Tom Parry — Osteopath, Acupuncturist & Breathwork Practitioner in Suffolk

Founder of Livelong | Registered Osteopath (17+ years) | Clinical Acupuncturist | Certified Wim Hof Method Instructor and Educator (8+ years)

Location

February 2026 - clinical work at Hyntle Barn, Hintlesham

March 2026 - clinical work at Oak Barn, Stoke By Nayland

Overview

Tom Parry is the founder and Clinical Director of Livelong, a founder-led health practice based in Suffolk.

He is a registered osteopath with over 17 years of continuous clinical experience, integrating osteopathy, clinical acupuncture, breathwork, and nervous system regulation. His focus is on helping people restore long-term physical capacity and reliability across life stages—rather than treating conditions in isolation.

Livelong operates under a simple principle: sustainable health requires building capacity that compounds over time.

Clinical Background & Experience

Tom’s clinical work is grounded in long-term, hands-on practice rather than theory alone.

• Registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)

• Clinically integrates acupuncture within musculoskeletal and nervous system care

• Certified Wim Hof Method instructor for over 8 years

• Extensive workshop and retreat experience in the UK and internationally

• Founder and Clinical Director of Livelong

Alongside one-to-one clinical work, Tom has spent many years teaching practical physiology tools — particularly breathwork and nervous system regulation — to help people and organisations to support themselves beyond the clinic room.

From Performance to Capacity

Tom qualified from the British School of Osteopathy in 2008. Before clinical practice, he competed at junior international level in hockey for Wales, shaped by years of high-performance environments, coaching, and physical demand.

That early exposure to performance culture profoundly influenced his clinical thinking.

Over time, working with athletes, executives, parents, and professionals, a consistent pattern emerged: most people weren't failing—their systems were overloaded

Recurring pain, persistent fatigue, stress held in the body, declining recovery, and loss of confidence in movement were rarely isolated problems. They were signals that capacity had been eroded faster than it could be restored.

This insight became the foundation of Tom’s work.

A Capacity-Led, Systems Approach to Health

Today, Tom works in a deliberately focused, founder-led model that allows for depth, continuity, and calm decision-making.

His clinical work centres on understanding:

• how load is distributed through the body

• how the nervous system regulates safety and stress

• how breathing, posture, and movement affect recovery

• where capacity has quietly narrowed over time

• how to rebuild robustness without force or urgency

Treatment draws from osteopathy and acupuncture, supported by structured breathwork and nervous system regulation where appropriate. Techniques are selected, not prescribed — always in context, always with long-term capacity in mind.

This approach is proactive rather than reactive, focused on long-term structure and capacity rather than symptom management alone.

Breathwork & Nervous System Regulation

Alongside osteopathy and acupuncture, Tom has spent over eight years teaching the Wim Hof Method, using structured breathwork and controlled stress exposure to support nervous system regulation, recovery, and resilience under load.

This work is not about pushing limits, but about teaching the body how to regulate pressure, recover more effectively, and respond to stress without constant compensation.

Breathwork is applied as a clinical tool to support regulation and recovery, not as a performance technique.

Conditions, Without Chasing Them

While Tom does not focus on conditions in isolation, his work regularly supports people experiencing:

• persistent or recurring pain
• stress-related physical symptoms
• repeated injury or loss of confidence in movement
• declining recovery capacity
• fatigue that does not resolve with rest

The aim is not dependency on treatment, but understanding, so that care becomes appropriate, proportionate, and effective over time.

Life Stages, Seasons, and Generational Health

Becoming a father deepened Tom’s interest in how health patterns form early and compound across a lifetime.

Alongside his adult clinical work, he is involved in education-based initiatives supporting children to develop foundational skills for nervous system regulation, readiness to learn, and physical confidence.

This work is informed by extensive clinical experience with adults, where chronic pain, burnout, anxiety, and poor recovery often trace back to early overload and insufficient regulation capacity.

Tom’s perspective is clear: how we care for health today shapes not only individual futures, but generational ones.

How Tom Works

People who work with Tom are often capable, driven, and thoughtful, but feel their bodies are no longer keeping pace with their lives.

Tom's clinical approach is calm and unhurried, with an emphasis on understanding rather than dependency. Treatment is practical and context-specific, avoiding both oversimplification and unnecessary complexity.

Tom works best with those who want to think long-term, value depth over quick fixes, and are ready to build health that genuinely supports the life they want to live.

Location

Tom is currently based in Hintlesham, Suffolk, and works with individuals locally as well as through workshops, retreats, and educational initiatives across the UK and internationally.

From March 2026, Tom’s clinical work will be based in a bespoke rural barn setting in Stoke By Nayland, designed to support deeper, founder-led care.