Anyone qualified, or about to qualify in massage or sports massage, looking to refresh and re-enforce their skills or learn new ones.

Where you’ll train
For this workshop we’re in the beautiful Yoga Therapy Centre, Islington, London.

A comprehensive workbook accompanies the day and a certificate of attendance is awarded.

Everyone’s talking about it or expects it in their massage. Get ‘elbows’ on and learn to access deep tissues safely and effectively without using and therefore damaging your hands.

Tips, tricks and techniques of deep tissue massage
Looking after yourself
How to apply soft tissue release to your wrist extensors and flexors
Strengthening your wrists
Common elbow, wrist and hand problems
Anatomy & physiology review

A.
Tips, tricks and techniques of Deep Tissue massage
How to use elbows, fists, forearms ad reinforced digits to apply deeper pressure for cross-fiber work, frictioning and "stripping" of muscles
How to apply static pressures so they are effective
How massage "tools" might be beneficial to you
Deep tissue techniques to the lower limb and gluteals
Deep tissue techniques to the back
Deep tissue techniques to the upper limb

B.
Looking after yourself
How to apply Soft Tissue Release to your wrist extensors and flexors
Active stretches for your upper limb
Strengthening your wrists
Using thermotherapy

The day is mostly practical. A comprehensive workbook is provided to accompany this workshop which will also include:

C.
Anatomy & Physiology Review
Bones of the wrist and hand
Muscles of the wrist and hand
Movements of the wrist and hand

D.
Common Elbow, Wrist and Hand Problems
Muscle strain
Ligament sprain
Joint injuries and Problems of hypermobility
Lateral Epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
Medial Epicondylitis (golfers elbow)
Compartment Syndromes
Tendinopathies
Ulnar Nerve Entrapment
Median Nerve Entrapment
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome