

21/01/2026

Back home after Phase 4 of my Biodynamic Cranial Osteopathy training, at the lovely Leigh Park Hotel near Bath.

I'm grateful for the depth of learning, the company of like-minded osteopaths, and the luxury of having my lunch and dinner cooked over the past four days.

I'm looking forward to incorporating this latest learning into my treatments in clinic.

05/09/2021

Fantastic two-day course organised by the Sutherland Cranial College (SCCO) in London. Great to meet up with colleagues and experience some inspirational teaching plus lunch time walks in Kensington Gardens.

06/01/2021

01/11/2020

As a health professional I am able to remain open for appointments throughout the new lockdown. I am following all Public Health England and Institute of Osteopathy guidelines to keep you safe.

27/07/2020

It's lovely to be open and treating patients again. Getting more comfortable with the PPE now. My treatment room has undergone a transformation during lockdown, hope you like it...

23/03/2020

Covid-19 Update
After a lot of careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to temporarily close my practice in response to the rapidly escalating Covid-19 situation. There is the possibility that my patients or myself could be asymptomatic carriers of the virus, unwittingly putting vulnerable people at risk and adding further pressure on our overstretched NHS.
I am available to talk and give advice on the phone, so please don't hesitate to get in touch. I will let you know once I am in a position to reopen; meanwhile I hope you and your family stay safe and well.

26/11/2019

beautifully expressed, wonderful for parents (and osteopath) when this is the outcome from treatment...

Me and my goldfish love cranial osteopathy...

18/10/2019

some good, practical advice to help avoid an often silent condition...

Analysis of bones from over hundreds and thousands of years ago suggests that our skeleton today is more fragile than that of our ancestors.

05/08/2019

Following on from my previous post, yet another example of how our behaviour can affect our microbiome.

A growing number of people are eschewing soap and trusting bacteria to do the job instead – and an entire industry has sprung up to accommodate them

05/08/2019

I knew that exercise improves our gut biome but this article adds more depth to our understanding about what the varied influences on our gut biome might actually be...

New research in mice suggests that this form of passive exercise improves metabolism by altering the microbiome and reducing inflammation.