Meet the Osteopaths

  • Bill Aston

    BSc (Hons) Ost, Sports Sci

    Since setting up the Osteopath practice with Lucy in 2005 Bill has established himself as a local expert in treating acute low back and cervical spine pain. With his background in Sports Science he also is well known by many of the Islands top sportsmen and women and has been a member of the medical staff for the Jersey Commonwealth Games and Island Games teams since 2006. He is a member of the British Medical Acupuncture Society and uses Dry needling techniques to complement his manual work. Bill completed a postgraduate course in Cranial Osteopathy through the Cranial Academy in America. As with all the Osteopaths in our practice Bill advises his patients with various exercises giving them ways to manage their own condition. He is trained in Clinical Pilates through the Australian Pilates and Physiotherapy Institute.

    Before studying osteopathy Bill gained an Honors degree in Sport and Exercise Science from Birmingham University. He went straight from this to the British School of Osteopathy, qualifying in 2001. Bill spent 3 years working in Australia on the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane before returning to the UK and eventually Jersey.

    Bill is a keen hockey player and captained the Island side for 4 years and coaches the Island boys U16s.

  • Lucy Race

    BSc (Hons) Ost, Dip Vet Ost

    Lucy set up the Osteopath practice in Jersey with Bill after working for 4 years in Bristol. Here she worked in a local centre of excellence treating international athletes as well as other top sportsmen and women. She also worked in a local practice specialising in treating IBS and as such has gained a wide scope to her practice. Lucy is an effervescent character and an excellent Osteopath who quickly makes her patients feel at ease. She treats all walks of life including newborn infants with whom she has much experience. She has done 2 postgraduate courses in Cranial Osteopathy including one in the USA with the much acclaimed Cranial Academy. Lucy uses acupuncture techniques alongside her osteopathic treatments. She has also completed a clinical pilates course specific to rehabilitation and uses these exercises extensively the her management of her patients.

    Lucy is a horsewoman of considerable experience and talent. Since 2007 she has been using her Osteopathic skills to benefit the Islands Equine community as well as treating dogs, particularly show and agility dogs. She has a post graduate diploma in Equine and Canine Osteopathy and with her experience from growing up around horses has an excellent empathy with the animals she treats.

  • Luca Paciello

    BSc and MSc Osteopathic Medicine

    Luca has been with The Osteopath team since November 2023.  He obtained a Batchelor in Osteopathy in his native Italy before going on to get a Masters in Osteopathy in London.  He has become a valuable member of the team.  Luca has a wide ranging osteopathic practice and is very mindful of the need to look at the body as a whole.  He is an ex professional tennis player and briefly held a world ranking.  Receiving treatment at this time from an Osteopath ignited an interest in the human being and health. He uses this experience to help advise patients on how health is more than just fitness. 

    Luca uses a variety of techniques and a gentle manual approach, identifying and treating dysfunctions.  He combines this with structural techniques to improve the physiology of the joints and patient as a whole.

    Luca’s hobbies still include Tennis, where he has already represented Jersey, Hiking in Nature, and Travel.