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  • FHT Annual Training Congress   19th and 20th July 2014 East Midlands Conference Centre, NG7 2RJ  This year, we are offering eight different learning streams for you to pick and choose from.  The ‘therapist well-being’ stream offers 2 hands-on workshops on Sunday 20th July 2014.  Workshops Protecting your hands The mindful therapist: developing resilience and preventing burnout…

  • Want to be a tanning expert for celebrities and magazines? Natural self-tanning brand, TanOrganic, is on the hunt for future tanning superstars and is hosting a special talent search open to all UK-based spray-tan artists and students/trainees. The winners of the talent search will be offered the chance to provide fake tans for celebrities and…

  • Optegra offers top tips for healthy eyes this hay fever season This year’s hay fever season is upon us the temperatures and pollen count continue to rise, noses are beginning to run and eyes are starting to itch. According to the Met Office, the UK’s one in five hay fever sufferers can expect to experience…

  • Congratulations to Gill Tree on the success of National Massage Day last Friday, 16th May! Many therapists, training schools and clinics took park in a massage conga and offered discounts on the day. Gill led the conga in London, from Westminster Bridge to St Thomas’ Hospital, where 130 staff received a massage. Make a note…

  • FHT Annual Training Congress   19th and 20th July 2014 East Midlands Conference Centre, NG7 2RJ  This year, we are offering eight different learning streams for you to pick and choose from.  The ‘dementia’ stream offers two seminars and two workshops: Seminars Dementia – building bridges Aromatherapy for Dementia Workshops Massaging people who have dementia – an…

  • Applications now open for Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship Would experience overseas enhance your effectiveness in your career or field of interest? Could you bring back knowledge and best practice for the benefit of others in UK professions and communities? Grants cover return and internal travel, daily living and insurance for Fellowship travels of between…

  • Professor of Neurology Anjan Chatterjee looks at art and the brain, and whether art serves as a window into the workings of the human mind. Read this article on The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39802/title/Neuroaesthetics/ Image: Dollar Photo Club 

  • Remember to send your entry Enter the 2014 FHT Excellence Awards by 30th May for the chance to win £500, an award, a certificate, and feature in International Therapist. There are so many ‘unsung heroes’ in our membership, who are helping to support the health and well-being of the nation. There are inspiring tutors and…

  • Plant polyphenol supplement slows progression of prostate cancer A study by consultant oncologist, Professor Robert Thomas, who contributed to FHT’s ‘Boosting Morale’ article in Issue 107 of International Therapist (January 2014, p20-22), shows that a supplement called ‘Pomi-T’ -which contains pomegranate, green tea, broccoli and turmeric spice – can help to slow the progression of…

  • Lack of sleep and injuries in adolescent athletes A research paper published by the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics showed that young athletes who slept (on average) less than eight hours a night were more likely to have had an injury compared with those who slept for eight hours or more. For each additional grade in…

  • At a newsstand near you… FHT adverts appear in the May issue of Health & Fitness (pictured), at all good newsagents, and Healthy, available at Holland & Barrett. The vibrant adverts direct the public to our Find a Therapist search, also emphasising accreditation of the FHT’s Complementary Healthcare Therapist Register by the Professional Standards Authority.…

  • Anti-doping agencies are proposing to store athletes’ samples for 10 years This approach is part of the strategy for implementing the World Anti-Doping Code 2015, which is outlined in a paper published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (2014;48:801).   Read the paper here Image: iStockphoto