This offer includes the online Integrated Hands-On Theory programme.

Integrated Hands On Therapy is designed for therapists who want a broader, more modern, evidence informed approach to hands on care. This online learning will help you strengthen your skills, refine your reasoning, and build a more confident, client centred way of working.

Rather than placing fascia at the centre of the explanation, the training considers it within anatomy and function while widening the perspective to include touch, pain, perception, context, communication, expectation, and therapeutic alliance. The online content provides the theory and framework helping you translate the learning into confident everyday practice.

What’s included in the online programme?

• Access to the full online course platform worth 30 hours of CPD
• Eight structured units to guide your learning
• In depth unit presentations and guided video content
• Downloadable workbooks for offline stud
• Modern perspectives on touch, pain, perception, and context
• Clinical reasoning for person centred practice
• Flexible learning you can revisit in your own time
• Twelve months of online access from your start date

 Our workshops and courses remain committed to the high standards of advanced soft tissue training we have been known for over many years. We are not teaching less, and we are not stepping away from the practical techniques therapists value. This online course will provide an evidence based approach bridging the lived experiences of pain with a modern way to teach and practice manual therapy. 

Rather than presenting techniques as the whole answer, we present a broader and more transparent understanding of touch, anatomy, function, communication, context, therapeutic alliance, and client centred care. This gives therapists more, greater understanding, enhanced skill, stronger clinical reasoning, and a more credible way to apply hands on therapy in modern practice.

Tutor: Ruth Duncan

Meet Ruth

Ruth Duncan is a massage therapist, educator, and writer with a long standing interest in modern pain science, touch, and evidence informed practice. She is Vice Chair of the Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation and Chair of the General Council for Massage Therapies. Ruth is known for helping therapists think more clearly about hands on work, communicate more honestly with clients, and move beyond narrow traditional narratives towards a broader, more person centred approach to care.

Who can book?

This online training will suit any person involved in touch, movement or exercise approaches.

There are some practical applications delivered in this theory course and we encourage you to make contact with your insurance broker to make sure you would be insured to use the content provided in this course in your clinical practice.

ITE and MFR UK does not bear any responsibility if, after booking, you subsequently find out that you are not insured to apply any of the content in your clinical practice, or elsewhere, from this course 

Full course details will be sent after booking.

Common questions

Q: Can I attend the in-person workshops if I’m not yet qualified?
A: Sorry, no. You must already hold an appropriate qualification and insurance to attend.

Q: Do I need to buy both the online course and the workshop?
A: No. The online learning and the 4 day workshop can be booked separately. The blended programme is simply the most complete option.

Q: What do I need to bring?
A: Full workshop details will be emailed after booking, including what to bring and any practical arrangements.

Q: What if I arrive late or need to leave early?
A: We understand that emergencies happen, but full attendance is expected as this may affect your certificate of attendance.

Q: What if I need to cancel?
A: Please read our full terms and conditions before booking. 

Q: Can I extend access to the online course access?

A: No, sorry. The course content is provided for the time allocated and cannot be extended.