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Why I became an Osteopath
By Roger Kingston
Why I Became an Osteopath How many people go through life with the ability to say that they love their chosen profession and would make the same career choice again given the chance. Well I can! The road started in my childhood when my mother was restored from being half crippled after giving birth to me. It was an osteopath in Uganda called Dr Chimanbi, who had a practice on the Entebbe to Kampala road, I can always remember passing his clinic because he had a huge Charles Atlas statue outside and the shorts were painted a different colour each week. Mum would tell the story of how he had “cracked her neck and back” and almost miraculously she had walked away pain free. At school I wasn’t an academic, I loved my rugby and fishing, but I got by and got to university and started studying to become a podiatric surgeon. But for a kick to the side of the head playing rugby I might now have been repairing bunions for a trade! That kick gave me almost constant headaches and for some reason low back pain which no Dr could ever understand. Eventually after seeing a TV show about osteopathy and chiropractic I thought maybe that it could help me as as there was an osteopath across the road from where I lived I thought why not! David Rudduck saw me and took a very detailed history and examined me before saying he could help me. From there he proceeded to apply stretching, traction and soft tissue techniques to my back and neck before manipulating my back and neck. I walked out pain free, I slept soundly that night too. At the next appointment I asked him about various injuries I’d had to my foot and hand and crack, crack later they were sorted too! I spoke to people about David and was amazed to hear that he seemed to have treated most of Oxford and helped where all others had failed. perhaps it was the challenge to succeed where all others had failed. David recommended I apply which I duly did and was accepted by the European School of Osteopathy (ESO). Exams had always been a problem for me, especially maths and multiple choice questions as they seemed to change each time I read them, later I found I was very dyslexic but that this was actually a blessing because my skills were of a kinesthetic nature - my strengths lay in my hands! yet school is geared up for the learning modalities of hearing and sight! The pre clinical training at the ESO was a hard slog, no it was pure hell! But the actual hands on came easily and once I came to the clinical training I realised I had found my true vocation. Once I rotated into the Children’s Clinic I realised that I had something very special in that I had an ability to “get on with babies”, something I didn’t know before! In the years that followed graduation my vocation hasn’t changed. At times I wish I had a formal medical training in addition to my osteopathic one so that I could treat seriously ill people and children in hospital and be able to do epidurals for those in severe pain. But with serious hindsight I think I am incredibly lucky that as a dyslexic my skills were chanelled into my hands and that I was blessed with my parents intelligence to be able to interpret the information they received. I am happy to be an osteopath and I have wonderful MD friends who will be able to help my patients when it is beyond my skills. |
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I'm so pleased that you are pleased with your chosen occupation. In a way I could be envious of you because I have never been able to say 'this is what I am meant to do' but, on the other hand I have been instrumental through my life in improving the lot of both physically and mentally ill patients. It is ironic that now I need assistance for myself, a bit like tickling yourself, it isn't easy to cure yourself either.
Its fortunate for the human race that we all have different skills. Good for you for recognizing yours and developing them as you did.
Hi Roger, Great Intel. I'm glad that you love your occupation...so few people are able to say that...which is probably why so many people feel that there is something missing in their life. gilbertg
It's a wonderful feeling to know that you're helping others and doing the work you love. Seems like destiny that you discovered it.
Thanks for explaining how and why you entered your profession. Congratulations on finding what you love to do.
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