Alexander Irving, Osteopath

Qualifications

• MSc Pain Science, (King's College London 2010)
  
  
• BSc (Hons) Osteopathic Medicine (British College of Osteopathic Medicine 2003)
  
  
• Certified in use of medical acupuncture for musculoskeletal conditions

Selected professional training:

• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
• COPERS facilitator training for management of chronic pain
• Neuromuscular rehabilitation
• Sutherland cranial pathway modules 1, 2 & 4
  

I am most interested in finding the best way to help people with what's important to them. This usually involves pain but issues of movement, work and stress come into play. My foundation is in osteopathic medicine and the skills of manipulation that are central to that approach.

In addition I have expanded my outlook to include the area of pain science. This means I am interested in the underlying mechanisms at work, whether they be genetic, chemical, cellular, psychological or social. I am more than happy to offer immediate symptomatic relief, that is usually where treatment begins. However it is often useful and necessary to look to the underlying causes and supportive factors, especially when problems are recurrent or ongoing.

In addition to my clinical work I spend time in the corporate environment conducting assessments of the environmental factors that can play a part in work related musculoskeletal disorders. I also offer courses in Mindfulness as a tool to help those with stress, pain and illness.