Category: News
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Free webinar: Postural Correction
Join Human Kinetics and physiotherapist, Jane Johnson, on Tuesday 19th January at 3.00pm for a free webinar on Postural Correction: An introductory guide. Jane is a chartered physiotherapist and sports massage therapist. She is an author and has published a series of books designed specifically for therapists. After this webinar, you should be able to:…
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Crowdfunding research into essential oils and Lyme disease
Aromatherapy author, Maggie Tisserand, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to research the use of essential oils against Borrelia bacteria, the cause of Lyme disease. Lyme disease is a growing epidemic with many hundreds of thousands of sufferers in the United States and millions worldwide. It is an emerging disease in the UK, where I live , and this…
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Google Doodle celebrates BKS Iyengar
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates what would have been the 97th birthday of BKS Iyengar, a yoga guru who popularised yoga in the West. He was born in 1918 into a poor family in southern India – one of 13 children, of whom only 10 survived. He was sickly as a child – suffering from malaria…
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Natural Health – winter special
Jennifer Wayte, President of FHT, has contributed to an article published in Natural Health’s winter special. Natural Health magazine is written by the world’s leading experts, therapists and health columnists, providing authoritative editorial every month. I suffer from poor circulation. What can I do to improve it? Jennifer Wayte, president (fht.org.uk) says: Your body’s circulatory…
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FHT Accredited Register survey results
First of all, we’d like to say a very big ‘thank you’ to all those FHT members who took the time to complete our recent online survey about the FHT’s Complementary Healthcare Therapist Register. We received an amazing 678 responses in total, which is our biggest response rate to an FHT survey yet! As with all of…
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Massage – supporting children in a Special School
Mary Atkinson is from Chichester, West Sussex. She is listed on the FHT’s Accredited Register of Complementary Therapists, offering aromatherapy and reflexology. Mary is the author of several books on massage and runs FHT accredited CPD courses. She is co-founder (with Sandra Hooper) of a therapeutic intervention for children called Story Massage. This combines the…
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Guest post: Julia Urquhart, MFHT
Massage tools I’ve been a practising massage therapist for 12 years now and it’s been an interesting journey, learning new skills at courses and workshops, and meeting other therapists who have been a great source of support and knowledge. About a year ago, a sports therapist I was swapping treatments with used a massage tool on…
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Hypnotherapy and relaxation techniques to support patients receiving cancer treatment
Linda Orrett is listed on the FHT’s Accredited Register of Complementary Therapists, offering massage and hypnotherapy, amongst others. She is a senior therapist with the CALM Team at a major cancer centre in the North West, offering a variety of rapid complementary therapy interventions to distressed patients undergoing medical procedures. This case study focuses on…
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Free HMRC webinar
Tailored business expenses and capital allowances for the self-employed, 08/12/2015 at 6.00pm. HMRC has organised a free live webinar on business expenses and capital allowances, which is particularly important for the tax return deadline of 31/01/2016. In this webinar, HMRC will: show you what business expenses are give you a quick guide as to what commonly is…
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FHT Fellow supports victims of the Japanese tsunami
When FHT Fellow and Accredited Training Provider, Mary Atkinson, received her 2015 FHT Excellence in Leadership Award she asked to be photographed with red felt hearts as a sign of respect and support for the victims of the Japanese tsunami in 2011. The award was given in recognition of Mary’s work with a Japanese charity,…
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