Our Practitioners
Osteopaths
Christina Parsons
Margaret Lavender
Fionnuala Murphy
Christina Parsons DO MSc
Christina Parsons qualified as an osteopath in 1972 at The British School of Osteopathy in London. She worked in London for five years during which time she also taught at the school. In 1977 she joined the Practice in Rodney Street in Liverpool. In 1992 she gained an MSc from the Faculty of Medicine at Liverpool University. She was involved in the assessment process for the General Osteopathic Council when it was first established. She has worked as an external examiner for The British School of Osteopathy and Keele University. For six years she was Chairperson of Liverpool Centre for Complementary Medicine, which is a Registered Charity set up to enable people in deprived parts of the city to access good quality Complementary Medicine.
Christina is very much involved in all aspects of Osteopathy with a special interest in Osteopathy as applied to Obstetrics. She is committed to the idea of osteopathy being available to all. This has meant involvement in Liverpool Centre for Health-an NHS Clinic providing Complementary Therapies to the people of Everton.
Email: christi.parsons.t21@btinternet.com
Registered with the General Osteopathic Council,
Margaret Lavender DO BA (Hons)
Margaret qualified in 1982 and has worked on Merseyside since. Like the other practitioners in the practice she treats a wide variety of patients and conditions. However, since qualifying she has undertaken further training in cranial osteopathy and she has an interest in the cranial treatment of babies and children. She provides osteopathy on the NHS via GP referral for patients in the Everton area as well as privately.
Registered with the General Osteopathic Council,AXA PPP healthcare insurance &
BUPA private health insurance.
Email: margaretlavender@btinternet.com
Other Practices:
Wirral Complementary Therapy Clinic
Penrhyn House
1A Penrhyn Avenue
Thingwall
Wirral
Merseyside CH61 7UP UK
Tel: 0151 648 6870
Wirral Complementary Therapy Clinic.
The Liverpool Centre for Complementary Medicine
Fionnuala Murphy BSc (Hons) Ost
Fionnuala was born and brought up in Dublin. She took her first degree in Physiology, followed by a Higher Diploma in Education at Trinity College Dublin. In 1984, she moved over to the UK to begin studying for a PhD in Visual Neuroscience at Keele University. Following that she came to Liverpool to work for Royal Insurance in IT, but after several years decided to make a career change. She studied at the British School of Osteopathy in London, qualified in 2002, and has worked full-time in osteopathic practices on Merseyside since then. A few years ago she opened her own practice in the Fulwood area of Liverpool.
Fionnuala has always been fascinated with how the body works ever since her first biology lesson at school. She says that she might have become an osteopath sooner, but that when she left school she didn’t know what osteopathy was! During her Physiology degree she became especially interested in the musculoskeletal system and how people move, so that many years later, while she was working in IT and began looking for a change in direction, she knew it had to be something which would take her back to her original fascination with the human body and movement.
In her approach to osteopathy, Fionnuala places a lot of emphasis on finding ways you can help yourself by enhancing your body awareness. This may involve becoming more aware of your posture, maybe changing how you do some things and maybe some form of exercise, if this suits you. Her aim is to help you get back on your feet as soon as possible. This means endeavouring to resolve the underlying causes of your symptoms, giving you a better understanding of the reasons behind the problem and therefore helping you to avoid or minimise recurrences.
Other Practices:
Fulwood Osteopaths,
300 Aigburth Road,
Liverpool L17 9PW
Tel: 0151 727 1771
Web: Fulwood Osteopaths
Email: info@fulwoodosteopaths.co.uk
Registered with the General Osteopathic Council,
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