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As well as promoting FHT members and the amazing range of therapy services they have to offer, we also take great pride in promoting best practice in popular consumer titles.   In an article published on Natural Health’s website this month, the FHT addresses four common myths about complementary, beauty and sports therapies…  Myth 1: ‘Alternative’ and ‘complementary’ therapies are the…

From October, every NHS pharmacy in England will be able to provide blood pressure checks to people aged 40 and above, following a new deal between pharmacies and the NHS. It is estimated that this new initiative could prevent more than 3,700 strokes and 2,500 heart attacks over the next five years, and save around…

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity (RMCC) is looking for two volunteer therapists to provide post-event massage to runners helping to raise money for the charity at this year’s London Marathon.   The volunteer therapists would be required to work from midday to 6pm on the day of the event (Sunday, 3 October 2021).  The RMCC will be able to provide:  • Massage…

In each issue of FHT’s membership magazine, International Therapist, we publish a research section that features a short summary of four or five different studies that have recently appeared in peer-reviewed journals. As these studies help to highlight the potential health and wellbeing benefits of different therapies – often in a healthcare context – it’s not…

As World Reflexology Week (20-26 September) draws nearer, we thought we’d re-share a short self-help video and a handful of reflexology articles published in International Therapist magazine. Enjoy! Hand reflexology routineIn this short video, Kate Mulliss, MFHT, shows viewers how to work reflex points on the hands that can help to address stress and anxiety.Watch…

In the run-up to World Reflexology Week (20-26 September 2021), we have been busy sharing information about the benefits of this gentle but powerful therapy with some of our favourite health and wellbeing titles. On Natural Health’s website, you’ll find an article that provides a short introduction to reflexology, along with five different ways it…

Studies have shown that high levels of anxiety surrounding a surgical procedure can activate changes in a patient’s nervous and immune systems and potentially cause hypertension, impact pain thresholds and post-operative pain, delay surgery being started or completed, and delay patient discharge. Furthermore, pharmacological treatments that can be used to help control peri-operative anxiety may…

Thank you to everyone who entered and nominated in the 2021 FHT Excellence Awards. It’s never been more important to showcase your work and the different ways you help to improve your clients’ health and wellbeing, as well as supporting others in the industry and your local community. We’re delighted to announce our finalists for……

World Reflexology Week 2021 runs from 20 to 26 September and we are hopeful that this year, our members will be able to demonstrate how this wonderful therapy can help to stress and anxiety, encourage relaxation, improve mood, aid sleep and so much more. If you are an FHT member and qualified in reflexology, you…

This August, we shared five great reasons why Oh Magazine readers should try complementary therapy, focusing on how it: Can help to tackle the cause, not just the symptom Can help to improve sleep quality Offers a holistic, ‘whole-person’ approach Involves positive touch Empowers people to manage their own health and wellbeing. At the end…

“You can create the most wonderful city from the ground up but it could be totally heartless. If it’s not got a soul, a culture and history, what has it got?” Dr Michael Dixon, GP and Chair of the College of Medicine. What comes to mind  when you read the phrase, ‘healthy city’? Perhaps an…

On 21 July, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing (APPG-BAW), of which the FHT is an associate member, published its final report into Botox, fillers and similar aesthetic non-surgical cosmetic treatments. Co-chairs of the APPG-BAW, Carolyn Harris MP and Judith Cummins MP, launched a year-long inquiry following the explosion in the…