A unique opportunity to join Professor Laurie Hartman, a leading authority in manipulative therapy, for an intensive Upper Body Manipulation Master Class. This course offers hands-on training in advanced manipulative techniques focusing on the cervical and thoracic spine, as well as the shoulder girdle. It is designed for experienced practitioners who look to advance their manipulative skills. The programme emphasises precision, safety, and efficacy in treatment. Participants will enhance their diagnostic skills and therapeutic approaches under Professor Hartman's expert guidance.
Welcome to the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) podcast. In this episode, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy and Education, speaks with Laura Turner about Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Laura has just completed her first CPD cycle and she and Steven discuss …
In this episode, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy at GOsC, speaks with fellow osteopath Claire Piper about mentorship. Claire shares why mentorship is really useful, not only to less experienced osteopaths who may be looking for support, but also for …
With obesity and diabetes at record levels there is a pressing need for weight loss protocols that work.
Semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) is the latest in a long line of 'miracle' weight loss drugs and millions of people worldwide are now taking it.
This session examines the pros and cons of this latest pharmaceutical fix and explores safe and effective alternative natural and nutritional weight loss strategies.
This 2-hour webinar will provide participants with the most updated Evidence Based Approach about evaluation and treatment of patients with temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain. We will discuss the role of masticatory muscles and the TMJ in relation to the diagnosis of orofacial pain for determining the most appropriate clinical reasoning to be applied.
The voluntary slowing down of breath frequency is a powerful aspect of meditative practices and induces strong psychophysiological changes in the brain and body. The lecture aims to elucidate the psychophysiological mechanisms linking breath control to its positive effects and impact on health and well-being. It will focus on autonomic changes, brain activity and connectivity modifications (assessed with the EEG and fMRI), and cognitive function and emotion regulation improvements.
Are you still prescribing proprioceptive exercises to "improve balance" or "prevent injury"? Are you relying on outdated theories that continue to perpetuate common myths in rehabilitation and training? It’s time to challenge your assumptions.
Join Proprioceptive Exercise: A Misconception, a thought-provoking lecture designed to revolutionise the way you approach balance, proprioception, and neuromuscular control in your clinical practice. This course will take you on a deep dive into the scientific literature, dismantling long-held beliefs and replacing them with a grounded understanding of proprioception and it's role in human movement and recovery.
This 2-day course explores the concept of ‘Membrain Health’, describing how the behaviour and long-term health of the brain is reliant on the condition of its local physical environment.
This course is an excellent way to introduce working with the involuntary mechanism into your clinical practice. You will learn Sutherland’s gentle, precise and effective approach to treatment of joints in the whole body using the therapeutic principle of
Communication and patient partnership
Keeping CPD Records
Osteopathic Practice Standards
Professionalism
Safety and quality in practice
Skills and Performance
This is the second in a series of blogs in which Stacey shares some of the most frequent questions osteopaths are asking when completing key components of the CPD scheme.
We know from the 2020-21 CPD evaluation survey that most …
