Zoe the Osteopath

21/10/2026

After my eldest was born, 6 weeks later I was back at school studying. It was tough, beyond tough, and there was a little too much going on at the time with my beautiful boy's health and I was STRESSED, so stressed, along with thinking I was doing most things wrong

so it was difficult to leave him, I had major guilt, but at the same time, eventually with time, I was grateful to have moments to return to self, to be with me a little.

To stop.

I really value being in a good place with yourself in order for you to then be able to be a functioning happy person, that is responsible for someone else.

You'll usually find me in clinic, insisting couples with a newborn, to NOT spend every waking second with the baby, but actually give that little bundle of love to your Savta or Saba, and take a moment to go, to be, to RECONNECT, to let go a little.
And then come back -
come back fresh,
come back ready,
come back onto your path,
but definitely not only the path we take, after we hit that wall running, and then sometimes it's almost too late.

And sometimes, just sometimes, like today, I see that mumma that is trying so so (too) hard to do everything for their baby in the way they seem to think it should be

(but they don't know who I see in my room)

they think every mumma outside is better, stronger, more patient, less tired than them but in the end we are all the same, and I see the women who finally let down that barrier of being perfect super sweet happy patient energetic mumma here, and finally
They
Let
Go

So girl, take a minute to breath, take a moment to be still, don't worry about what everyone thinks or what mistakes you might make (trust we have all made them, and worse 😂🤭)

Just stop.
You don't need to do everything.
You definitely don't need to do everything in a perfect way.
And sometimes you don't need to do anything at all.
But maybe you should be the one lying on the treatment table and find a way to get some good communication for yourself back into your body, so you can then go back and be with your baby
And just
Be

Just be.
You really are doing an amazing job.

03/10/2026

Albeit I only had about 3 hours sleep because this mumma went out partying the night before 🤭
But technically it was a warm up for my Friday lesson lols
Always a good class with the amazing Mai!

24/09/2026

Patients cancelled, revelations unexpected, got ghosted (wtf), tired kids, tired mumma, so next best thing? Make some good food and f@cking dance...

19/09/2026

10/09/2026

One of the best parts of treating all the beautiful mummas, is getting the lovely honour of receiving the news of the births of their bubbas, with early morning, or late night photos straight after.

It's a pleasure to open my WhatsApp in the morning and see these amazing snapshots of a precious moment in time, and to know that I helped a little or a lot on their birth journeys.

So thank you to all the women who trust me to give them a little helping hand, and thank you for letting me be a part of your story.....

29/08/2026

I just need to breathe and it annoys them lols

20/08/2026

There are a few things in my clinic that have quietly been part of the story for a very long time 🌱

This little changing mat has been with me for 16 years.

And for the last 9 years here in Israel, if I do the maths, somewhere around 2,500 babies have probably lain on it while being changed, wriggled on it, cried on it, smiled on it… and generally done all the things babies do 😅

And then there’s my grandfather’s armchair, that I inherited many many moons ago.

Apart from me sitting in it after I had my own babies, it has really only ever belonged to my patients.

Over those same years, probably well over two thousand adults have sat in that chair — talking, resting, feeding babies, telling me their stories, waiting for their treatment, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying.

We talk a lot about years of clinical experience in terms of qualifications and numbers.

But sometimes I think experience is also held in the objects that have quietly witnessed it all.

Thousands of babies. Thousands of families. Thousands of conversations.

And one very well-used changing mat and one very loved old armchair. But thousands of patients later… and somehow, not one bad mark left behind ❣️

19/08/2026

I know your baby is having a tough time, but hopefully I can help change that a bit, and purely selfishly this gives me the tingles I need for my day, helping you, helping him/her, and actually helping me as it's my zen for the day ❣️

30/05/2026

When I was doing my travelling, many moons ago, I used to randomly take pictures of my feet at various times during my trips (albeit I never really loved my feet) - my thing, go figure, perhaps it was my way to remind me of myself so I didn't get too lost along the way

It's been a while since these toes have been in focus, and sitting at home I just realised it's my last chill on this balcony for the weekend, before I'm going on a bit of an amazing adventure, so I figured I might as well start the impromptu feet portraits again, in the before, during and after. Let's see where these feet lead me, or where I lead them....🌱🪶💚