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LCSP Register AGM 2021
Our Annual General Meeting this year will be held via Zoom at 1100 on Saturday 26th June. The details for the zoom call are now available in on our noticeboard in the members’ area. Also there are various documents available for your to peruse prior to the event – AGM Agenda, President’s Report, Directors’ Report,…
True Meaning of Healing
Healing comes from the Old English hælan, meaning “cure; save; make whole, sound and well.” This information was shared with me at a recent workshop with anatomist John Sharky, whose work on understanding of fascia and biotensegrity is immense. I sat there thinking this sounds like something we should aim for more than ‘being healed’. Maybe…
Benefits of Water
A majority of clients I see at their first session are dehydrated. I will spend some time doing the Hydration Balance below. I also educate them by explaining about how important water drinking is. Very often the people who are hydrated tell me they never get thirsty! I discovered reading the anatomy books that there…
What is the Hendrickson Method
Hendrickson Method is an advanced system of massage and manual therapy that combines a remarkable new method of massage called wave mobilization® with joint mobilization and muscle energy technique. It is profoundly relaxing to receive, effortless to perform, and an efficient and effective way to treat acute and chronic pain while promoting optimum health. Therapy that improves…
Our latest board member – Jo Lade
Jo Lade has been practicing in Cumbria and Wensleydale since 2005. Her journey into practice stretches back to 1994 though when she qualified with a Diploma in Remedial Massage from the Northern Institute of Massage in Blackpool. The year Jo qualified she also got the chance to move to Australia to live and work there…
How to secure your future as a Massage Therapist after Covid-19
I think that it would be safe to say that 2020 has been a curveball, or rather a series of curveballs, for everyone. At the start of the year I was looking forward to business as usual; seeing my clients, continuing to develop professionally, and delivering training courses. However, Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdowns have…
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Next coffee morning for members is Thursday 25th November
Our next coffee morning is scheduled for Thursday 25th November and the Zoom meeting will be open from 1000 to 1100, feel free to drop in/out as you please and your appointments permit, it will be lovely to see old and new faces and have a catch up. For the login details please refer to…
Scientists put their finger on secret of a good massage
A massage isn’t just an indulgence — it really will help an injured muscle heal faster and stronger, new research suggests. Athletes have long believed that a good masseur can work wonders; reducing inflammation, improving blood flow and easing tightness after vigorous exercise. But in the thousands of years that massages have been given, the…
IKC Balancathon Global Charity Event on 25th September
On September 25th 2021, the International Kinesiology College (IKC) is organising a global event to raise awareness of some self-empowerment well-being techniques. The IKC is a complementary therapy “college without walls”. The event will be using techniques from Touch for Health Kinesiology, an energetic approach to health and well-being, which merges modern chiropractic and Traditional…
Our next members’ zoom coffee morning will be on 22nd July
Our next zoom coffee morning will be on Thursday 22nd July starting at 10:30am. For log in details please check the noticeboard in the members’ area.
Duty of Care: Post 19th July 2021
“As per HM Government announcement the formal and legally required restrictions in England will be removed from 19th July 2021 and the onus will be upon personal responsibility for ongoing protection. As a therapist you have a professional duty of care and it is incumbent upon you to treat your patients/clients, safely, effectively and professionally….
Membership Renewals for 2021
The Board of the LCSP would like to acknowledge the difficulty and interruption to the business routines over the past year for all members. To this end your renewal date will now be extended by one month to 1st April 2021, this 13th month will be a free extra month of membership, in addition to…
CPD and Research
BodCast Episode 108: What is Living Tensegrity? With John Sharkey
In this episode, Tim talks with teacher, speaker, and author, John Sharkey about anatomy, biotensegrity, healing and THE original fabric. If you love to learn about the body, this is the episode for you. John Sharkey MSc is a clinical anatomist, exercise physiologist and neuromuscular therapist with 30yrs experience. AND he is an amazingly gifted…
Biomechanics: Alignment
This is the third blog in my Body Mechanic Series. In the first two we discussed correct couch height and looked at the basic working posture. In this one I’d like to concentrate on the importance of your alignment whilst working with clients. I would consider the two biggest challenges we face as massage therapists…
Foam roller: Upper Body
Using a foam roller for the upper body
Top 5 things to know BEFORE you book on a MSTR class…
Interest in booking on to an Alastair McLoughlin MSTR course. Don’t book on a class until you’ve seen the Top 5 things students are looking for… https://www.mcloughlin-scar-release.com/
Biomechanics: Bed Height
In order to work as a successful massage therapist, we need to make sure we have the best foundations possible. This series on body mechanics will offer tips and insight into how best to ensure we have these foundations in place in order to have a long, injury free career and are able to work…
Free Online Event on Dissecting the Dissection Experience on February 10th
FREE ONLINE EVENT with John Sharkey and respected authorities in fascia science: Karen Kirkness, Wilbour Kelsick, Joanne Sarah Avison ,Mark Flannigan, Robert Schleip, Carla Stecco, Paul Thornley and Brad Fullerton. “Changing lives through amazing educational events and having the privilege to share knowledge in the company of the most respected authorities in fascia science with…
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