Sergi is a Catalan Osteopath and Craniosacral Therapist who is very passionate for the body, well-being and alternative medicine. In 2018 he graduated from the University College of Osteopathy (UCO), former British School of Osteopathy (BSO), and has been living in London since 2016. He is a registered Osteopath at the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) and insured by the Institute of Osteopathy (iO). Sergi is registered at the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Physiotherapist and holds postgraduate trainings in Fascial Therapy and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.
In 2020 and 2021 he taught at the UCO as a clinic tutor where he mentored and provided clinical education to osteopathic students. He has published 2 research articles (Casals-Gutierrez & Abbey, 2020 & Shaw et al., 2022) at the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (IJOM), with following titles: Interoception, Mindfulness and Touch: A Meta-Review of functional MRI studies and Reconceptualizing the therapeutic alliance in osteopathic practice: Integrating insights from phenomenology, psychology and enactive inference.
With the patient at the centre of the therapeutic process, Sergi aims to understand the body both from a direct felt experience and by using osteopathic diagnostic and treatment skills. During sessions space is offered for patients to reflect, talk and learn about their bodily symptoms as well as encouraging the release of tissue compensations through osteopathic manual therapy, mindfulness, movement and breath.
Sergi uses a range of Osteopathic techniques, including Cranial, Visceral, Fascial, Functional and Structural. These are employed so that patients can relax and repose amid adversity and slowly learn to be guided by the perception of their own bodies.
Within the principles of Osteopathic Medicine lay the understandings of structure-function interrelationship and body-mind unity. These suggest that physical and psychological stressors – situations in which our resources are surpassed or overwhelmed – are experiences that can become patterned, stuck and create symptoms in our bodies. These processes can reduce our capacity to adapt and integrate new experiences.
Bodily symptoms can manifest in a myriad of ways including: not being able to relax, hypervigilance, restlessness, holding tension, stiffness, heaviness, discomfort, acute and chronic pain, chronic fatigue, attentional deficits, learning difficulties, or insomnia; but this is not an exhaustive list.
Sessions are provided within a safe and calm environment where patients can learn to recognise new ways to support their physical symptoms. Treatments are tailored to patients and their contextual situation, aiming to work towards an embodied understanding and capacity for self-management.
Sergi is happy to offer treatments in English, Spanish or French. His first consultation fees and follow-up treatments are £80 per session. Reduced prices for regular patients, patients with low economic income, black and other ethnic minorities, LGBT+, elderly patients, students and families are open to consideration. If you have any enquiries or need some more information, please do not hesitate to contact him on 07563942623 or email scgosteopathy@gmail.com.
