Bath Anatomy Seminar

An exciting day was had by all at the latest in the New Look at Anatomy series held in Bath. This was the first in a series of seminars I am delivering in conjunction with Metabolics ( www.metabolics.com ). The next three seminars will be in February and May next year - 'Therapy in Business', 'A New Look at Fat: The Good, The Bad and the Zebra' and 'A New look at Aminos: Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll'. These three seminars will be held in Bath at the Old Orchard Theatre and space will be limited to 16 delegates.
I am also looking into the possibility of holding another  Anatomy seminar this year at the end of November depending on levels of interest in the Exeter area.
As with all my seminars they are designed to be informative, fun and visually entertaining - they are aimed at anyone in the Medical and Bodyworking world and I continually update the information in them as we make more discoveries. I cover important aspects of medical history and their continued influence on modern thinking, I discuss the realm of biochemistry and the fight or flight mechanism and it's relevance to physical presentations, and this all comes together with regard to the latest findings in anatomical research and function coupled with practical exercises and visual examples.
For further details on the Metabolics seminars please contact Philly Hill - philly@metabolics.com or contacts myself for other seminars in your local area.

TTFN

ACPIN Lecture @ RD&E

Many thanks to Hannah Graham of RD&E and Andy McKellar of Ships Physio for organising and setting up last nights lecture for Devon ACPIN at the Princess Elizabeth Orthpaedic Centre.
We had a full turn out of about 30 delegates, most of whom were Physios and NeuroPhysiotherapists.

I certainly feel honoured and privileged to have been asked to give the lecture, and judging by the initial feedback and questions - I think most attendees went away with much to think about.

For those of you who missed out on New Look at Anatomy CPD course in Exeter during the Summer, I will be delivering another one on the 5th October in Bath - for bookings please contact Philly Hill at Metabolics.

Philly@metabolics.co.uk

TTFN

Evening Lecture at Royal D & E - 26th September

For those who are interested I will be giving an evening lecture on some of the latest findings in anatomy to the Devon ACPIN group on 26th September at the Princess Elizabeth Lecture Theatre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Registration is at 6pm for 6.30pm start.
Cost is £4.00 for ACPIN members, and £6.00 for non-members.

To book a place please contact Hannah Graham on 01392 408911 or email her : hannah.graham@rdeft.nhs.uk

Closing date for bookings is 19th September.

Look forward to seeing you there.

TTFN

More Anatomical Discoveries

Greetings All.
It has been a pretty hectic week - dissecting bodies at Imperial College London and then holding the CPD course on the latest findings a day later at the Holmedale Health Centre in Exeter for a range of therapists.
Once again the dissection was overseen by Professor Kerry Davis, and held by Julian Baker who is the Principal at the European College of Bowen Studies. We were concentrating on the lower body this time, and looking at the fascial connections from the pelvis down the leg and the multiple links all the muscle have at the Sacrum - which seems to be more like a giant junction box for a surprising number of muscles.
One of the key discoveries we made was how the hamstring muscles are not quite built as they appear in the diagrams (surprise surprise). Particularly the Biceps Femoris muscle. We have tended to view this muscle as starting at the base of the pelvis and finishing at the head of the tibia rapping around the knee.
What we discovered was that the the Hamstring fascia actually starts at the sacrum and ends around the ankle at lateral maleolis - this has significant impact on how we view what hamstring does and the various whys and wherefore when someone gets a Hamstring strain for example.
All exciting stuff, and once again this new found knowledge will be put into practice at clinic.

TTFN

SHIPS Physio Testimonial

A few weeks ago I delivered a relatively short lecture on some of the aspects I will be covering in the upcoming 'New Look at Anatomy' CPD course in Exeter on the 22nd June.
Within a few days I met the organiser of the event - Andy McKellar who is the principal at SHIPS Physio in Totnes, who specialises in Strokes, Head Injuries and Parkinsons. He was somewhat excited as he had experimented with some of the concepts within the lecture and applied them using his own physio skill set when treating patients. Below is the resulting written testimonial:

Bowen Therapy Devon as seen on TV.....?

A short welcome to the new Bowen Therapy Devon YouTube Channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BowenTherapyDevon

Bowen Therapy in Devon animation - just a bit of sillyness