Spinal Manipulation & Mobilisation | John Gibbons Bodymaster Method

Online specialist course

Develop safer, clearer spinal mobilisation and manipulation reasoning.

A specialist online course for practitioners who want more structure around spinal handling, mobilisation choices and clinical progression.

£199course access
Onlinestudy at your pace
Pathwaylinks into John's training

Who it is for

Built for practical therapists, not passive course collectors.

Best suited to qualified therapists who already assess and treat spinal presentations and want a more confident Bodymaster Method framework.

What you will work through

  • Study Course Introduction inside the online course.
  • Study Anatomy of the Vertebral Column & Pelvis inside the online course.
  • Study Mobilisations vs Manipulations & Contraindications inside the online course.
  • Study Biomechanics of the Vertebral Column inside the online course.

How this fits your learning

This course can stand on its own, and it also gives you a clearer route into John's wider Bodymaster Method training when you are ready.

  • Study online at your own pace.
  • Use the course as a practical next step in John's online library.
  • Keep the full Diploma pathway visible without needing to choose it today.

Course breakdown

17 spinal mobilisation and manipulation sections from the online course.

The course covers vertebral column and pelvic anatomy, mobilisation versus manipulation, biomechanics, pelvic assessment and treatment, lumbar and thoracic assessment, thoracic METs, mobilisation, manipulation, ribs and the cervicothoracic junction.

01Course Introduction
02Anatomy of the Vertebral Column & Pelvis
03Mobilisations vs Manipulations & Contraindications
04Biomechanics of the Vertebral Column
05Functional Anatomy of the Pelvic Girdle
06Assessment of the Pelvic Girdle
07Treatment of the Pelvic Girdle
08Functional Anatomy & Pathology of the Lumbar Spine
09Assessment of the Lumbar Spine
10Treatment of the Lumbar Spine
11Functional Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine & Ribcage
12Assessment of the Thoracic Spine
13MET treatment of the Thoracic Spine
14Mobilisations of the Thoracic Spine
15Manipulation of the Thoracic Spine
16Anatomy & Manipulation of the Ribs
17Manipulation of the Cervico-thoracic Junction (CTJ)

Bodymaster Method pathway

This can be part of a bigger journey with John.

Practitioners can start here, then move into the Bodymaster Method Practitioner Diploma route. Completing the full Diploma route is the route towards Dip BmP recognition and John's public practitioner directory.

Learn from John Gibbons

Practical teaching from a clinician, author and Bodymaster Method educator.

John teaches with a practical clinical focus, so learners can connect anatomy, assessment and treatment reasoning to the kind of presentations they see in clinic.