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Susie Wanford Osteopathy Tonbridge

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Understanding pain. Identifying cause. Providing relief. I am a professional and caring osteopath,

04/08/2026

Doing as I’m told for once and continuing to rest and put my feet up for the summer. Turns out recovery is not always a simple as we would hope. I should know this but we never assume we will be the one to have any extra complications do we?
I still hope to be back working as soon as I can. I’m going to say September for now.

$Look no crutches! I saw the fracture clinic on Friday and an xray showed that my hip is healing well. The bone is not fu...$

12/07/2026

Look no crutches!

I saw the fracture clinic on Friday and an xray showed that my hip is healing well. The bone is not fully reunited but it is where it should be and I see them again in another 6 weeks. And the best news, I am able to fully weight bear.

It’s amazing how just 6 weeks affects your body. The muscles obviously feel weak but my quads feel shortened which means I can’t take a full stride without my pelvis tilting forwards. This means that my glutes are not getting to the point of contracting when I’m walking and it is also putting quite a strain through my left knee, especially ascending stairs.

So I am going to be focusing on small but specific dynamic stretches and movements to improve flexibility. Then strengthening exercises for my whole leg, but focusing on engaging my glute muscles and restoring co-ordination throughout my whole pelvis and lower extremities.

I’m wary that my whole spine will have been compensating and my right sacroiliac joint has been excessively loaded, so hoping some Pilates exercises will help as they rebalance. Of course some osteopathy treatments will help me too. If only I could treat myself!

I’m getting there. I hope to be back to work soon.

07/07/2026

I just got to speak to 50 children aged 9&10 about my favourite subject - anatomy!

I was invited to a local primary school along with other professionals to speak about what we do to encourage their curiosity, interest and hopefully encourage parental investment in their school library.
I was particularly impressed with the questions I was asked at the end, they had so many.

26/06/2026

Well done to all the business owners at the Tonbridge Business Awards last night. So proud to stand with you all.
And a special thank you to my incredibly gorgeous husband for all your love and support as my business continues to grow.

25/06/2026

Tonight is the Tonbridge Business Awards night!

Very proud to be a finalist for this years Health & Wellbeing Award but I’m up against some other great business owners and friends.

I shall be taking my gorgeous husband along with me in his tux and we are really looking forward to it. Pics of us in our glad rags to follow later! It’s gonna be hot 🔥

18/06/2026

Here I am, doing my best to be positive but I have to be honest at times it’s tough. I’m nearly half way through my 6 weeks of minimal weight bearing now. I’ve had my dressing off and am pleased to say my scar is healing really well. I was able to shower again after that woohoo! 🥳

Then yesterday I had my first physio session. I was hoping to be able to really push myself and was thinking I’d be ready for some resistance exercises but nope, advised body weight is enough for now. And actually once I was given permission to start abducting my leg out to the side again, I realised how weak those muscles had got in such a short amount of time. I need to practice turning my hip joint into internal and external rotation too but external especially is horrible. Either due to inflammation or ligament damage or even tissue memory of the trauma, I burst into tears as soon as I tried it this morning. So I will work on this very tentatively and keep you posted.
I’m so determined to get as much mobility back as I can but I need to take my own advice and listen to my body.

I’m looking forward to my next appointment with my osteopath friend Dan who has made me realise what a benefit very early post-op osteopathy treatment can be. I refer quite a few patients for hip replacement and will definitely be adapting how I manage them osteopathically to support them more now through their journey.

Right…time to do some more exercises! 🦵🏼

10/06/2026

Crutches 🤪😱🫤 essential, freedom and independence giving but blinking hard work!

I spent the first couple of days after the op having to rely on a frame but was very happy once I was able to progress to crutches.

I’m lucky being young(ish!) and reasonably fit but having to put all my weight through one leg, my glutes especially tired initially after just 30 seconds.

And then the pressure through my shoulder girdles - wow! I keep having to remind myself to pull my shoulders back and down, and stand up straight. Going up stairs is the hardest on them as 80% my weight is put onto one crutch. And thinking about the position of my arm that’s on the hand rail so that I don’t strain my acromioclavicular joint or rotator cuff muscles.

My hands after a couple of minutes walking feel it also. Resisting the temptation to try to carry something with a finger or two as this upsets the weight distribution across my palm. Now where’s my backpack….! 🎒

On the plus side ✨ I’ve noticed areas strengthening as a result. I can stand for longer periods before tiring now and my hip isn’t dropping so much - so where I’m losing muscle mass on the injured side due to rest I’m bulking on the right 😆 I will have a very funny shaped butt after all of this! And as long as I’m really careful about my form, surely I will come out of this with stronger shoulders?! My balance on my right leg is noticeably improving and so the proprioceptive feedback mechanism is certainly benefiting. I also feel my core engage more as I manoeuvre at the moment - all elements to embrace and then bear in mind when I get to rehab properly and bring the weaker side back up to strength.

07/06/2026

I am a week in after my accident and having this ‘2 screw dynamic hip screw’ fitted the same day. I could have opted for a total hip replacement but the surgeon felt I had a good chance of being able to save my own.

The danger of the fracture I had is that there is a very limited blood supply to the head of the femur. We hope that this has been preserved and not damaged too much. Time will tell. In the meantime it’s a good excuse to eat 85% dark chocolate each day which has been proven to promote angiogenesis (growth of blood vessels)! 🍫

I have a 4” wound on the side of my leg which is surprisingly to me, the most painful area at the moment. My actual hip is somewhat restricted but let’s face it, there is likely a fair amount of inflammation and swelling that is going to take time to go down. I don’t really have any awareness of the metal, in fact it’s strange to imagine it’s in there.

I have advised to put less than 50% weight through that leg for 6 weeks until reassessed so it’s crutches everywhere at the moment - that’s another post in itself…

29/05/2026

UNFORTUNATE TEMPORARY CLINIC CLOSURE
So the lesson I learned today??? Don’t slip over and break your hip! 🫣

Truro hospital has been fantastic tho. They operated this afternoon and i now have pins and a plate. The doctors and nurses are so kind.

But this does of course mean my clinic is closed for a few weeks. I shall be in touch personally with my patients to cancel and refund.

Thank you for your patience and understanding 🫶🏼

26/05/2026

Super proud to be a finalist in this years Health & Wellbeing category for the Tonbridge Business Awards!

A huge thank you to all my fabulous loyal patients who have all played their part in helping my business continue to grow.

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1 Vauxhall Gardens
Tonbridge
TN110LZ

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 12:30pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 1:30pm
Wednesday	6:30pm - 8:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 1:30pm

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https://susiewanfordosteopathy.co.uk/

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