All our Osteopaths are fully registered with the General Osteopathic Council
Penarth Osteopathic Practice is an independant family practice run by Jonathan Slack PG Dip. (Osteopathic Sports Care), B.sc. (Hons) Ost, and Philippa Slack B.sc. (Hons) Ost, B.sc. Hons who both qualified in 1997 from the British School of Osteopathy.
The practice has more than 12,000 registered patients and three surgeries: the main practice at 66 Westbourne Road in Penarth and a branch surgery at the Spire Hospital in Pentwyn, Cardiff (formerly BUPA). Penarth Osteopathic Practice was first established in 1927 and taken over from Christopher Hancock in 2001.
We pride ourselves in being an effective and affordable choice for back treatment and care for individuals and companies alike in the Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff and Newport areas and are dedicated to providing the very best levels of treatment and patient support.
Working in a private hospital environment gives us access to X-ray and MRI scanning, blood tests and other diagnostic procedures. Our patients benefit because we are able to collaborate with orthopaedic surgeons, rheumatologists and sports injury specialists and other consultants. We are able to treat a wide range of injuries and ailments in conjunction with them and can provide relief for persistent as well as short term injuries. We are registered with all major health insurance providers. If you would like any advice on how we can help you please just get in touch.
Jonathan qualified from the British School of Osteopathy in 1997 with a B.Sc. Hons (Ost) and in 2001 moved to Wales in order to start his osteopathic practice in Penarth. Since graduating he has worked with many physiotherapists and orthopaedic consultants and joined the Orthopaedic team at the Spire Hospital, Pentwyn in 2001. The integration of an Osteopath into a Physiotherapy department has been of great benefit in terms of both the many different Osteopathic techniques used and the perspective with which Osteopaths treat their patients.

Jonathan has a special interest in Sports Injuries, Sports rehabilitation and Cranial Osteopathy. He has undergone extensive post graduate training in these fields and has recently completed a M. Sc. in Osteopathic Sports Care in which he combined traditional osteopathic thinking with the latest advances in exercise physiology, exercise prescription and rehabilitation.
Jonathan is a member of the Osteopathic Sports Care Association, British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine and British Association of Sports and Exercise Science. Jonathan started working at Swansea University in 2011 as an associate clinical tutor on the Osteopathy degree course and started lecturing clinical biomechanics in 2012.
Contact details:
Penarth Osteopathic Practice
66 Westbourne Road
Penarth
Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
CF64 3HB
Tel:
029 2070 8350
07710 782 733
Email:
Jon@PenarthOsteopaths.co.uk
Pippa@PenarthOsteopaths.co.uk
Jonathan has been working towards finishing his qualification in Sports Massage in 2012. Jonathan was lucky enough in 2011 to be part of the medical team with the UK School Games in Sheffield and looks to continue with them over the next few years. Jonathan also has been working with the Welsh Karate League since September 2011 as part of their medical team.
Philippa Slack qualified at the British School of Osteopathy in 1997 and has undertaken several post-graduate courses in Cranial Osteopathy with the Sutherland Society. She has a special interest in treating babies and children with Cranial Osteopathy, particularly with reference to infantile colic, brachiocephaly and plagiocephaly. She has also a Combined Honours degree in Psychology and Computer Science from the University of Liverpool which she graduated at in 1994. Philippa is a member of the Sutherland society, the main teaching society for Cranial Osteopathy in the UK.