Meet the Team

David's path to osteopathy was anything but conventional. He holds a degree in construction, has completed the Three Peaks Challenge, run marathons, spent years coaching ju-jitsu under 10th dan David Flaherty of the World Ju-Jitsu Federation, and danced ballroom and Latin. That background shapes how he thinks about the body, not as a textbook diagram, but as something that gets pushed, loaded, tested, and occasionally broken.

He began his hands-on healthcare career in 1999, qualifying as a massage therapist and sports massage therapist before going on to teach massage and Indian head massage at Macclesfield College. That foundation in soft tissue work, combined with years of clinical practice, gave him a depth of understanding he brought into his osteopathic training.

Now GOsC-registered and TPI-certified, David works from the founding principles of osteopathy: the whole body, the whole person, every time. TPI stands for the Titleist Performance Institute, which focuses on how the body moves through the golf swing. It adds a golf-specific dimension to David's work with local golfers.

Alongside core osteopathic treatment, David uses acupuncture, dry needling and cranial techniques as part of treatment where clinically appropriate, and is trained with the Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy in the classical cranial osteopathic approach. These are integrated where clinically appropriate rather than offered as separate service lines. Alongside hands-on osteopathic techniques, David may use acupuncture as part of your treatment where it is appropriate, and always with your agreement.

David treats at Talbot Road on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and at the Lancaster clinic by appointment.

Ceciel joins Osteopath Blackpool as our Manual Therapist and Sports Massage Therapist. She holds a Level 4 Diploma in Sports Massage and Soft Tissue Manipulation. She is a final-year osteopathy student at the University of Derby and is not yet a registered osteopath.

Ceciel offers manual and soft tissue therapy, sports massage, deep tissue massage and pregnancy massage, from 12 weeks, or from 20 weeks for IVF pregnancies. Some people see her between osteopathy appointments, and some book regular sessions.

She shares the same whole-person approach as the rest of the team, and will always refer on to David, or to your GP, when that is the right next step.