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BackCare Awareness Week 2012
BackCare Awareness Week 2012 8th October 2012 Back pain doesn’t kill, it tortures and destroys lives and livelihoods. It accounts for half of all chronic pain and is the leading cause of sickness absence from work. The financial burden of back pain is enormous:- o EVERY DAY it costs the NHS £1.3 million o EVERY…
CNHC Registration
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council Going live January 19th was an exciting day for CNHC as that was the day the on–line register officially opened. Massage therapists were the first group to be eligible to apply for registration and we are now seeing a steady stream of applications. We hope that many of you reading…
CNHC Registration
The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) was launched on Monday 19th January, this launch was covered by BBC television and radio and backed up with press announcements. The CNHC was founded in April 2008 and officially launched by Ben Bradshaw, Minister of State for Health after significant preliminary research undertaken by and through the…
General Council for Massage Therapies
It has been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the massage profession in recent years, with GCMT at its helm. We are on the last stretch and coasting into home. The lost lunches and flying hats are behind us. LCSP Register has been with GCMT the entire ride and will be coming along…
AGM & ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007
AGM & ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007 Stratford-Upon-Avon What a time was had by all! “I wish to send my heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in making this years Conference absolutely brilliant. I feel sad for those that weren’t there – they missed the best one ever!” “Considering it was a new approach, it was pretty slick…
What Has The LCSP Register Ever Done For Me?
Those of us who ever saw the Monty Python film “The life of Brian” will remember the scene where the Pythons, playing the parts of Britons under Roman rule, moan about what the Romans had ever done for them. As they sit thinking on this they realise that the Romans had given them a huge…
LCSP News
COPA Series 2017, 7th – 8th June at Excel, London
COPA series 2017 is set to be its most interactive, inclusive and engaging ever. A world-class, game-changing event everyone in the rehabilitation sector can be truly proud of – The LCSP are delighted to be partnering with COPA again for 2017! Attracting chiropractors, physios, osteos, podiatrists, physical therapists and prosthetic & orthotic specialists, COPA 2017 will combine…
Guest Speaker at this year’s AGM
We are delighted to announce that we have secured yet another high profile speaker, David Baker with a topic that is of such relevance and importance to ALL therapists. How many times have we all been asked about the medication one of our patients are currently taking or been asked to offer advice as to…
LCSP Annual General Meeting 2017
This year’s AGM will be held on the 24th June at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford upon Avon. If you would like to attend could you please contact the office.
BASRaT Symposium 2016
The forthcoming BASRaT Symposium will be held at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in West Kensington, London on Friday 18th November. This event will be packed full of essential speeches, presentations and workshops to enrich your knowledge and aid your work. As LCSP members you are entitled to a 10% discount off the cost of a…
LCSP Annual General Meeting
AGM will be held on Saturday June 25th 2016. It was very apparent from the massive positive feedback we received from the last visit of John Sharkey that not only did you want him to return but you wished for more time for him to expand on his work and even to allow for hands…
Workshops for 2016
We have recently added new workshops for 2016 for Sue Bennett and Rachel Lead. NJD Sports Injury Clinic will be running four workshops next week and dates will be confirmed soon.
CPD and Research
Scar Research with MSTR
Despite what you might have heard, scar tissue can be reduced. We don’t break up scar tissue. Instead we re-configure the tightly bound collagen fibres that make up scar tissue. Don’t believe us? Check out this ultrasound research…
Touch For Health/Kinesiology Self Help Rubbing Points for Gut Issues
Basically, the digestive system is one long tube from mouth to anus. Chewing creates peristaltic waves through the digestive system, and keeping the body moving helps to keep good gut health. If you have a sedentary life style, sit or stand for long periods due to work, you may find you get issues, i.e. indigestion,…
The Importance of Subjective Assessment
I see more and more patients presenting with complex pain patterns. I wonder if this is just me or is this happening to many other therapists? Certainly therapists attending workshops over the last couple of years have commented that this was their experience also. Therefore subjective assessment has been increasingly important. At the workshops we…
LCSP Register – Tutorial Coffee Morning Thursday 6th October
Following on from the successful LCSP general Coffee Mornings, we are very pleased to announce that the first ‘Tutorial Coffee Morning’ will be held on Thursday 6th October. The inaugural presentation will be from Alistair McLoughlin giving a brief presentation on his splendid research and evidence based work on ‘Scar Tissue’. This is a subject…
Cancer, Exercise and Massage
Historically, massage has mistakenly been viewed as a contradiction for individuals who are currently undergoing treatment for, or who have a history of, cancer. Cancer is a broad term used to describe a set of diseases characterised by cell mutation, and division of cells in the body that often spread to surrounding tissue forming tumours….
What does it mean to pass?
I’ve been reflecting recently on the effect passing or gaining a qualification has on our work. Often we aim for that one passing grade – but is this all we need? Quite a few years ago now, the decision to change my career and study at the Northern Institute of Massage fitted in with having a new…
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