Its amazing how much quality and depth of information we can achieve with a really switched on group. Brilliant job team.

Some of the feedback from the group included:

“If you want to explode your knowledge of Cervical Assessment then this is the course for you” MW Melb

“Thankyou Rob for your expert instruction delivered in a precise & practical way” LH Melb

“Rob is such a wonderful teacher. Has a great ability to keep students engaged with his mix of theory & practical techniques. I walk away from this course with a better understanding of function, assessment and treatment procedures.”

Great presenters and great location. Go their website http://www.bodywisdomspain.com/?cat=1 for full details

Our good friend Sol Petersen and his colleagues from Mana Integrative Therapies in New Zealand and Bibiana Badenes from Kinesis Physiotherapy in Spain are putting this fantastic program together.

1 & 1/2 Day Course in April 2012: ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT OF NECK PAIN & HEADACHE – THE SOFT TISSUE PERSPECTIVE Click Here for Full Brochure ALREADY COMPLETED

1 Day Course in May 2012: ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN & DYSFUNCTION – A FOCUS ON THE FACET JOINTS – Click Here for the Full Brochure

1 Day Course over 2 Consecutive Wednesday Evenings in May 2012: VACUUM CUPPING FOR MYOFASCIAL MOBILISATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE – An Essential Tool for the Soft Tissue Therapist / Remedial Massage Therapist / Myotherapist – Click Here for the Full Brochure

There is some great reading there AND its free.

You will even find an article from me on Myofascial Vacuum Cupping on page 17.

The current edition is Number 9. 

Terra Rosa have a great website where you can buy DVD’s, Books, Massage Tools and resources for the Soft Tissue Therapist / Massage Therapist / Myotherapist. 

This beautifully produced video has a vitally important message which we could encourage all to view.

Click on the Image below to view, Enjoy. It may even save your life.

I’m excited to announce that I have been invited to be a featured presenter for the 2011 World Massage Conference. I would love for you to join me. 

This is a virtual conference that you attend by logging into your computer. It’s the largest event in the history of massage and over 15,000 massage therapists and bodyworkers from around the world are expected to register for this year’s event.

I’m presenting on My Top 10 Tips for Success in Sports Massage, however, the presentation will be very relevant for anyone wanting to build their practice in all aspects of Hands-on therapy. I’ll be in the chat room after my presentation to chat with you one-on-one if there is time.

I’ll be joined by more than 40 other presenters, all top massage experts from around the world and you can get over 50 hours of continuing education.

The conference starts in November with pre-conference lectures already in place, so check it out now. For more information or to register now go to:

http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1346509

If you belong to a partner association, for example AAMT or MNZ (for our Australasian region practitioners)  you can get access to the conference at a reduced rate.

All the best,

Robert Granter

Our very good friends at softtissuetherapy.com.au and Clinic 88 in Canberra are hosting their annual Soft Tissue Therapy Conference in Sydney on August 27th & 28th 2011.

This will be a fantastic opportunity to spend a weekend with some wonderful therapists and make some great friendships within the industry.

I have the honour of giving the keynote address on Supraspinatus Assessment & Treatment and a workshop on Treating the intrinsic Soft Tissue of the Mid Cervical region.

I will be joined over the weekend by the wonderful Jeff Murray who will run workshops on the Onsen approach to Sacral dysfunction and C 0/1 (A/A) and C 1/2 (O/A) dysfunction.

The other great speakers include Rolfer, Colin Rossie, Eleanor Oyston and Dr Jamie Gaida.

I am thoroughly looking forward to the conference and I hope to see lots of you up in Sydney.

Click here for the brochure

 Kind Regards Rob Granter

Dr Karim Khan, Sports Medicine Doctor now based in Vancouver Canada, gave the Annual FC Better Sports Medicine lecture last Thursday in Melbourne. His powerful message is that inactivity is the biggest cause of death in our modern society. This Inactivity is more destructive that Smoking, Obesity and Diabetes PUT together.

His message to us, as members of the Health industry, is to advise our patients / clients and our communities that ACTIVITY IS MEDICINE in order to cultivate physical and mental health and to avoid the destructive “force” that INACTIVITY has on our bodies.

So how much Physical activity is enough? Karim showed that it is best to keep this message clear and not to over-complicate this point. 

So 1. ANY physical activity is OK.

2. The research shows that 30mins of Physical activity per day gives a 30% reduction in your risk of death from causes such as cardio-vascular failure and 60 mins per day gives close to 50% reduction. This time may sound alot to many people but when broken down to either 2 or 4 X 15 minute segments per day, it become achievable.

He is lecturing on the “Getting the Message Across to Patients that Exercise is Medicine”

Dr Khan moved from Melbourne to Vancouver, Canada in 1997 and is now a Professor at the University of British Columbia (Family Practice and Kinesiology) as well as an Associate Director of a $40 million sports and exercise medicine research centre called the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility.

The event is presented by the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre and cost is a mere $5 which goes to the HeartKids charity.

Please click on the underlined here to obtain the brochure. FC Better lecture.

Please note booking is essential