The Spine Health Centre has built a reputation on providing effective osteopathic healthcare for the local community, as well as being proactive and responsive to our patients needs. Our goal is to create and maintain a professional relationship with you, in order to help you achieve pain free movement and health throughout your busy lives.
Osteopath
Mr Darcy Jones, Registered Osteopath.
Darcy gained his Diploma in Osteopathy from the British School of Osteopathy in 1984, now the University College of Osteopathy in London and has been in practice as a Registered Osteopath in Basingstoke and North Hampshire up to the present.
He trained at a post-graduate level in Cranial Osteopathy from 1986 and has been combining conventional (structural) osteopathy with this more subtle cranial approach ever since. He finds it beneficial for adults as well as some conditions such as colic and poor sleep patterns in babies.
Darcy has good working relationships with a number of spinal and neuro-surgeons, especially at the Hampshire Clinic in Basingstoke and The London Spine Clinic. He has extensive experience in the conservative management of back pain caused by spinal disc disease.
He is a keen tennis player, practices yoga and shoots clay pigeons. He has used his skills over the years to help many people who have had a sports related injuries. He is a member of the British Association of Sports & Exercise Medicine and keeps up to date with the latest and best practice in Sports Medicine.
He has an interest in metabolic bone disease and in the year 1999, trained in diagnosis and management of osteoporosis from the Osteoporosis Research Centre Southampton University Department of Rheumatology setting up a bone scanning unit to diagnose osteoporosis clinic in Basingstoke. This ran as a charity for 4 years.
Darcy is committed to ongoing, Continuing Professional Development and has attended many post-graduate courses, including those in Cranial Osteopathy, orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
By keeping up to date with advances in osteopathy Darcy ensures that patients receive the best possible treatment and advice. Darcy is a member of The General Osteopathic Council and the Institute of Osteopathy.
Pilates
Kelly started teaching Pilates in 1999, initially matwork until she had completed her first comprehensive Pilates training in 2000. Having worked at a variety of sports centres in Berkshire and Oxfordshire, she subsequently opened her first Pilates studio Pilates of Berkshire in 2001. She then relocated to Basingstoke in 2015.
Kelly enjoys working with a variety of clients from different backgrounds with different needs and goals. As the years have passed she have been able to add different Pilates apparatus to her kit (her favourite kind of shopping!) and continue to train both in the UK and overseas.
