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Health Professions Council – Warning Letters
Noticeboard – Health Professions Council Warning Letters It would appear that some Members have received communications from the HPC regarding advertisements or other activities relating to the now protected title of ‘physiotherapist’. The HPC have clearly stated that they will prosecute in law any person using this protected title if they are not registered. The…
Secretary’s Notes and Update
Secretary’s Notes and Update HCP : Further to a recent meeting of HPC representatives it became apparent that the backlog of applications is likely to take until Christmas this year to clear, I know that this issue is one that affects many members who have applications pending. The reason for this lengthy delay is given…
LCSP News
Important message and notification from LCSP office
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February regional meeting
Our first regional meeting of 2014 will be held at the Holiday Inn, Hemel Hempstead starting on the 21st February.
Next regional meeting
Our next regional meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, Stratford upon Avon running for two days from the 18th – 19th October 2013.
Forthcoming AGM
Our forthcoming AGM will be held at Holiday Inn, Lancaster on the 21st June 2013. All members are welcome to attend
Congratulations to Nick Dinsdale
One of our members Nick Dinsdale will represent Great Britain in the 55-59-year age group at the 2013 Horst ETU Sprint Duathlon European Championships after finishing second in the Oulton Park duathlon. The Championship will be held on April 21st in Horst, Netherlands. Nick finished second in his age group at Oulton Park on Sunday,…
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014
We are very excited to bring you news about the Commonwealth Games following the huge success of the Olympic Games in 2012. The Commonwealth Games will take place in Glasgow between 23rd July and 3rd August 2014 and the Clinical Lead for Massage Provision has asked us to spread the word as they are looking…
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
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