Gerry Pyves of the No Hands Massage is about to start another mini-tour of of his Protect Your Career seminars around the country. If you haven't been to one of these before I'd highly recomend them. There is a lot of information packed into the three hour seminar, what are the seven stages of injury, recognising them and most importantly recognising where you are within those stages.
The one piece of information that really shocked me when I went was this:
"Typists put 20 tonnes of force through their fingers every day (no bodyweight involved!). Most Massage therapists are putting over 60 tonnes of pressure through their wrists every massage!"
At the seminar you are shown some basic techniques at how to reduce these injuries, some very common sense ones - but common sense ones, I have found, are often the first to be forgotten.
Attending the seminar you will also get a free copy of either of the two No Hands books. I know some people can find Gerry a bit too enthusiastic, but the seminars really are worth it. They are also asking this year for practitioners to attend again so there will be some on hand for you to ask questions about afterwards should you so wish.
I'll be at the London seminar on the 24th October. Would be great to meet some of you there.
More details at: [DLMURL] http://www.nohandsmassage.com/PYC/pyc.asp [/DLMURL]
Foz xxx
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RE: Protect Your Career Seminar
Is it at the Therapy Exhibition at Olympia?
Lesley
RE: Protect Your Career Seminar
Do you mean the Complimentary Health Expo at Excel? Unfortunately it isn't - its a real bugger the two clashing as I am sure that quite a few people would have liked to have done both but the Expo probably wins.
Foz xxx
RE: Protect Your Career Seminar
Sorry, Foz, yes that's exactly what I meant :eek:.
It's a shame because I saw Gerry do his stuff there last year and intend to go there this year. I believe one of the Lectures is on Hands Free Massage by someone called Darien Pritchard.
Lesley
RE: Protect Your Career Seminar
Yeah I saw that. Darien is one of several people who offer hands free training. I have to admit I can't comment on the quality, effectiveness or benefits of any of them as I haven't seen or experienced them. I have however had very good feedback about Darien as a trainer having spoken to people who have attended his workshops. I must admit I am considering going to Darien's talk to compare and contrast with what I have learnt.
For those interested his website is [link= http://www.dynamicmassage.co.uk/ ]http://www.dynamicmassage.co.uk/[/link]. Another company who provide Hands Free trainining is [link= http://www.injuryprevention.org.uk ]Injury Prevention[/link] - you can also buy a DVD of their Level I training program from their site.
Foz xxx