Li Thomas

My name is Li Thomas, and I am a new graduate Osteopath with interests in stress, trauma and lifestyle management. 

I began as a Trauma Release Exercise (TRE) certified provider in 2019 and sought to broaden my scope of practice by advancing through the M.Ost programme at Swansea University (2020-2024).

My goal has always been to assist individuals in gaining controlled regulation of their sympathetics and life-stress. Along my journey I have found that this is a major contributing factor to my patient’s pain perception and damaging lifestyle habits. It is through Osteopathy that I have found a holistic approach to maintaining utmost patient safety and a framework for supporting patients towards a healthier life. 

With interests in other modalities such as CBT, QEC, and Nutrition I intend to develop a practice that can fully empower patients to pursue their own utmost health.

For the last two years I have had the pleasure of working in a private and public Osteopathic clinic, which has helped me to hone in my clinical skills and work alongside other practitioners. It has improved my ability to learn from more experienced practitioners, develop my teamwork with healthcare providers, and has given me an opportunity to teach and share knowledge to other students. I look forward to building and continuing dynamic relationships with other healthcare practitioners. 

2022 – 2024    Swansea Singleton Health and Wellbeing Academy 

                        Student Osteopath placement  

 

• Verbal, Written, and Continuous Consent.
• Subjective Case History Consultation.
• Orthopaedic Assessment.
• Osteopathic Assessment.
• Systemic Screening.
• Patient Referrals and Follow-up.
• Osteopathic Treatment.
• GDPR Protective Patient Note Taking.
• Clinical Safety & Infection Control.
• Teamwork- Interprofessional reflection and decision making

2023 – 2024    Swansea Beacon Centre NHS Osteopathy Partnership

                        Student Osteopath placement 

• All Singleton Health and Wellbeing Academy Roles.
• Patient File Administration.
• Clinic Opening and Closing Protocols.
• Patient Complaint Processing.
• Receiving NHS Referrals.
• Over-the-Phone Patient Bookings and Cancellations.

2020 – 2024    M.Ost Swansea University– First class

• Osteopathic Skills.
• Formal Dissertation.
• Personal and Professional Development.
• Osteopathic Concepts and Principles.
• Anatomy and Physiology.
• Pathophysiology, Therapeutics, and Pharmacology.
• Applied Evidence Based Practice. 
• Clinical Biomechanics and Imaging.
• Business Management for Healthcare.
• Applied Psychology and Sociology for Health Care.
• Autonomous Osteopathic Practice.
• Clinical Placement and Experience.

2019 – 2019    Fascia & Trauma Release Course Certificate (South Africa)

• Fascia Release Manual Technique 
• Tom Myers Anatomy Trains Theory 
• Scar Tissue Rehabilitation 
• Trauma Release Theory 

2018 – 2019    Trauma Release Exercise Certification        (TRE-FOR-AFRICA)

• 1 on 1 T.R.E. Certified Provider.
• Group T.R.E. Certified Provider.
• Practical Group and Solo Facilitation
• Co-regulation Theory
• T.R.E. physiology Theory 
• Poly-Vagal Theory 
• Group Discussion Leading
• Access to T.R.E. Theory and Provider network