Dimitri is a dedicated physiotherapist who completed his degree at the University of East London in 2014. Since graduating, he has built a broad range of experience working in private clinics, hospital environments, and alongside professional football teams, where he spent several years specialising in sports rehabilitation. This diverse background has allowed him to develop strong clinical skills in treating both acute injuries and long-term conditions.

As a confident and skilled manual therapist, Dimitri creates tailored treatment plans based on thorough assessment and clinical diagnosis. He is committed to helping each achieve optimal recovery, improve performance, and confidently return to their everyday activities or sport.

He has a particular passion for particular interest in musculoskeletal health, including sports injuries, spinal conditions, and chronic pain management. Dimitri also places strong emphasis on injury prevention and long-term physical wellbeing.

Dimitri is a registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP), the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and an active research contributor on ResearchGate.

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Ian has over twenty years of experience within elite sports and private practice including South Africa cricket, Northern Titan Cricket, Northern Blues Hockey, professional golfers including Ernie Els, and also the GB gymnastics team when they toured SA. He set up and ran a successful clinic in South Africa before moving to the UK with his family in 2019. Since then he has quickly developed an excellent reputation with Sports Consultants and Orthopaedic Surgeons with whom he enjoys working to ensure the best outcomes for his patients.

Ian qualified with a BSc (Hons) at the University of Pretoria in 1997 alongside two years of a Human Movement Science degree. He believes in going back to basics by first mobilizing the soft tissue or joint with his hands and then overseeing a gradual increase in active rehabilitation exercises. Ian achieves an excellent balance of manual therapy and exercise rehabilitation to help his patients. He has also completed courses in kinesio-taping, dry needling, and hydrotherapy. Ian’s greatest reward is seeing the joy on his patients’ faces when they resume pain-free training.

If you have a sports injury and want to get back to your beloved sport, or if you are suffering from shoulder or back pain, or are looking for someone who has plenty of experience with post-op recovery, Ian is the physio for you.

In his spare time, Ian enjoys playing any ball sport. He is a single-figure golfer and past provincial hockey player. Having a social beer with family and friends is also high on his agenda during his downtime.

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After suffering a serious knee injury towards the end of 2020, I reached out to Lucy for some expert guidance and advice during my rehabilitation. Thanks to Lucy’s extensive knowledge and expert advice I am now back training for my pending Ironman in 2021 and injury free. I can’t recommended Lucy highly enough!

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Wonderful support for the members participating in the Virtual London Marathon! Lucy Macdonald has provided a lot of informative videos, and chats, Q & A’s to answer questions for new and experienced runners alike. Very care driven and supportive, thank you Lucy!

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I approached Lucy Macdonald about a long-standing problem with my shoulder last year, and she was both professional and helpful in diagnosing the issue (in spite of lockdown restraints!) and in going through exercises with me to help resolve the problem. I then did a number of remote sessions with Lucy’s colleague, Claudia (also very friendly, professional, approachable & competent) which continued to ease the pain, improve the range of movement and strengthen the joint. I had a very good experience with Octopus Clinic and highly recommend their services.

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I was fortunate to receive help from the Octopus Clinic during my training for the London marathon. I had injured my hip as a result of numerous long runs. Lucy provided me with exercises and insight with regard to what I could do to treat the injury. Even though the advice was received through virtual means it really helped me to get back out on the road. If you are feeling hesitant about virtual physio please don’t be. The efficacy of virtual physiotherapy appears to be no different to that in person, obviously injury dependent. Give it a go!

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I am in a great Charity running group for the London Marathon and Lucy has been very helpful with Weekly tips and tricks for minor niggles and injury recovery. Always happy to help and replies quickly too. It’s vital to have a good physio and Lucy is great!

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Roll on London Marathon Oct 3rd 2021..

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Having fallen down a pot hole and badly sprained my ankle last year, whilst training for the 2020 Virgin London Marathon, it was such a relief to be able to seek the advice of a Physiotherapist. Lucy is extremely knowledgeable and very professional. She regularly checked in with my progress, and her online videos were easy to follow and helpful whilst I exercised to rebuild the strength in my ankle. It was great to know I had her support during my training, and still do!

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