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Dr Oliver Thomson PhD is a leading London osteopath. Using the latest research, he provides effective treatment for back pain and sciatica, incorporating osteopathy, manual therapy, exercise advice and education. He has extensive experience in helping patients with acute, recurrent or chronic back pain, where other treatments and 'quick fix' approaches have not been successful.
Based in Belsize Park, his extensive clinical expertise and evidence-based approach will meet all your musculoskeletal healthcare needs, no matter how complex.
Choose us for effective relief for your back pain and sciatica:
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Leading London osteopath
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Persistent chronic back pain and acute episodes
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Detailed clinical examination, explanation and diagnosis
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Modern approach using the latest research
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Exercise and rehabilitation
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Professional, friendly and supportive approach
CLINICIAN
A leading London osteopath, Dr Thomson has extensive expertise and experience in treating and managing a range of musculoskeletal conditions, particularly back pain and sciatica. Using the latest research he puts the individual patient at the heart of any treatment plan so that you'll be involved in all the decisions regarding your care.
RESEARCHER
Dr Thomson is an experienced researcher and academic. He collaborates with researchers worldwide and has published extensively in the areas of clinical reasoning, biopsychosocial model of back pain, qualitative research and grounded theory.
EDUCATOR
Dr Thomson is currently an Associate Professor at the University College of Osteopathy in London, and he has held several teaching and lecturing positions at educational institutions in the UK and Scandinavia. He regularly holds seminars, workshops and CPD courses for osteopaths, manual therapists, healthcare professionals.
Leading London Osteopath
Extensive clinical experience & training
Comprehensive clinical examination
Clear diagnosis & explanation
Modern approach using the latest research
Effective pain relief
Self-managment & pain education
Exercise & rehabilitation advice
Professional, friendly & supportive approach
Book your appointment
If you're experiencing back pain, sciatica or another musculoskeletal problem or have been failed by 'quick fix' treatments and promises, Dr Oliver Thomson can provide effective evidence-based treatment and advice. He is based at BodyMatters Clinic, located at 1 McCrone Mews, Belsize Park, London, NW3. With free on-site parking, it is easily accessible via car or public transport (Jubilee and Northern tube lines) from central London, Camden, Hampstead, Golders Green, St John’s Wood, Primrose Hill, Swiss Cottage, West Hampstead and Chalk Farm.
Appointments can be booked online or calling 0207 419 7900.
Recent Blog Posts
NEWS FLASH! (Great) expectations of recovery from back pain are associated with recovery from back pain
Osteopathy and evidence-based practice- getting there, but challenges still ahead
WE TALKED evidence, WE SHARED ideas and experiences, WE QUESTIONED practice knowledge, WE PRESSURE-TESTED our own beliefs, HECK we even ATE Mrs Crimble’s macaroons…
CPD Course on Effective language and communication when managing low back pain- how to help and not harm
Your back IS strong…even if you (or someone else) doesn’t think that it is
Evidence-based practice in osteopathy- results from a UK national survey (and clearing things up!)
Protect your sleep to protect your back
Re-grounding biopsychosocial back pain research- Introducing Grounded Theory Method
“I should be glowing not aching!”- The facts about low back pain during pregnancy
Low back pain: To scan, or not to scan? That is the question
Sometimes Words just don’t fully capture all that Matters 👇🏻 . 🔆Tacit knowledge🔆 . Philosopher Michael Polanyi compared knowledge which is explicit, teachable, and can be verbalised to knowledge which cannot, termed tacit knowledge. . Artists and professionals operate using knowledge which is unexplainable to others, i.e. is tacit. . Tacit knowledge is that aspect of human action, skill, performance or practice which, for the most part cannot be easily explained and articulated. . In this respect, knowledge is embedded in the doing. . Whilst the complexity of an experienced professional’s knowledge may never be made completely explicit, exploratory methods such as qualitative research can begin to explicate previously hidden or tacit areas of clinical practice so we can develop, enhance and refine it. . So sometimes words just don’t fully ‘do it’!
Clinical reasoning has been described as the bridge between practice and knowledge. . Understanding the linkages between our knowledge, reasoning and action is fundamental to developing our clinical practice. . It then begs the questions: . 🧐 What is knowledge? . 🧐 What is practice? . At first glance, it might seem obvious the answers to these questions (eg ‘knowledge is facts’, ‘stuff about things’ and practice to ‘doing things to people’). . But these are very uni-perspective, unidimensional and superficial descriptions. . By problematising such humdrum, day-to-day aspects of our professional work and asking seemingly obvious questions of taken-for-granted aspects of it, we develop a much deeper understanding and appreciation for the complexity of the nature of clinical practice. . Have a listen to Podcast 7 with @mattlow78 and @droliver_t and stay tuned for part 2 coming soon ‼️ . 🔆 WANT TO GET A BIT MORE FLEXIBLE IN YOUR THINKING & ARTISTIC IN YOUR PRACTICE? . @wordsmatter_education ONLINE course on effective clinical communication and reasoning skills in the management of back pain by @droliver_t . 👩🏻🎓🧑🎓 Student discounts available- you are the future (DM for code).
‼️ Ask Me Anything episode #1 of @thewordsmatterpodcast 🎙 . Thanks for all your questions, please keep them rolling in for future AMA episodes. 🙌🏼 . In this AMA I discuss: . ❇️ The main barriers that I encounter for musculoskeletal clinicians/osteopaths to adopt a biopsychosocial approach to their practice. . ❇️ Recording diagnoses in clinical notes, and moving away from specific tissues to other factors more salient to the persons' situation and experience. . ❇️ How I got into academia, my PhD journey and suggestions for those wanting to begin to dip their toes in. . ❇️ The main challenges I experienced moving from student to novice and then to a more experienced clinician. . ❇️ My views on how evidence-based practice can and should blur the boundaries of musculoskeletal therapies’, professional identities and distinctiveness. . 🎧 Listen on online, iTunes, Spotify etc. . 🙏🏼 Help the podcast grow and don't miss an episode- Subscribe, Rate and Share. 📲 . ‼️If you liked the podcast, you'l love the @wordsmatter_education online course in effective language and communication when managing back pain - ideal for all MSK therapists and students- see link in bio 👀
My first Ask Me Anything for @thewordsmatterpodcast drops TOMORROW 🔥🔥 . Here’s a clip on my biggest challenge as a novice osteopath. . Keep the questions coming for future AMAs. 👊🏼 . So: . Listen 🎧 . Subscribe 📱 . Share 📲 . @thewordsmatterpodcast @wordsmatter_education . See you tomorrow 🎙
More from the brilliant @mattlow78 on episode 7 of @thewordsmatterpodcast 🎙 . ‼️Evidence based practice should be methodologically: . ✅ Agnostic (not rank one form of knowledge over another) . ✅ Pluristic (to account for the multiple and different perspectives) . ✅ Inclusive (have room for a range of different study designs and methods) . ➡️ Meaning that as clinicians, we should: . ❇️ Not favour a particular study design. . ❇️ But rather be alive to the different questions which arise in clinical practice and draw upon different methods to address them. . Listen online @wordsmatter_education , on Apple, Google and Spotify 🎧 . Help the podcast grow by: . 🎧 Listening. 💻 Subscribing. ⭐️ Rating. 📲 Sharing. . ⚠️ Like the podcast? Then the @wordsmatter_education online course in effective language & communication in LBP will be right up your street- check bio.
❓Are person-centred care and evidence-based practice compatible? . ✅ Yes, but we need to re-evaluate our knowledge structures and evidence hierarchies to make sure that patients are at the top. 👊🏼🔥 @mattlow78. . 🎧 Listen to @thewordsmatterpodcast Episode 7 online or on iTunes, Google & Spotify. . Help @thewordsmatterpodcast grow: . ✅ Subscribe. . ✅ Rate. . ✅ Share. . 🙏🏼 . ➡️ And if you like the podcast, you’ll love the @wordsmatter_education online course on effective language & communication to build positive beliefs in people with back pain. . Use discount code POD07 to receive 25% off THIS WEEKEND. See link in bio.
🔥NEW EPISODE of @thewordsmatterpodcast 🔥 . On this this episode, I spoke with Consultant Physiotherapist @mattlow78. . ✅ We talk about the nature of knowledge which we use as clinicians. . ✅ The assumptions of dominant knowledge structures and how these related to past and current conceptions of evidence-based practice. . ✅ We dip into the challenge of applying evidence to our our practice and locating the individual patient in the the ocean of research evidence. . ✅ We discuss on the role of clinical expertise and subjective judgement in evidence-based decision making. . ✅ This episode will valuable to clinicians who are contemplating the complexity of their clinical practice as well as those that like a sprinkling of philosophy on their clinical work. . 🎧 Listen online, on iTunes, Spotify, Google. . If you like the podcast, help it grow: 🎙Subscribe, Rate and Share.
Launching the Ask Me Anything Episodes of @thewordsmatterpodcast 🚀 . Throw me YOUR questions on ANYTHING related to clinical language, communication, evidence based practice, MSK/back pain, BPS and EVERYTHING in between! 😬 This is your chance to ask me anything you want- so send me all your questions, either below on Twitter, Facebook - either publicly or privately via direct message to any of the three profiles: . @droliver_t @thewordsmatterpodcast @wordsmatter_education . Questions will be chosen on a FIRST come FIRST serve basis, whilst trying to ensure there’s a spread of topics/no repeats. . I’ll be recording & releasing regular ‘Ask Me Anything’ Episodes, so will keep a rolling question data base which you can all contribute whenever you like! . So, let ‘em rip and start posting your questions below❓👇🏻 .
Episode 06 of @thewordsmatterpodcast has proven extremely popular over the weekend- and here’s a clip that suggests why. 👇🏻 Simple, clear and informed advice from @drjerrydr 👏🏻 . You can still touch, move, wobble and load the body when adopting a BPS framework. . But...... . ⚠️ Merely working ON a body rather than WITH a person places the clinician as the treater/fixer and has repercussions for the therapeutic relationship which will likely be: . ❌ Practitioner-centred . ❌ Paternalistic . ❌ Disempowering . 🎧 Listen online or on iTunes, Google & Spotify. . ✅ Subscribe . ✅ Rate . ✅ Share . And if you like the podcast, check out the @wordsmatter_education online course on effective language & communication to build positive beliefs in people with back pain.
Clip from Episode 06 of @thewordsmatterpodcast work @drjerrydr. . Just considering a load biomedical/biomechanical factors doesn’t equate to biopsychosocial holism. . Listen online @wordsmatter_education or on Apple, Spotify and google. . Like the @thewordsmatterpodcast - then help it grow: . ✅ Subscribe . ✅ Rate . ✅ Share .