Our Articles
The following were written for and featured in SIB, Sports Injury Bulletin.
Hold, Contract, Release, Bounce; ii
Jane concludes the overview of stretching
Hold, Contract, Release, Bounce; i
There's so much more to stretching than stretching.
Massage - Does it Matter?
What exactly is it? Does it really work?
The following were written for and featured in Today's Therapist
Accelerated learning
Discover how to retain more information in a shorter time frame.
Being The best
Be inspired to have confidence in yourself and the skills you have.
Mechanical Massage
We re-examine the potential for the use of ‘tools’, not as a replacement for hands-on massage but as a complement to it.
Soft Tissue Release (STR)
Discover more about this Deep Tissue Technique and how it can work for you.
Subscapular Work; Getting it right
How to get the most from this technique.
Treating Poor Posture
Safe an effective treatments ideas.
Treating Tight Hamstrings
Safe an effective treatments ideas.
Using Postural Assessment
To get you started in carrying out your own postural assessments.
Postural Assessment for Beginners
How to carrying out your observation of a sitting posture.
Using Stretching Techniques
One of the simplest and most effective treatments we can provide.
Fun with CPD points; i
In these three articles we give you the fifty ideas for your CPDs without breaking the bank!
Fun with CPD points; ii
Fun with CPD points; iii
The following were written for and featured in Massage World
The Massage binge
Aruveydic massage in Sri Lanka.
Christmas with Camels
See how Jane got on with her desert trek and how she came to have a camel skeleton on top of her fridge!
Personal Conference Notes
Evidence Based Physical Therapy Conference.
Institute of Anatomical Sciences
Movement Stability and Lower Back Pain The sacroiliac joint
Muscle Tendon Symposium
Hip and Groin Study day
Dance Injuries
Brief version or full version
SportEx Conference 2007
Phsychophysiology of massage, The massage therapists survival guide, Feldenkrais Method, The Evidence Base for Manual Therapies in Tissue Healing, Sports massage, Mind or body, Ankle taping: styles or substance, Multiple intelligences, the work of Howard Gardner, Assessment and treatment of soft tissue dysfunction of the cervical spine (Download the questions mentioned in these notes to accompany your visit to www.electrotherapy.org)
SMA Conference 2006 Myofascial Matrix Conference
SMA Conference 2005 Hamstrings and back pain, What’s new in Knees, What’s new in Shoulders, Soft tissue treatment of adductor strains, The 2012 Olympics
Useful websites
As the saying goes, ‘every little helps’ so we’ve put together a list of websites that other therapists have found helpful in the past.
Pathologies
A conditions encountered by Sports Massage Therapists. www.ovphysio.com
Again a large range of conditions encountered by Sports Massage Therapists. www.physioroom.com
All manner of sports injuries with good illustrations of muscles. www.sportsinjuryclinic.net
Everything to do with knee injuries. www.kneeguru.co.uk
An organisation primarily for physiotherapists specialising in hands.
www.hand-therapy.co.uk
Articles/Research
The British Journal of Sports Medicine. bjsm.bmj.com
Long and detailed articles on causes of pain.
www.pain-education.com
For current, non commercial information on various aspects of Electrotherapy. www.electrotherapy.org
The Human Performance Centre (HPC) provides sport science support and services. www.lsbu.ac.uk
Useful websites
Anatomy and Physiology
Institute of Anatomical Sciences, aims to promote and support those of us involved in this fascinating field.
www.anatomical-sciences.org.uk
A fab site written for kids but with all the answers to
questions relating to the nervous system, structure, function, disorders. A great way to keep it simple. Neuroscience For Kids
Gray’s anatomy on line. www.bartleby.com
Simple links to learn about bits of the body! humanbody
Useful for getting to know your muscles. www.getbodysmart.com
A g reat site if you who think in visuals. Exercise & Muscles Directory
www.fleshandbones.com aims to provide you with a service that you will find both genuinely useful and entertaining!
www.thevisualbody.com a comprehensive
human anatomy visualisation tool.
Other
Provides information on their own CPD courses on topics relevant to Sports Massage Therapists.
www.welbeing-cpd.co.uk
Suppliers of rehabilitation equipment including strapping and taping
materials. www.skfservices.com
Inspiration/advice for Entrepreneurs.
www.nick-williams.com
Site of 45,000 second hand booksellers. www.abebooks.com
*These sites are just for reference and do not necessarily share the opinion of The London Massage Company.