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Exploring the 4 Diaphragms: Cranial, Cervical, Thoracic, and Pelvic
This is a 2 day Continuing Professional Development (CPD) workshop (16 hours), in which we will explore applying our skills to the 4 diaphragms. This event is a skills workshop for practitioners who have attended any Hendrickson Method training which will help increase anatomical understanding to enable greater precision and results in clinic. Areas covered include: Investigating fascial implications. Gaining a greater understanding of how our Hendrickson Method enables treatment of the fascia. Examining the body as a whole, not…
Find out more »Supporting Joint Replacement
A two day workshop on how we can help people going through joint replacement, focusing on hips, knees and shoulders. The focus will be on pre and post-operative patients that are requiring joint re-placement. Objectives of the day: An anatomy review with focus and exploration of fascial connections Understanding the Greys Institute to explore how this can be applied pre and post rehab. For this section we will have a guest speaker Stephen Shipperlee Spend time exploring how Polestar Pilates…
Find out more »Introduction to the Hendrickson Method 2020
This two day workshop offers you the chance to come and explore to the Hendrickson Method, without committing to the full training course. This weekend will allow you to access new skills, techniques and protocols, and, if you think it's for you, will also mean you'll be able to start the programme to become a full Hendrickson Method Practitioner. The Hendrickson Method is an advanced system of massage and manual therapy that combines a remarkable new method of massage called wave…
Find out more »Introduction to using NLP for physiotherapists, massage therapists and Pilates or Yoga practitioners
This two-day workshop is an introduction to using NLP in clinical scenarios. The aim of this workshop is to give therapists skills to enable the people we treat or teach to make committed and positive choices for themselves when they are struggling to recover from long term pain and sports injuries. The course will be led by Sue Bennett, a qualified NLP practitioner who has been using NLP to help patients for over 15 years. The NLP techniques that will…
Find out more »Review of the Upper Extremities
This two-day workshop will review Hendrickson Method soft tissue mobilisation and joint mobilisations. The aims of the two days will be To create deeper soft precision with our soft tissue mobilisations To further investigate the usefulness of Mets To gain a deeper understanding of the fascial connections and implications when considering treatment plans Review treating such conditions as thoracic out syndrome, rotator cuff dysfunction, frozen shoulder, joint capsulitis. This workshop is open to therapists and movement practitioners: physiotherapists, massage therapists,…
Find out more »An Introduction to NLP – Live Web Course
This is a one-day practical online workshop you will explore tools and models that I have found useful in my treatment room. These skills have helped me to enable people to move beyond their injures, pain and dysfunction. This workshop will take place via Zoom on the 12th September 10.00am til 4.30pm There will be a break for lunch, and regular quick refreshment breaks. The workshop will be interactive and experiential, with time for questions and learning activities. We will…
Find out more »Reviewing and Reflecting on Assessment Protocol
The workshop is now taking place on the 13th March 2021 These are truly strange times, our patients come through our clinic doors with lower back pain, or shoulder pain, or a running injury because there has been a lot of ‘Couch to 5k’. So, they present with a muscular skeletal pain or discomfort, which when treating you often find there is also an under lying tension within the nervous system, most often due to COVID 19 and the pressures…
Find out more »Diving Deep into the Hendrickson Method
This two day workshop will bring together experienced Hendrickson Method practitioners with those new to the method, offering a space to be introduced to the technique, learn more, expand on current knowledge and share with fellow therapists. We also aim to explore the difference between treating patients with soft tissue injury and those who need help to bring the parasympathetic nervous system back into balance. It will qualify as 16 hours of CPD training. Key objectives of the workshop…
Find out more »Muscle Energy Technique for the Thoracic Spine and Ribs
This two-day workshop is to further explore the usefulness of METs when treating joints, in conjunction with Hendrickson Method techniques to address the soft tissue around them. Key objectives Examining indirect and direct techniques and recognising the difference. Linking METs with soft tissue release for the diaphragm. Visceral techniques that ease the junction of T12/L1 Understanding that sometime we need to release a small segment before we can address the whole problem Reviewing Hendrickson Method soft tissue and joint…
Find out more »Investigating the causes of chronic long term headaches
This workshop will be open to just 4 therapists, ( Hendrickson Method students and practitioners, osteopaths, Pilates teachers) we will spend the day investigating what could be the cause of long-term headaches exploring the patient’s postural response to life, assessment protocol, coaching skills to enable the people we treat to make choices that serve them well. Key objectives of this workshop : Investigating the causes of long term headaches. Exploring the patients postural response to life. Reviewing anatomy and physiology…
Find out more »Treatment and Rehabilitation Post Pelvic Health Surgery and Childbirth
This workshop will be addressing treatment and rehabilitation post operative pelvic health surgery, where the focus will be on those women who have had problems in childbirth, C-sections, hysterectomies, and pelvic floor repairs. This can often lead to trauma and shock which often remains unacknowledged. We will take a whole body approach to treatment addressing scar tissue both internally and externally. Explore coaching skills to support changes and choices these women may choose on the road to recovery. This recovery may be from…
Find out more »Coaching skills for body workers
This workshop will be limited to 6 therapist. Through coaching skills, we can find unique ways to enable our clients to wellness. Finding the language that is positive, inquisitive, and curious that enables patients to make different choices for themselves Key objectives of the workshop : Developing therapists skills in enabling / coaching clients to manage their own wellbeing. The day will explore how we set compassionate boundaries. How we can coach our patients to commit to practice/rehabilitation How we…
Find out more »One Day Workshop: lower back pain and people displaying idiopathic pain
The first in my 2022 series of one day workshops. We will focus on lower back pain, and people displaying idiopathic pain. The aim of these groups is to create more focused small-group training, in a friendly setting. Each day will begin with coaching skills, to increase your confidence in enabling the people we treat to tackle the mental aspects of their progression to better movement. We will then move on to practical hands-on work, with a focus on precision; how…
Find out more »One Day Workshop: working with people who have hypermobility and accompanying symptoms (part 1)
The second in my 2022 series of one day workshops. For this date, we'll be focusing on hypermobility, delving into the syndrome and accompanying symptoms. The workshop will have a strict maximum of 8 participants. This is part 1 of 2 workshops - the second will be in 2024. The aim of these groups is to create more focused small-group training, in a friendly setting. Each day will begin with coaching skills, to increase your confidence in enabling the people we…
Find out more »One Day Workshop: shoulder, wrist and hand pain resulting from FHP and kyphotic posture
For the third in this series of one-day workshops, the focus will be on shoulder, wrist and hand pain resulting from FHP and kyphotic posture. The aim of these groups is to create more focused small-group training, in a friendly setting. Each day will begin with coaching skills, to increase your confidence in enabling the people we treat to tackle the mental aspects of their progression to better movement. We will then move on to practical hands-on work, with a focus…
Find out more »Treating people with lifelong headaches
This is the first of our one-day workshops for 2024. We will address a whole person approach to treating people who have been struggling with lifelong headaches. The aim of these groups is to foster more focused training through small groups in a friendly setting. Each day will begin with coaching skills, to increase your confidence in enabling the people we treat to tackle the mental aspects of their progression to better movement. For this workshop in the coaching section we…
Find out more »Revising and revisiting the psoas
For the second of our 2024 one-day workshops will explore the connections the psoas has with the rest of the body and its fascial connections, taking a whole-body approach to recovering function and the patient’s awareness of its role within the body and movements. The aim of these groups is to foster more focused training through small groups in a friendly setting. Each day will begin with coaching skills, to increase your confidence in enabling the people we treat to tackle the…
Find out more »Foot, ankle, knee
The third of our one day tutorial workshops offer the chance to revisit the anatomy and conditions of the foot, knee and ankle, how their function can influence the whole body. We will explore ways that patients can create change for themselves whilst learning to live with OA and RA, or unexplained foot pain, by creating strategies that could involve measuring rest and movement. We will also look at recovery from knee replacement, with a hands on approach. The aim…
Find out more »Hendrickson Method Practitioner Programme
Hendrickson Method is an advanced system of massage and manual therapy that combines a remarkable new method of massage called wave mobilisation with joint mobilisation, and muscle energy technique. It is profoundly relaxing to receive, effortless to perform and an efficient and effective way to treat chronic and acute pain while promoting optimum health. This is an extensive programme that will train therapists how to get people out of pain and restore function for both acute and chronic conditions. Hendrickson…
Find out more »Exploring the polyvagal theory
In this workshop, we will be exploring the polyvagal theory within our body work practices, whether you are a physiotherapist, massage therapist, osteopath or even a movement (Pilates, Yoga) teacher. This is the first part of a three-part series of workshops in 2025 examining how we can help clients find rhythm and regulation in their nervous system. Each workshop can be attended individually, but also form a comprehensive overview if all three are attended. The workshop will discuss Stephen W Porges'…
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