Matthew Peters D.O. GOsC
OSTEOPATH
OSTEOPATH
MY PRACTICE AND APPROACH
Matthew was inspired to become an Osteopath by his grandfather, Frank Martin Peters who himself qualified at the age of 65. He had been an innovative electronic engineer and rose to be a director of several companies including GEC. On his retirement Frank chose to study Osteopathy at the Croydon School of Osteopathy.
Matthew was a child when he was first exposed to the significant improvements Frank performed. Matthew regularly observed patients passing to his treatment room, hunched and shuffling in pain, only to emerge walking freely and expressing gratitude and disbelief in equal measure. By the time Matthew was twelve he had decided that this was what he wanted to do.
Frank explained, "The secret is in the pelvis, it is the Sacro-iliac joint that allows the body to resolve so many complaints. It is the primary and essential skill of all manipulative therapies to successfully adjust these joints." The same mantra was espoused by John Wernham, the recently deceased centenarian Osteopath who was the last living link to the father of Osteopathic technique, John Martin Littlejohn.
Matthew still finds the same satisfaction and fulfilment at relieving the pain or long-term suffering of a patient by the application of skilful adjustments.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Matthew completed four years at the European School of Osteopathy in Maidstone where both he and Charles Tisdall, Clinic Director, gained their qualifications. Matthew has been operating a busy practice in Gravesend since 1989 where he now works part time. He joined the Dacrelands body work team in August 2025 as a part time Associate.
WHAT I AIM TO ACHIEVE IN MY PRACTICE
Matthew is an exponent of Classical osteopathy and understands that Musculo-skeletal pain in the human body needs to be traced back to its neurological origin. For example, the knee has a nerve supply which comes from the Low Back (Lumbar Spine.) If the nerves in the Lumbar Spine are compromised, then the wrong signals are going to the muscles which supply the joint causing tightness and pain. By freeing up the low back the muscles relax, and the knee can optimise its function.
