The Vital Shoulder Complex Masterclass

Increase your ability to treat shoulder problems at this intensive one-day Bodymaster Method Course.

Take The Vital Shoulder Complex Masterclass Face-to-Face or Online

For therapists or students in sports therapy, osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, yoga, pilates & functional anatomy.

This Masterclass Counts Towards Your Bodymaster Diploma

Take all 10 Diploma Masterclasses to become a certified Bodymaster Practitioner, allowing you to treat more and refer less.

The Vital Shoulder Complex Masterclass gains you 7 CPD points

This masterclass is fully certified through the Sports Therapy Organisation. On completion you’ll receive a certificate and 7 CPD points.

COURSE OVERVIEW

Course details

Next Dates:

– TBA

Duration: 1 Day

Venue: Core Elements, Swindon SN1 3DX

Trainer: John Gibbons

Price: £175

CPD: 7 units

Full Course Timetable

The Vital Shoulder Complex Masterclass allows you, as an already highly qualified therapist, to focus on this specific area. This one-day course is very intense and on completion you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific dysfunction within the shoulder complex, which will in turn lead to greater treatment success, happier customers and a more profitable business.

Is it for You?

The advanced nature of the course content requires you have a high standard of both theoretical and practical knowledge. The minimum level of your ability, therefore, is Level 3 Sport Massage Therapist with ITEC, VTCT, IIST, Premier or similar diploma qualification. If you are an Osteopath, Chiropractor or Physiotherapist you would also benefit greatly from this course. Pre Course Learning is essential and we would suggest a good knowledge and/or revision of the shoulder with particular emphasis on the joints & ligaments, muscle origins and insertions.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

➔ Discussion of Rotator Cuff, Scapulohumeral Rhythm, Impingement syndrome and Painful arc

➔ Muscles & Motion of the Shoulder and Cervical Spine

➔ Posture, Myofascial Slings and the inner / outer core

➔ Gait Cycle and the relationship to the Shoulder Complex

➔ Differential Diagnosis of Shoulder Pathology

➔ Cervical Spine and the Brachial Plexus

➔ Differential Diagnosis of Pain to Superior Scapula

➔ Assessment of the shoulder using active, passive rom, resisted testing and specific tests

➔ Special tests associated with the shoulder complex

➔ Upper limb Muscle Length tests

➔ Treatment of the hypertonic muscles using specific modalities of muscle energy techniques

➔ Specific treatment protocols of the shoulder complex

Book Your Vital Shoulder Complex Masterclass Today

Face-to-Face Masterclass – £175

One full day of classroom and practical training with me at Core Elements Studio in Swindon UK.

Includes a printed copy of my bestselling book “The Vital Shoulder Complex”, course certificate and 7 CPD points.

Take This Course Online – £199

Get instant lifetime access and learn at your own pace.

Includes video training, a PDF copy of my bestselling book “The Vital Shoulder Complex”, course certificate and 35 CPD points.

WHY SHOULD YOU TRAIN WITH ME?

I’m the creator of the Bodymaster Method^® and I’ve spent years teaching post-graduate professionals worldwide to become the ‘go-to’ therapist in their area. My courses are built on everything I have learned as an osteopath, writer, researcher and lecturer.

The Bodymaster Method^® is different from what you learned at university. You were probably taught to look at the site of pain, possibly perform hands-on therapy, and load the tissue with eccentric loading. The Bodymaster method^® teaches you to look at your client as a whole person, not just at the site of pain.

This one-day course is very intense and on completion you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific dysfunction within the shoulder complex.

WHAT BODYMASTER METHOD STUDENTS SAY…

Micaiah Jakeman

I can’t thank you enough for all the training and in depth knowledge you have given me John, I have a very busy clinic with extremely happy clients and this is undoubtedly down to your training. Thanks a Million you are every therapist go to guru!

Derek Cutner

Glutes & Psoas Online Course Student

I really appreciated your course! The layout and information was excellent. It really helped me understand more and fill in some gaps in my knowledge. I’ve already suggested your courses to my co-workers and look forward to taking more in the future.

Jean-Luc Lafitte, Chiropractor & Nutritionist

” I just wanted to thank you for an inspiring course. Your knowledge was very impressive, and without ego, which is so rare these days. Thank you once again and I will be recommending you to my colleagues.”

Sonya Sofia

It has been an absolute joy taking your courses.Your character is wonderful and I’m grateful for learning your gem of wisdom!

Knud Byrjalsen, Chiropractor in Spain

I am sitting here studying your beautiful masterpiece of the shoulder book and in awe of the laborous artful and easy-to-understand illustrations combined with your equally easy to understand text. It is such a pleasure to study this book. It must have taken quite a long time to get it together with all these beautiful illustrations and grafics and photos. You are a hard working man, John! Bless you for taking the time to do this for all us eternal students.

Adrian Iliescu

I have taken several online courses on your platform and I want to tell you that my level of training has improved tremendously, for which I thank you because now I can treat patients much faster and much more efficiently! When I have time, I will continue your courses to become a Bodymaster Method, this is my primary goal!

09.45	Registration and introduction
10.00	Theory – Surface anatomy of the shoulder, shoulder girdle and cervical spine. Differential diagnosis of cervical / referred / visceral patterns of pain to the shoulder.
10.45	Practical – Surface anatomy of the soft tissues and associated joints
11.30	Break
11.45	Theory – Rotator cuff, scapulohumeral rhythm, impingement sydrome, painful arc, discussion of case studies taken from my article ‘exploring shoulder pain’
12.30	Lunch
13.15	Practical – Assessment of the shoulder complex and screening tests of cervical spine. Active and passive ROM testing and special tests.
14.45	Break
15.00	Practical – Treatment of shoulder complex focussing on impingement syndrome. Strain-counterstrain (SCS), Muscle energy techniques (MET), Harmonics, AC & SC Joint assessment and treatment.
16.15	Summary – certificates and dispersal

Terms and conditions

Bodymaster Method courses are subject to payment in full at the time of booking, which reserves your place on the specific course and ensures your certification is ready for handout on completion. Please note that payment is non refundable should you decide to cancel the course or fail to attend.

If you know at least two weeks in advance that you are unable to attend then you may be able to transfer to another course at the discretion of the tutor. However, after this time frame should you wish to transfer, you will be expected to pay 50% of the new course fee.

There may be the odd occasion that a course unfortunately may be cancelled. You will be notified in good time and transferred onto a later course date.