Scar Tissue Management

This course is worth 7 hours CPD.

Wouldn't it be great to learn how and when you can use all your current massage and soft tissue skills to help people with their scars?

Working with scars is a popular treatment modality for many massage and soft tissue therapists. However, with so many scar tissue courses around, how do you know which techniques are the best ones for your clients?

The truth is, all touch matters!

There is NO specific scar tissue technique that is suggested to better than another. Most scientific research on scar tissue techniques identifies that working with scars is beneficial but exactly how techniques work is still unclear.

But - what we do know is that we CAN make a difference.

This short and comprehensive course provides you with valuable theory notes on how to understand which approaches are researched to work with scars.

It also provides important tissue damage and healing information so that you can appropriately assess when it is safe and how you can work around and on scars.

This course teaches you how to adapt and refine your current soft tissue and massage skills providing technique videos for you to watch and learn from.

This course provides you with the confidence to discuss scar tissue using modern scientific explanations to help your clients understand their scar pain and discomfort.

• This 7-hour online course provides theoretical and practical information about the use soft tissue for people experiencing scar discomfort
• Once booked, you will receive an email with the details of how to access your course.
• You get 12 months access to the online course bundle 
• Ruth Duncan BSc (Hons) PGCert Pain Science and Theory, will be your tutor.

Ruth Duncan

Ruth trained as a licensed massage therapist while living in Florida, USA. She returned to Scotland in 2001 and continued to further her education with a Btec 5 sports and remedial soft tissue qualification, a sports therapy diploma and a hypnotherapy diploma. She also returned to the US to complete training in myofascial release adding to her soft tissue skills.

Ruth has over 20 years of experience working with clients experiencing chronic and persistent pain. 

Ruth is also the founder of Myofascial Release UK providing workshops for healthcare professionals. She has authored her own book on myofascial release, now in its second edition, and has lectured at international and national conferences and trade shows.

In 2021, Ruth gained a BSc First Class (Hons) in Health Sciences and a PGCert in Pain Science to further her own education and to enhance her training programmes.

Ruth is the Scottish advisor for GCMT, the UK's soft tissue voluntary self-regulatory body and Vice Chair of the Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation (SMTO).

Common Q&A.

Q. Will I be able to treat all scar types?

A. This course teaches you how and when you can work safely and confidently on and around all types of scars with an emphasis on tissue healing. This course also helps you learn to use and adapt your current massage and soft tissue skills indicating that there is no such thing as specific scar tissue techniques. You will learn about scar tissue symptoms and the current science and theory on why this occurs and how you can use your current skills to help.

Q. Do I get a workbook to take notes?

A. Yes, you will be provided with a downloadable workbook with all the lecture notes and technique applications

Q. If I book and then realise, I cannot complete this course in 6 months, can I extend?

A. Sorry no, there are no extensions for this course as it is a 10 hour course.

Q. What is the refund policy for the Scar Tissue Management course?

A. Once booked, there are no refunds.

Q. Will I get a certificate to send to my insurers?

A. Yes, you get a certificate for 10 hours of CPD. As this course does not teach you new or specific scar tissue techniques but extends your current massage and soft tissue skills, it is covered under soft tissue massage for insurance. Balens insure this course but you can check with your own broker to ensure they will cover you.

Understanding Pain: The Influential Therapist

This course is worth 7 hours CPD.

Wouldn't it feel great if you could teach your clients how to understand their pain and help them know what things in their life might make their pain worse?

Helping our clients is at the very core of what we aim to do and it's why we do what we do.

Pain originates from so many things and is not only a 'tissue issue'. But there are other factors including physiological factors influence our experience of pain? For example, some people get phantom limb pain when there is no limb and, some people who have suffered bereavement feel pain when there is no physical problem? 

In fact, the same neural pathways are activated from both emotional and physical pain. A deeper understanding of pain science can help us provide enhanced care for our clients.

Learning the secrets of pain science will help you to develop an evidence informed approach to meet your client's needs.

• Immediate access on booking
• You get 12 months access to this short online course bundle
• You can download the slide handouts for each lecture and the workbook
• You are guided to access online YouTube videos to enhance your learning
• There are closed captions on each lecture video
• Ruth Duncan BSc (Hons) PGCert Pain Science and Theory, will be your tutor.

Ruth Duncan

Ruth trained as a licensed massage therapist while living in Florida, USA. She returned to Scotland in 2001 and continued to further her education with a Btec 5 sports and remedial soft tissue qualification, a sports therapy diploma and a hypnotherapy diploma. She also returned to the US to complete training in myofascial release adding to her soft tissue skills.

Ruth has over 20 years of experience working with clients experiencing chronic and persistent pain. 

Ruth is also the founder of Myofascial Release UK providing workshops for healthcare professionals. She has authored her own book on myofascial release, now in its second edition, and has lectured at international and national conferences and trade shows.

In 2021, Ruth gained a BSc First Class (Hons) in Health Sciences and a PGCert in Pain Science to further her own education and to enhance her training programmes.

Ruth is the Scottish advisor for GCMT, the UK's soft tissue voluntary self-regulatory body and Vice Chair of the Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation (SMTO).

Common Q&A.

Q. Is access unlimited?

A. The course is for 12 months from date of purchase.

Q. Can I extend my access?

A. No, access is strictly for 6 months only.

Q. What is the refund policy for the Understanding Pain course?

A. Once booked, there are no refunds.  Distance selling laws apply.