Our Team.
The whole team at Forte Physical Health are passionate about getting you to the peak of your powers. Read more about us below:
87 Conditions
treated
31 Years
combined experience
87 Conditions
31 Years
Chris Branch
Principal Osteopath
BOst., FAFS
Chris grew up with a passion for studying human form and function and wanted to be an osteopath at the age of 13. He finally achieved his dream when graduating from the British School of Osteopathy in 2008.
After graduating, Chris spent two years studying classical osteopathy before investing in the prestigious GIFT mentorship program in America in 2013 to become a Fellow of Applied Functional Science.
These two courses helped Chris understand how the body works as a whole, both from a biomechanical and movement perspective and from a physiological one.
Chris’s other interests include nutrition, exercise, meditation and personal development.
This means that in your treatment with him, not only will you come away with a clear diagnosis of what is causing your pain, why it is happening and a treatment plan to get you pain-free and mobile, but Chris will also be able to highlight any other lifestyle factors that are holding you back from optimal health.
If you want to see Chris excited, ask him about his kids. If you want to see him frustrated, ask him if he’s got a personal best in the ParkRun recently!
Niro Sriskandarajah
Associate Osteopath
MOst.
Our Osteopath, Niro, qualified from Swansea University. On registering with the General Osteopathic Council, he started work at Glasgow Osteopath then moved to Caithness Osteopathic Services in Thurso, Scotland.
He has worked with varied patient groups including elderly, pregnant mothers, adolescent and sports injury patients. Niro takes a special interest in chronic lower back pain and prevention.
Niro also takes an all-round health and wellbeing approach to patient care, to help them be at their best. This involves a comprehensive assessment, individual to each patient, which takes into consideration lifestyle factors, occupation, daily stress and environment.
Mike Hutchison
Associate Osteopath
MOst.
Mike graduated from the European School of Osteopathy with a masters degree.
Prior to undertaking his osteopathic studies, Mike was a personal trainer. He uses this additional knowledge and experience in the management of his patients. He was initially attracted to osteopathy for its holistic approach to sports injuries, which he implements with patients today.
He has a structural approach to osteopathy with a belief that movement is key in a patient’s recovery. He will vary treatment techniques depending on your individual needs and expectations, with additional advice given on lifestyle factors, exercise and nutrition.
Mike places importance on empowering patients through education and self-care practices that are manageable and realistic to incorporate into their every day lives. He treats all types of musculoskeletal complaints and has a special interest in shoulder and lower limb injuries.
Outside of work, Mike enjoys keeping fit through cycling and weight training, watching sport, travelling to see friends abroad and cooking.
Adele Dobson
Nutritional Medicine
Nutritional Therapist
Adele graduated as a Nutritional Medicine Practitioner in Sydney, Australia before returning to practice in Brentwood, Essex, the place where she grew up.
She has had a life long passion for nature as medicine, and has gained much nutritional knowledge from her early teens for her own health needs. Living overseas and travelling extensively, Adele has real life experience of how different cultures use food and plants as medicine and the ways in which an individual’s nutrient needs are met in line with the environment they live in.
Adele applies the Functional Medicine approach to her practice – where a person is seen as a ‘whole’, not just as an isolated set of symptoms. When working with clients, she spends time listening to their history and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex chronic disease.
If deemed necessary, laboratory testing will be recommended to gain a deeper understanding of the route cause of a health issue or imbalance in the body.
Each client receives a personalised plan, recommending specific foods and supplemental nutrients to support and restore the proper physiological functioning of the body.
Programs can vary in duration depending on the needs, compliance and requirements of the patient.
Gemma Templeton
Sports Massage Therapist
Having grown up locally within a very sporting family, Gemma developed a keen interest from a very young age playing and watching sport to a high level and is always setting new challenges for herself.
Gemma spent 3 years living and working in Paris after completing a degree in French at the University of Reading. A change of events led Gemma to realise that pursuing a career in Sports Massage Therapy combined her experience in customer care, as well as her passion for sports.
Gemma studied at the London School of Massage (LSM) and attained the highest qualification of ITEC Level 5 in Sports Massage Therapy along with a Diploma in Deep Tissue Massage and ITEC Level 3 Full Body Massage.
Gemma is a keen netball player, skier and played basketball for a number of years and as such has sustained a variety of injuries. Gemma has first hand experience of the benefits of sports massage and how effective it can be, both for the recovery from and maintenance of an injury. Gemma is now focused on helping others with their journey to recovery through the medium of massage.
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