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, and spent years coaching ju-jitsu under 10th dan David Flaherty of the World Ju-Jitsu Federation. 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. He has built one of the most established private practices on the Fylde Coast, treating patients across Blackpool and Lancaster, and is the only TPI-certified osteopath in the area.

Alongside core osteopathic treatment, David specialises in acupuncture, dry needling, and craniosacral therapy, integrating these where clinically appropriate rather than offering them as separate service lines.

David treats at the Blackpool clinic throughout the week and at the Lancaster clinic by appointment.