Dermatomes and Myotomes will be thoroughly covered with specific case studies from my personal patient’s MRI reports making sure you grasp the newfound knowledge so that you are able to utilise it with your own patients.
Bodymaster® Diploma Courses
Attend all 10 courses and you will receive a Diploma that will entitle you to call yourself a Bodymaster Method® Practitioner.

Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques Masterclass
Develop an increased understanding of advanced soft tissue techniques.
John Gibbons’ Advanced Soft Tissue Masterclass introduces you to advanced soft tissue techniques that can be used easily and safely in a sporting and non-sporting context.
On completion of the two-day course, you will have a good understanding of the NEW Bodymaster release techniques (BMRT), soft tissue release (STR), muscle energy techniques (MET), strain counter strain (SCS) and positional release (PR). On this course you will also learn advanced myofascial techniques in which we will focus on the area of the lower lumbar spine, specific shoulder problems and neck pain as well as other areas of the body; these techniques once learnt can then be employed immediately in your repertoire of soft tissue skills so that you can successfully treat more patients with a variety of musculoskeletal problems.
You will be awarded a Certificate of achievement at the end of the course attaining 14 CPD points/hours.
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 / Holistic Massage Therapist with ITEC, VTCT, IIST, Premier or similar diploma qualification.
This course is perfect if you are an Osteopath, Chiropractor or Physiotherapist as the techniques you are taught on the course will complement your treatments in your clinic. Students studying any aspect of physical therapy are also welcome.
Pre Course Learning is essential and we would suggest a good knowledge and/or revision of the joints/muscles mentioned.
Click Here for dates and booking

Kinesiology Taping for the Athlete Masterclass
Any Physical Therapist that is involved with assessing, treating, and rehabilitating sports-related injuries or even patients that present with back and neck pain will need to have the skill of Kinesiology taping.
Kinesiology taping is definitely the buzzword at the moment in the field of Sports Medicine.
All top professional teams in every sector of sport throughout the UK and the world are having this new phenomenal tape applied to them, and now you can learn how to employ these simple techniques that can do remarkable things to improve the performance of your athletes and patients in the clinical and sporting setting.
Why delay – book today – spaces are limited!
Is it for You?
The Kinesiology Taping Masterclass is perfect for all types of physical therapists, coaches, first-aiders, and even athletes who want to achieve quick, simple, safe effective relief from muscular strains and ligament/joint sprains.
You will learn how to stabilise a specific area of instability, offload the pain through ‘decompression’, improve performance, and to control swelling using tailored Kinesiology Taping techniques.
50% reduction off course fees
On completion of this Bodymaster Method course, you will be entitled to a 50% reduction off the course fees with ‘RockTape’ for their Level 2 Myofascial taping course.
On completion of the RockTape Level 2 course, you are then entitled to call yourself a Certified ‘Rock Doc’ and your name listed on a register of practitioners. During the Bodymaster Course, you will be given a specific code that will entitle you to a 43% discount off all RockTape’s Kinesiology taping products (The two specific codes will be given to you whilst you are on the course).
You will receive a Certificate of achievement at the end of the course.
This qualification will give you the necessary skills to start applying these clinically proven taping techniques immediately.
Click Here for dates and booking

The Vital Nerves
LOCATION - Swindon
The Vital Nerves Masterclass
Improve and develop your knowledge and success with Neurological Testing at this intensive one-day Bodymaster Method Course.
John Gibbons’ Neurological Testing Masterclass allows you, as an already highly qualified therapist, to focus on understanding, assessing, and having the knowledge to safely decide on when to treat and when to refer on. This course is now available online and click here for further information.
This masterclass will give you a better understanding of what structure might be responsible for the presenting pain when your patient presents with arm or leg pain that is might be referring to the cervical or lumbar spine. In particular, we will look at disc herniations as well as referred patterns of pain and how we can decide through specific testing what level the disc has herniated.
You will also learn how to differentiate between pain in the posterior part of the thigh that is potentially either from the sciatic nerve, piriformis, or simply from a muscular strain of the hamstring.
During the course, we will focus on the upper and lower peripheral Nervous system, e.g. the brachial, lumbar, and sciatic plexus.
You will also learn will how to assess the nervous system using a patella (reflex) hammer, as well as specific muscle testing (myotomes) and various sensory tests (dermatomes) using specialist equipment.

The course is very intense and run over a single day. On completion, you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific dysfunction within the Neurological system, leading to greater treatment success, happier customers, and a more profitable business.

Pelvis, Sacroiliac Joint & Lumbar Spine
LOCATION - Swindon
The Pelvis, Sacroiliac Joint & Lumbar Spine Masterclass
Greatly increase your treatment success with advanced and specific techniques to treat a variety of spinal and pelvic disorders.
John Gibbons’ The Pelvis, Sacroiliac Joint & Lumbar Spine Masterclass introduces you, as an already qualified therapist, to advanced and specific techniques with which to examine and treat a variety of musculoskeletal disorders.
The three-day course is very intense, focussing on the biomechanics of the sacroiliac joint, pelvis, hip, and lumbar spine. Once this has been learned, John then teaches you how to assess, treat and rehabilitate any dysfunctions that are found within this complex but highly rewarding area.
This course will dramatically change your treatment protocols with patients that present with lower back and pelvic girdle pain!
On completion of this course, you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific dysfunction within the musculoskeletal framework, leading to greater treatment success, happier customers, and a more profitable business.
Course now online and click here for further information!
If you prefer, you can now attend this course in the comfort of your own home with no travel expenses, click here for further information!
Is it for You?
The advanced nature of the course content requires you to have a high standard of both theoretical and practical knowledge. The minimum level of your ability, therefore, needs to be Level 3 Sports 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.
Prior knowledge of the joints mentioned is essential
Insurance: ‘Balens’ or ‘BGi’ Insurance companies will cover you for the techniques that are taught during the course.

The Vital Glutes & Psoas Masterclass
LOCATION - Swindon
The Vital Glutes & Psoas
In The Vital Glutes & Psoas Master-Class osteopath, author and respected bodywork specialist John Gibbons looks at two of the most neglected areas of the body: the gluteal & psoas muscles. During the course he will take you on a fascinating journey of enlightenment, teaching you to recognize pain and dysfunctional patterns that can arise from dysfunctions found within the gluteal & psoas muscles.
Gibbons addresses questions such as:
- Why do the gluteals & psoas muscles potentially cause pain and dysfunction in distant sites of the body?
- How does the gait pattern contribute to pain and dysfunction?
- How can the application of gluteal-psoas-specific Muscle Energy Techniques aid full-body well-being?
In addition, he provides step-by-step techniques to identify and correct a number of impaired patterns as well as functional gluteal exercises that promote recovery.
You’ll learn how to identify specific soft tissue dysfunction and weakness within the gluteal & psoas musculoskeletal system, and to harness powerful Muscle Energy Techniques and specific exercises to restore function to your athletes and patients.
Author and Lecturer John Gibbons brings years of expertise and this will be demonstrated during this course. He will teach you functional anatomy and the biomechanics of the kinetic chain for the gluteal & psoas muscles and how they relate to pain and dysfunction to distant sites of the body. Once that has been understood, he takes you on a fascinating journey to functionally assess the firing patterns of the Gmax and Gmed as well as specific muscle length tests that can alter the position of the pelvis and lumbar spine with the psoas naturally being one of those muscles.
On completion of the assessment, he will then show you how to correct any of the dysfunctions found within this framework and then he will teach you how to apply specific METs as well as utilizing the most current research-based gluteal exercises to restore normality.
On completion of the course, you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific pathologies found within the gluteal-psoas musculoskeletal framework and perform a variety of techniques that will help promote function.
You will be awarded a certificate at the end of the course.
Is it for You?
The advanced nature of the course content requires you to have a high standard of both theoretical and practical knowledge. The minimum level of your ability, therefore, needs to be Level 3 Sport / Holistic Massage Therapist with ITEC, VTCT, IIST, Premier, or similar diploma qualification.
This course is perfect if you are a Sports Massage therapist, Osteopath, Chiropractor or Physiotherapist as the techniques you are taught on the course will complement your treatments in your clinic. Students studying any aspect of physical therapy are also welcome.
Please note:
This course will count towards your Bodymaster Practitioner Diploma.

Muscle Energy Techniques Masterclass
LOCATION - Swindon
Muscle Energy Techniques
A one-day face-to-face course or online to support John’s Muscle Energy Technique book.
You’ll learn how to identify specific soft tissue dysfunction and weakness within the musculoskeletal system, and to harness powerful Muscle Energy Techniques to restore function to your patients.
Author and Lecturer John Gibbons brings years of expertise and this will be demonstrated during this course. He will teach you the theory of MET and, once that has been understood, he takes you on a muscle energy technique ‘journey’. After demonstrating functional assessment testing for the muscles of ‘posture’ that can become chronically tight and dysfunctional, he shows how to apply a specific MET to correct these dysfunctional muscles to restore normality.
On completion of the course you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific dysfunction within the musculoskeletal framework and perform a variety of Muscle Energy Techniques that will help restore function.
Grab your copy of the Muscle Energy Techniques practical guide!
The course fee also includes the No.1 best seller through Amazon: ‘Muscle Energy Techniques’ a practical guide for the physical therapist, written by the bodymaster himself. The book contains easy-to-follow ‘postural muscle’ tables that you can use to monitor the progress of your patients.
You will be awarded a certificate at the end of the course.
MET course now ONLINE:
You can now attend this MET course in the comfort of your own home with no travel expenses, click here for more details!
Is it for You?
The advanced nature of the course content requires you to have a high standard of both theoretical and practical knowledge. The minimum level of your ability, therefore, needs to be Level 3 Sport / Holistic Massage Therapist with ITEC, VTCT, IIST, Premier or similar diploma qualification.
This course is perfect if you are an Osteopath, Chiropractor, or Physiotherapist as the techniques you are taught on the course will complement your treatments in your clinic. Students studying any aspect of physical therapy are also welcome.
The video below shows John Gibbons assessing the length of the muscles of the hip and trunk area. You will learn these techniques on the course:

Hip & Groin
LOCATION - Swindon
The Vital Hip & Groin Masterclass
Improve and develop your knowledge and patient success with hip & groin treatment in just one day.
John Gibbons’ Hip Joint & Groin Masterclass allows you, as an already highly qualified therapist, to focus on this specific joint and related musculature. The course is very intense and runs over a single day. On completion, you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific dysfunction within the hip joint, leading to greater treatment success, happier customers, and a more profitable business.
You will be awarded a certificate at the end of the course.
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, needs to be Level 3 Sports 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 joint be studied with particular emphasis on the joints & ligaments, muscle origins, and insertions.

Shoulder Joint
LOCATION - Swindon
Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques Masterclass
Develop an increased understanding of advanced soft tissue techniques.
John Gibbons’ Advanced Soft Tissue Masterclass introduces you to advanced soft tissue techniques that can be used easily and safely in a sporting and non-sporting context.
On completion of the two-day course, you will have a good understanding of the NEW Bodymaster release techniques (BMRT), soft tissue release (STR), muscle energy techniques (MET), strain counter strain (SCS) and positional release (PR). On this course you will also learn advanced myofascial techniques in which we will focus on the area of the lower lumbar spine, specific shoulder problems and neck pain as well as other areas of the body; these techniques once learnt can then be employed immediately in your repertoire of soft tissue skills so that you can successfully treat more patients with a variety of musculoskeletal problems.
You will be awarded a Certificate of achievement at the end of the course attaining 14 CPD points/hours.
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 / Holistic Massage Therapist with ITEC, VTCT, IIST, Premier or similar diploma qualification.
This course is perfect if you are an Osteopath, Chiropractor or Physiotherapist as the techniques you are taught on the course will complement your treatments in your clinic. Students studying any aspect of physical therapy are also welcome.
Pre Course Learning is essential and we would suggest a good knowledge and/or revision of the joints/muscles mentioned.
Click Here for dates and booking

Knee Joint
LOCATION - Swindon
Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques Masterclass
Develop an increased understanding of advanced soft tissue techniques.
John Gibbons’ Advanced Soft Tissue Masterclass introduces you to advanced soft tissue techniques that can be used easily and safely in a sporting and non-sporting context.
On completion of the two-day course, you will have a good understanding of the NEW Bodymaster release techniques (BMRT), soft tissue release (STR), muscle energy techniques (MET), strain counter strain (SCS) and positional release (PR). On this course you will also learn advanced myofascial techniques in which we will focus on the area of the lower lumbar spine, specific shoulder problems and neck pain as well as other areas of the body; these techniques once learnt can then be employed immediately in your repertoire of soft tissue skills so that you can successfully treat more patients with a variety of musculoskeletal problems.
You will be awarded a Certificate of achievement at the end of the course attaining 14 CPD points/hours.
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 / Holistic Massage Therapist with ITEC, VTCT, IIST, Premier or similar diploma qualification.
This course is perfect if you are an Osteopath, Chiropractor or Physiotherapist as the techniques you are taught on the course will complement your treatments in your clinic. Students studying any aspect of physical therapy are also welcome.
Pre Course Learning is essential and we would suggest a good knowledge and/or revision of the joints/muscles mentioned.
Click Here for dates and booking
Non-Diploma Courses

Acupuncture
LOCATION - Swindon
Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques Masterclass
Develop an increased understanding of advanced soft tissue techniques.
John Gibbons’ Advanced Soft Tissue Masterclass introduces you to advanced soft tissue techniques that can be used easily and safely in a sporting and non-sporting context.
On completion of the two-day course, you will have a good understanding of the NEW Bodymaster release techniques (BMRT), soft tissue release (STR), muscle energy techniques (MET), strain counter strain (SCS) and positional release (PR). On this course you will also learn advanced myofascial techniques in which we will focus on the area of the lower lumbar spine, specific shoulder problems and neck pain as well as other areas of the body; these techniques once learnt can then be employed immediately in your repertoire of soft tissue skills so that you can successfully treat more patients with a variety of musculoskeletal problems.
You will be awarded a Certificate of achievement at the end of the course attaining 14 CPD points/hours.
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 / Holistic Massage Therapist with ITEC, VTCT, IIST, Premier or similar diploma qualification.
This course is perfect if you are an Osteopath, Chiropractor or Physiotherapist as the techniques you are taught on the course will complement your treatments in your clinic. Students studying any aspect of physical therapy are also welcome.
Pre Course Learning is essential and we would suggest a good knowledge and/or revision of the joints/muscles mentioned.
Click Here for dates and booking

Spinal Manipulation
LOCATION - Swindon
The Vital Nerves Masterclass
Improve and develop your knowledge and success with Neurological Testing at this intensive one-day Bodymaster Method Course.
John Gibbons’ Neurological Testing Masterclass allows you, as an already highly qualified therapist, to focus on understanding, assessing, and having the knowledge to safely decide on when to treat and when to refer on. This course is now available online and click here for further information.
This masterclass will give you a better understanding of what structure might be responsible for the presenting pain when your patient presents with arm or leg pain that is might be referring to the cervical or lumbar spine. In particular, we will look at disc herniations as well as referred patterns of pain and how we can decide through specific testing what level the disc has herniated.
You will also learn how to differentiate between pain in the posterior part of the thigh that is potentially either from the sciatic nerve, piriformis, or simply from a muscular strain of the hamstring.
During the course, we will focus on the upper and lower peripheral Nervous system, e.g. the brachial, lumbar, and sciatic plexus.
You will also learn will how to assess the nervous system using a patella (reflex) hammer, as well as specific muscle testing (myotomes) and various sensory tests (dermatomes) using specialist equipment.
Dermatomes and Myotomes will be thoroughly covered with specific case studies from my personal patient’s MRI reports making sure you grasp the newfound knowledge so that you are able to utilise it with your own patients.

The course is very intense and run over a single day. On completion, you will have the knowledge and practical experience necessary to identify, assess and treat specific dysfunction within the Neurological system, leading to greater treatment success, happier customers, and a more profitable business.

Advanced Spinal Manipulation
LOCATION - Swindon
Kinesiology Taping for the Athlete Masterclass
Any Physical Therapist that is involved with assessing, treating, and rehabilitating sports-related injuries or even patients that present with back and neck pain will need to have the skill of Kinesiology taping.
Kinesiology taping is definitely the buzzword at the moment in the field of Sports Medicine.
All top professional teams in every sector of sport throughout the UK and the world are having this new phenomenal tape applied to them, and now you can learn how to employ these simple techniques that can do remarkable things to improve the performance of your athletes and patients in the clinical and sporting setting.
Why delay – book today – spaces are limited!
Is it for You?
The Kinesiology Taping Masterclass is perfect for all types of physical therapists, coaches, first-aiders, and even athletes who want to achieve quick, simple, safe effective relief from muscular strains and ligament/joint sprains.
You will learn how to stabilise a specific area of instability, offload the pain through ‘decompression’, improve performance, and to control swelling using tailored Kinesiology Taping techniques.
50% reduction off course fees
On completion of this Bodymaster Method course, you will be entitled to a 50% reduction off the course fees with ‘RockTape’ for their Level 2 Myofascial taping course.
On completion of the RockTape Level 2 course, you are then entitled to call yourself a Certified ‘Rock Doc’ and your name listed on a register of practitioners. During the Bodymaster Course, you will be given a specific code that will entitle you to a 43% discount off all RockTape’s Kinesiology taping products (The two specific codes will be given to you whilst you are on the course).
You will receive a Certificate of achievement at the end of the course.
This qualification will give you the necessary skills to start applying these clinically proven taping techniques immediately.