Name: Roger Kingston Osteopath
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Dr Roger Kingston DO - Osteopath

My Story

Dr Roger Kingston, Osteopath and Cranial Osteopath, or sometimes known as the Buderim Osteopath. My story begins growing up in Uganda, East Africa, and having an amazing early childhood including a chance meeting the President, Mr Idi Amin.

Early Education and Rugby Years

After leaving Africa my father joined the United Nations and his postings necessitated me going off to boarding school in England. At Giggleswick School I discovered a passion for Yorkshire beer, Rugby Union, fly-fishing but unfortunately not academia. I left with ambitions of becoming a professional fishing guide and thanks to kick to the head during a rugby match my Osteopathic career may never have materialised.

Discovering Osteopathy

A fortuitous meeting with a brilliant Osteopath, David Ruddick, helped me overcome severe concussion and ignited my interest in Osteopathy. My path to the European School of Osteopathy and beyond started on that filthy wet, cold day playing for Oxford Old Boys Rugby Club.

Moving to Australia

After 17 years practicing in London and York The call came to move my family to Queensland in 2010 and I set up practice and became the Buderim Osteopath. My home is in Buderim on the spectacular Sunshine Coast with my 3, now grown up children, and my 2 Burmese cats Luna and Hermione. I now live in an old Queenslander on acreage, and outside of work I spend my time gardening and restoring the house. In my early years on the Coast I was a Nippers coach and Surf Life Saving age manager and I loved every moment on the beach and in the water.

Finally

I even achieved my Brown belt in Aikido before a serious back injury and surgery put a stop to that. Now I am happy to paddle my kayak, sail my Hobie or have a quiet beer or two in one of my favourite breweries.

My Osteopathic Odessey

After applying to several schools I found the European School of Osteopathy (ESO) best suited me, or perhaps they took pity and offered me a place. I was so fortunate at the time the faculty was full of some of the worlds’ best Osteopaths, Including Professor Peter Blagrave, Tom Dummer, Peter Armitage, Gez Lamb and Susan Turner. The course was incredibly difficult with an enormous amount of information to learn and physical skills to develop.

Then

I loved it and found it fascinating as I watched a whole system of medicine evolve before me, offering so much more than just treatment for back and joint pain. Osteopathy, is a whole system of manual medicine which treats newborn babies, pregnants , enhances performance in elite athletes, supporting the sick and and those recovering from surgery, as well as for bad backs! my final year of university I found that I had a particular talent for treating babies and young children and I was encouraged to develop my paediatric skills. My patient list soon became full with babies, children and their families. I absolutely loved becoming the family osteopath.

After

After graduating in 1993 as very committed, fundamentalist Osteopath who wanted to cure everyone and everything I returned home to York and took on an associateship with Mark Wilcox in Wakefield. It was a baptism of fire and I very quickly had to learn the realities of actual practice in the real world. A working class town in Yorkshire is an amazing test bed of your skills where you either get good results or you starve. In this time I gained weight. I also volunteered at the Osteopathic Centre for Children in London, where I was mentored by Susan Turner and Peter Armitage. I gained invaluable experience and spent many happy hours pushing the boundaries of Osteopathy often with very sick children and babies.

Later

Back in 1995 I established my own practice in York and in the years that followed I developed a family Osteopathic practice that gained the respect of the local medical community, with GPs, Health Visitors and Midwives being particularly supportive of my work with babies and pregnant mums. In my last year in York I was given consulting rights at theYork Nuffield Hospital, one of a handful of “consultant” Osteopaths in the country, it was a huge achievement. In 2010 we made the move to Australia and I became the Buderim Osteopath. I’m a strong believer in Osteopathy being for everyone and I have recently added treating cats and dogs to my practice.

I have always wanted to master Osteopathy. I have taken extensive post graduate training in Paediatrics, Cranial, Visceral, Fascial Counterstrain, NLP, DNS and have blended it into my approach. Mastery takes a lifetime to achieve and despite a few grey hairs I am still young and will get there.