Osteopathy on the eve of registration..

Someone once said that the job is not finished until the paperwork is done. Like many old sayings there is a nugget of truth hidden away in that saying. I passed my osteopathy finals on the 8th of February and have waited fairly patiently to be registered since then. Until I am registered, I cannot call myself an osteopath. Five and a half years later,  in exchange for a second degree I have given up one good job, my house, too much money to even begin to think about and at least one cherished friendship.

Has it all been worth it? YES it has. Being a student while working as a school teacher has given me a clearer view of what is important in life. (Friends and family) Having to learn a whole new skill-set while unlearning some unhelpful attitudes has meant a lot of self doubt and tears but fortunately much patience from my osteopathic tutors at Staffs Uni osteo programme. Link Excessive pressure applied makes me learn but suffer. Babies need to pushed out of the nest at some point, its how you push people that matters, not what is in your heart.

I am about to change the sign over my clinic door, update my website Link2, add a new website and further insist that I justify the treatments that I do. If osteopathy is that which osteopaths do, then this osteopath has got to avoid taking the easy route. My view of how osteopaths treat their patients has changed, and will continue to change as my experience grows.