OsteoTalk

🎧PAEDIATRIC OSTEOPATHY WITH DR SEZEN GUL 🎧

I asked listeners a few weeks ago if they had any questions about paediatric osteopathy, and received numerous responses! In this week's episode, guest speaker, Dr Sezen Gul, joins us to help listeners delve into all things paediatric osteopathy.

Dr Sezen graduated from RMIT university with a double degree in Bachelor of Health Science and Applied Science (Osteopathy). She has always been fascinated by the human body, health, and active lifestyle.

Dr Sezen believes that each patient is unique. For this reason she thoroughly investigates into each patients’ case and provides treatment accordingly. She has a particular passion for working with women’s health, pregnancy, pre and post-natal patients and babies. Dr Sezen has completed further studies in women’s health and osteopathy for paediatrics, which has enabled her but not limited to treat presentations such as: post-natal check-ups, urinary incontinence, vaginismus, vulvodynia, colic babies, flat spot on head, reflux etc. Sezen also loves treating jaw and neck pain, headaches, migraines as well as visceral organs which can be significantly impacted by conditions such as endometriosis. 

Dr Sezen has also completed studies in mat and Clinical Pilates. She loves to incorporate movement and strength into her patients’ treatment program for patients who are interested and depending on the case, in order to establish a strong and effective management plan.

This week’s guest is Hakim Mhadhbi, who’ll be giving us some insight into the osteopathic profession in France, as well as discussing his own work in the field. We discuss how he was first introduced to osteopathy, his passion for osteopathic education, his solidarity-based project Ostéopathie Solidarité International (OSI) and his studies on the new Master’s Degree programme for European osteopaths in Finland.

Hakim qualified as an Osteopath in 2005 and currently works full time at the Institut d’Ostéopathie de Rennes where he is head of the Clinical and the International Departments. He has also completed a Masters Degree in Sports Biomechanics in 2013. His current research interest includes innovation in osteopathic education.

The OSI (Ostéopathie Solidarité International) is an association created in 2021 by the Institut d'Ostéopathie de Rennes-Bretagne, to promote exchanges in the field of osteopathy training through solidarity (free osteopathic care), student mobility and of teachers, training and research. To support the OSI, you can contact them via email [email protected], Instagram @osi_osteopathie and Facebook @OSI. To donate, please follow the link below:

https://www.helloasso.com/associations/osi-osteopathie-solidarite-international/formulaires/1

Join host, Yasmine Ghadache, and two guest speakers, Professor Jorge Esteves and Rafael Zegarra-Parodi, as they discuss their recent paper entitled, 'The legacy and implications of the body-mind-spirit osteopathic tenet: a discussion paper evaluating its clinical relevance in contemporary osteopathic care'.

The BMS tenet is derived from Native American principles and its traditional medicine heritage is aligned with the evidence-informed person-centered approach and historic founding of Osteopathic Medicine. Incorporating the BMS tenet into osteopathic care is key in ensuring the diversity of patients’ values and sociocultural assumptions towards health, symptoms, and subsequent care, which range from the typical Western to complementary and alternative medicine perspectives are taken into account. This episode provides an opportunity to initiate discussions in the profession with a rationale for creating a roadmap to develop an evidence-informed framework for osteopathic care that integrates the BMS tenet.

Rafael  is a registered osteopath in France and the UK practising in Paris since 1999. He has also been heavily involved in osteopathic education and research with previous posts at the A.T. Still Research Institute in Kirksville, USA and the University College of Osteopathy in London. Currently, he is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine and a member of the non-profit foundation COME Collaboration Board of Trustee. As an osteopath, Rafael has an expertise in the management of chronic and acute neuromusculoskeletal conditions and sport injuries.

Professor Jorge Esteves is an osteopath and cognitive scientist. He is currently a Professor of Osteopathy and Vice-Principal at Malta ICOM Educational, an Honorary Professor at the University College of Osteopathy in London, Visiting Professor at Universidad Camilo Cela  in Madrid, and Instituto Piaget in Silves, Portugal and a researcher with Collaboration for Osteopathic Medicine Research in Italy. He previously  served as the Head of Research at the University College of Osteopathy in London, Senior Lecturer in Osteopathy at Oxford Brookes University in the UK and an Associate Professor at Piaget Institute in Portugal.

Join host, Yasmine Ghadache, and Lucas Papantoniou, Osteopath and recent BCOM graduate, in today’s episode where Lucas shares his study and dissertation tips, exploring different revision techniques and how to have an effective study session. We also discuss mental health and stress management, including the importance of developing self-confidence, and how to incorporate techniques to enhance these skills into our daily lives.