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New Affiliation with Massage Warehouse
We’re so excited to tell you about another exclusive member-only 10% discount scheme with our friends over at Massage Warehouse. Massage Warehouse are one of the UK’s top suppliers of quality massage tables and supplies. Since 1999 they have been offering excellent products and customer service to the massage therapy profession. You are buying from…
Ensure you choose a Registered Massage Therapist
When looking to find a massage therapist we would recommend you look to use a therapist who is Registered with a recognised, reputable Professional Association, which ensures your Therapist has the qualifications required to carry out the treatments advertised and operates under a strict code of conduct. All members of the LCSP Register of Remedial…
The work we do on ourselves
Before psychiatrists or psychologists are allowed to work with patients, they have to undertake personal therapy to ensure they’re in the best mind to help. As physical therapists, we don’t technically have to do this. We’re just treating the body, not the mind, aren’t we? I think anyone who works in clinic knows this isn’t…
Mental Health Awareness Week
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week run by the UK’s Mental Health Foundation (https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/) and we are sharing our first post about Mental Wellbeing. Today we’re asking members to take a moment & consider how their mental health is – pause for a minute and ask yourself – ‘How am I…?’ We’d love to hear how you are,…
Better Breathing Part 3: Upper back thoracic and rib cage mobility exercise for better breathing
Now you have learnt how to use deep breathing techniques, it is also important to know you need mobility in the upper back and muscle around the rib cage to allow the breath to move freely
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
Wishing everyone a merry and peaceful Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year
LCSP News
Sports Therapy UK looking for volunteer therapists for the London Marathon
Sports Therapy UK are looking for volunteer therapists for the upcoming London Marathon on the 2nd of October. This is a great opportunity for LCSP members to get some hands-on experience whilst also helping the many charities that are involved. To find out more about how to get involved contact either fid@sportstherapyuk.com or 01438 718755
New Affiliation with Medisave UK!
Running a business through the pandemic (and beyond!) hasn’t been easy. At the LCSP Register we have always looked after the welfare of our members in as many ways as we can and we are delighted to announce a new Affiliation with Medisave – a UK based supplier of medical equipment & supplies many of you…
Ensure you choose a Registered Massage Therapist
When looking to find a massage therapist we would recommend you look to use a therapist who is Registered with a recognised, reputable Professional Association, which ensures your Therapist has the qualifications required to carry out the treatments advertised and operates under a strict code of conduct. All members of the LCSP Register of Remedial…
Recap of Mental Health Awareness Month
Throughout May, Mental Health Awareness Month, we’ve been looking at burnout and how to avoid it. The focus for Therapists has to be self-care, it’s our job to look after others and often don’t take the time to look after ourselves. Some of the key takeaways from the series are: Spotting the signs – knowing…
LCSP Register AGM will be held on 25th June
Our AGM this year is on Saturday 25th June at DoubleTree by Hilton in Stratford upon Avon. As well as the AGM we will be hosting 3 presentations covering: the role of fascia and fascia training, ‘Are you at Risk as a Therapist?’ and developments with our website and social media channels. To view the…
How to create & maintain a resilient work/life balance for the longer-term.
We’ve been talking about Mental Wellbeing this month. We asked you to consider how you are, and what immediate steps you could take to turn things around if you’re feeling close to burnout. This week we’re looking at a few ideas around how to create & maintain a resilient work/life balance for the longer-term. Work/life balance –…
CPD and Research
Alastair McLoughlin and his Scar Tissue Release Technique interview with The Aging Athlete
Alastair began his career in bodywork as a student of remedial/therapeutic massage in 1981. He became a practitioner of the Bowen Technique in 1995 and has taught Bowen since 1997, introducing Bowen into countries such as Norway, Italy, Spain and Cyprus. (Bowen is a bodywork therapy that gently stretches the fascia.) Alastair has created and…
A Policy for the Re-Activation of Long COVID-19 Patients
A similarity of symptoms and dysfunction is clinically observed between Long COVID-19 patients and patients with autonomic dysfunctions, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. The content of the proposed bio-psychosocial case management rehabilitation program is based on the muscle fiber type composition, a novel policy aimed at priming Type-1 muscle fibers, the energy-saving function of the…
Pain, Pressure and the Nobel Prize: New research shows how we perceive touch and the role massage has to play
Touch is one of our fundamental senses. We love to touch things – soft fabrics, furry pets, other people – but scientists had struggled to understand our sense of touch until recently. They understood that our nerves play a role, but not how receptors sense heat and cold. However, this understanding was recently deepened by…
Life changing moments
Our son was born in the summer of 1989, and 11 weeks later I was knocked off my bike and sustained a severe head injury. It took me several months to get over this injury. I think anyone who’s ever had a significant trauma to the head will know how I felt. Over the next…
Ears – Auricular Energy “Switching On”
Early on in my remedial massage career, I noticed that clients/patients who had neck and shoulder tension and difficulty in turning their head, also had hearing problems, especially tinnitus. The medical term for the outer ear is the auricle or pinna, this also links to acupuncture points that connect to the whole of the body. I was…
Glute Stretch Variations
Opportunity to review some variations of glute stretches
CNHC News
Preparing for the GDPR- 12 steps to take now
Dear Members, there are details on the members noticeboard regarding the forthcoming change in information regulations. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25th May 2018.
CNHC News January 2016
Michael Watson begins the year as CNHC’s new ChairCNHC Newsletter – January 2016 Michael Watson took over the role of CNHC Chair on 1 January 2016. Sheila Inglis, who has been Acting Chair, reverts to her role of Vice Chair. Here Michael sets out his vision for the coming year: Supporting the wellbeing agenda: At…
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