A different pace of care
Modern life places sustained demands on the body.
Not in bursts, but continuously — physical, emotional, cognitive, environmental.
Pain, fatigue, stress, poor recovery, and loss of confidence in the body rarely arrive suddenly. More often, they accumulate quietly, as the system adapts to load faster than it can restore.
Livelong exists to help people understand what their body is doing under these conditions — and how to support it more reliably.
The work here is calm, deliberate, and unhurried.
A place to arrive.
A place to orient.
A place to make health decisions with clarity rather than urgency.
The evolution of Livelong
Livelong began as a multidisciplinary clinic, built on the belief that collaboration matters.
Over time, the clinical work revealed something deeper.
Many of the challenges people brought — recurring pain, injury cycles, stress patterns, fatigue, poor recovery — were not problems of technique.
They were problems of time, load, and system-level overwhelm.
As the work deepened, the model changed.
Livelong is now evolving into a more focused, founder-led practice — one that allows space for longer conversations, deeper assessment, and care that reflects how the body actually adapts across seasons and life stages.
This evolution is not about doing more.
It is about doing the work properly.
Who we are
Livelong was founded by Tom and Harriet Parry.
Tom is the Clinical Director — a practising osteopath and acupuncturist with many years of experience supporting people through pain, stress, injury, fatigue, performance demands, pregnancy, ageing, and recovery.
His work sits at the intersection of:
- hands-on clinical practice
- nervous system regulation
- breath and recovery physiology
- movement efficiency and load management
- long-term physical capacity
Harriet shapes the systems, environment, and structure that allow this work to be delivered with calm and coherence.
They are parents, practitioners, and business owners — living inside the same pressures many of their patients face.
This lived reality informs everything Livelong is becoming.
What guides the work
Livelong is not organised around conditions or protocols. It is organised around how the human system responds to load, stress, recovery, and life stage. The work often begins with different questions:
- How is your body adapting right now?
- Where has capacity narrowed?
- What is your system protecting itself from?
- What does it need to feel safe, capable, and dependable again?
From here, care becomes less reactive — and more informed.
How care is delivered
Care at Livelong is intentionally unhurried.
Time is built in for:
- understanding context, history, and current demand
- assessing movement, regulation, and recovery patterns
- working with the body at physical and nervous-system levels
- choosing interventions based on the person, not a template
Treatment may include osteopathic work, acupuncture, breath-based regulation, movement guidance, or recovery support — always selected in context, always with capacity in mind.
The aim is not dependency.
It is orientation, confidence, and trust in one’s own body.
A quieter measure of success
Success here is not volume or speed.
It is measured by:
- how reliable the body feels over time
- how well it recovers from effort and stress
- how confidently people make health decisions
- how rarely they end up in crisis
This is care that is intended to age well.
The Livelong journey
There is no fixed pathway.
People arrive at different moments:
- to stabilise pain or fatigue
- to rebuild confidence and capacity
- to maintain health through demanding seasons of life
The journey is not linear — and it does not need to be.
A final word
Livelong is not a place to optimise endlessly or fix what isn’t broken.
It is a place to:
- slow down enough to understand what your body is doing
- build capacity that compounds rather than depletes
- support health that remains usable, adaptable, and dependable
If you are looking for quick answers, this may not be the right fit.
If you are looking for thoughtful, grounded care — you are very welcome here.
Our clinics
Livelong is a founder-led health practice based in Suffolk, offering thoughtful, system-based care designed to support long-term physical capacity and recovery. Our work is moving to be delivered from a quieter, rural barn setting near Stoke by Nayland — a deliberate shift that reflects the way we practise. Environment matters. Space, pace, and surroundings all shape how the nervous system settles, how attention shifts, and how clearly the body can be understood. The move to a more rural setting allows the work to happen with fewer distractions, more time, and a deeper sense of orientation. It is not a retreat from clinical rigour, but a deepening of it.
If you’re unsure where to begin, a conversation is often the simplest first step. We’re always happy to talk things through and help you understand what kind of support might be most appropriate. Call us on 01473 652509.
