Do you often have clients complaining of BACK STRAIN? Do your clients STIFFEN UP through stress, the demands of work, lack of activity, a sedentary lifestyle, or from awkward bending and twisting practices, or sudden or unfamiliar bursts of activity that put pressure on the back (such as DIY)? Does your massage tend only to MINIMISE THEIR DISCOMFORT without reducing, or REVERSING this accumulation of tension?

This course is designed to teach Massage Therapists how to use The SuppleSpine Programme with their clients. It consists of SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS, which are performed WITHOUT PAIN OR STRAIN, that are designed to REVIVE AND THEN MAINTAIN THE NATURAL FLEXIBILITY OF THE BACK, either after a problem episode, or a lifetime of stiffening up.

Initially we look at the POTENTIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE SPINE, SHOULDER GIRDLE and PELVIS and the actions of related muscles. This ANATOMICAL UNDERSTANDING is used to guide participants through a series of INTERESTING, GENTLE EXERCISES, which INCREASE SUPPLENESS and DEVELOP AWARENESS OF ONE'S BACK IN ACTION.

Participants then learn PRELIMINARY DEEP MASSAGE and VIBRATORY TECHNIQUES to RELEASE back tensions, how to use the movement sequences in the course of treatments, and to help clients establish a HOME PROGRAMME for SELF-CARE.

The workshop has a three fold approach. It covers hands-on work (primarily table work but also including some chair work) which is designed to: release back tensions through deep massage and mobilise the client’s back (through passive stretches and mobilising movements for the trunk). The main focus is on teaching the client the SuppleSpine exercises, so that they can establish a self-maintenance home programme to extend and maintain suppleness throughout the spine.

PLEASE NOTE that this course covers common back tension and strains that don’t require the intervention of an osteopath, chiropractor, or physiotherapist.