Chronic Pain Recovery Retreat: 4 Days in France

GOsC Registered Osteopath | Functional Medicine Practitioner | Strength and Rehabilitation Coach Most people who come to Jean have already tried. Physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage, scans, exercise, rest. They have been told everything looks normal, and they are still in pain. Those are the cases that interest him most. Jean is registered with the UK General Osteopathic Council, number 10993, and holds a Masters in Osteopathy, a BSc in Sports Science, and advanced functional medicine certification through the Kresser Institute in California. He is also an NASM certified personal trainer and a Level 3 sports massage therapist, with over ten years of clinical experience. Three disciplines that usually sit in three different buildings, with three practitioners who never speak to each other, here sit in one pair of hands. The body is treated by hand, the biology driving it is investigated, and strength is rebuilt so the result holds. His osteopathic practice covers the full classical scope including structural, cranial and visceral technique, which lets him assess and treat at every level, from joint mechanics and fascial restriction through to organ mobility and nervous system regulation. The principle underneath it is simple and rarely applied: pain and fatigue are almost always the result of several interconnected factors, and lasting recovery means addressing all of them together. Jean does not hold a formal Pilates qualification. What guests receive instead is movement work built on osteopathic assessment and sports science, motor control, corrective exercise and rehabilitation, programmed for their body specifically rather than delivered as a class. He works from his clinic in Chelsea, sees patients at home across every London borough, consults online worldwide, and hosts these retreats at his private château estate in Deux-Sèvres. The retreat runs four days and three nights with never more than four guests, and is the most intensive form of how he works. He has treated professional athletes, executives, people in long term pain, post surgical patients, and people who have exhausted conventional medicine without finding answers. His interest is in the complex ones. The people who have been told everything is normal, but know it is not. Qualifications Masters in Osteopathy (MOst) BSc (Hons) Sports Science A-CFMP Functional Medicine Practitioner, Kresser Institute, California NASM Certified Personal Trainer Level 3 Sports Massage Therapist GOsC registration number 10993, verifiable on the public register Jean's approach is direct, evidence based and practical. He does not deal in wellness trends or vague lifestyle advice. Every recommendation is grounded in research, explained clearly, and built for the person in front of him. Guests leave not just having been treated, but understanding their own body, why it has been struggling, and exactly what to do about it.