english osteopath in Antibes
4 rue Vauban, 06600 Antibes
4 rue Vauban, Antibes
Antibes Clinic
Getting there
Parking
La Poste 75 metres (free for 1 hr)
Les Pecheurs 200 metres (free for 1 hr)
There is street parking outside the office, free for 1 hr and free between 12pm and 2pm. Plus free all day Saturday.
Walking from the port
From in front of the Capitanerie, walk towards the town. Cross the road and walk into the pedestrianised area with the high town wall behind you and turn immediately right. Walk in front of all the bars and restaurants and keep walking till you join a road, continue, past Blue Water Yachting and then you come to a small roundabout. On this roundabout there is a paint shop and a restaurant Don Camillo. Take the 4th exit, this is Rue Vauban. There is a HUGE building work going on at the moment. Walk all the way up this street passing the Norwegian food shop on your right then the sex shop on your left. We are next to the sex shop! number 4.
Walking from the train station
Cross the road and head straight in front of the station over the pedestrian crossing, it is called Avenue de la Liberation, at the end there is a roundabout, take the road on the left called rue Mirabeau, at the end is a small roundabout. Directly across this is the start of rue Vauban. You will see a restaurant in the corner called La Famiglia. This is Rue Vauban. There is a HUGE building work going on at the moment. Walk all the way up this street passing the Norwegian food shop on your right then the sex shop on your left. We are next to the sex shop! number 4.
Bus routes
Buses arrive at the new Pole D’echanges which is directly above the train station, Go to the station and follow the directions from there.
Wheelchair access?
.This clinic is not fully accessible. Outside there is a high step. If you are in a motorised wheelchair this will not be possible as a ramp is unsafe to fit. In this case and only for those who live within a 1km distance from the clinic we offer home visits at no additional call out charge. The clinic is accessible to prams and pushchairs, bearing in mind there is a large step. We can help lift a pushchair up it for you.
For Home/Yacht call outs – 04 93 34 67 17
Who is working in Antibes?
Rachael
Osteopath / Founder
Rachael Dickens BA Hons, BSc Ost Hons
Rachael moved to France in 2001 and set up the clinics.
Being an osteopath is her second career, she used to be a publisher within the Daily Mail Group. But after an accident at the age of 28 where she suffered from a broken back which left her (temporarily) paralysed she was taken to see an osteopath and had the 'carried in, walked out' moment that led her to change careers, go back to her third University and study another 5 years to be able to 'Do to someone, what someone did to me'
During her time in France Rachael co founded the pre cursor to the 'Osteos du Coeur' a charity which enables those from modest incomes to access free osteopathic health care. During her stint as President of this charity, she was voted as the PACA regions' Woman of the Year' (Prix de Femmes) and flown to Paris to be honoured as the top ten women who had made a difference to their community. The first British woman to be so honoured.
Rachael has raised over 100k for a UK charity for wounded veterans and sits on the committee as the medical lead. Supporting Wounded Veterans.
She loves working as an osteo and her energy is impressive. Although she has less clinic time these days she is usually to be found plotting and planning the future of the clinics, helping other businesses as a mentor, adopting dogs, or kayaking.
Her dark secret is that she was swapped at birth but then re swapped. An incident that her family still tease her about to this day. She was mixed up with a newborn Indian baby, and neither family noticed the difference!
Yanni
Osteopath
Yanni (Ioannis) qualified as an Osteopath in the UK. He is a Greek/UK dual national, recently arrived from Leeds. He has been looking forward to moving south as the weather in the UK was getting him down. All he wants is to have his morning coffee on his balcony in the sunshine.
He was working for two clinics in the Uk and was seeing up to 16 patients a day because he was the most popular osteo there. He is extremely competent and has 5 years private clinic practice under his belt.He joined us from a very busy clinic and there, saw many office related injuries and people suffering from a sedentary lifestyle.
He is very committed to prescribing individual exercises and enagages with his patients so that they soon know as much about their anatomy as a neuro surgeon would!
His hobbies are all pretty much outdoor activities that dont involve too much energy, and he is hesitantly going to try cold water swimming all winter!
Jodi
Osteopath
Jodi (Gioele) graduated from ICOM The International College of Osteopathic Medicine in Malta and started working in Milan soon after. His Masters degree led him to specialise in Sports and Pediatric Osteopathy.
He loves working with the aging population because its so rewarding for both him and his patients. He has people that come in who have been suffering for so long and he loves being able to help them change and regain their lives.
He is the first Italian osteo we have had who has zero interest in football, and is so welcome because of that!!!! But he is an avid supporter of rugby, which is odd because Italy are so much better at football!!!
He also doesnt really enjoy cooking. I am wondering if he is really Italian!
He loves taking part in sports especially beach volleyball and swimming, which is great as there is a much better chance of him getting some games in here, than Milan.
Jodi is super optimistic and you'll love the energy he brings into each consultation.
A very welcome member of the team.
Laurence
Manual Therapist and Rehab Prehab Consultant
Laurence
Laurence is our Rehab and Prehab specialist, he makes people walk again, after they’ve been immobile for months or years. For that you need a lot of patience and Laurence is so calm and relaxing to be around. He trained in the UK and learnt his physiotherapy skills in the NHS. He came back to France because working in the NHS was demoralising as he couldnt give the patients the care that they needed and deserved. Hence we have now set up a In house Rehabilitation service, which he heads.
Laurence came to France a s 6 year old, and loves to cook and paint and play guitar. If you come to the clinic some of our paintings are Laurence originals!
Michel
Doctor
Michel was an Approved Doctor to certify seafarers however he is currently unable to offer this service.