THE LECTURERS
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Prof. Laurie Hartman is an Associate Professor of Osteopathic Technique, British School of Osteopathy, and the author of "Handbook of Osteopathic Technique". He is a world-renowned expert on osteopathic technique and manual therapy and has been practising and teaching for over three decades. Read Interview with Prof. Laurie Hartman
 

Prof. Eyal Lederman is the director of the Centre for Professional Development in Osteopathy and Manual Therapy, London UK and Visiting Professor at Unitech Osteopapthic College, New Zealand. He graduated from the British School of Osteopathy (1986) and is working as an osteopath in London. He completed his PhD. at King's College, where he researched the neurophysiology of manual therapy. He also researched and developed osteopathic Harmonic Technique. He is involved in research examining the physiological effects of manual therapy and the development of Osteopathic Neuromuscular Re-abilitation.
Prof. Lederman has been teaching osteopathic technique and lecturering in different schools in the UK and abroad. He has published articles in the area of osteopathy and is the author of the books Harmonic Technique, Fundamentals of Manual Therapy and"The Science and Practice of Manual Therapy".
 

Jean-Pierre Barral is well known internationally for his extensive contribution to osteopathy in the area of visceral osteopathy. He has written several books in this and related areas and has developed many of the techniques used by osteopaths worldwide. The two workshops run by Jean-Pierre are a rare opportunity to train under his guidance.
 

Philip Moulaert has been practising manual therapy for 25 years. He is currently a senior lecturer in manual therapy at the Ghent University in Belgium. His special interest in the field of neural tissue started after studying at the Curtin University in Perth, Australia.
 

Leon Chaitow ND DO is a graduate of the BCNO (now BCOM) who has been in practice since 1960. He was until 2004 Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster. He lectures widely in Europe, USA and Australia on osteopathic and naturopathic topics, to chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists and massage therapists; is author of over 60 books (including Positional Release Techniques, 3rd edition (2007) Churchill Livingstone). He is Editor-in-Chief of the peer reviewed Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies, and practises in the UK and Greece.
 
Chris Boynes is Clinical Director of PhysioActive, Sports & Spinal Practice in London. He is an active committee member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine (ACPSM) and works regularly with elite and amateur athletes of all sporting disciplines. From 1994-2000 he was Club Physiotherapist to London Irish RFC. He is a former lecturer in Sports Rehabilitation at the University of Surrey and continues to lecture regularly on sports injuries and rehabilitation. He is an FA qualified instructor in First Aid for Sport.
 
Averille Morgan graduated from RMIT, Australia in 1994 and has practised osteopathy in Australia and the UK. She has published articles in the area of pregnancy and osteopathic childcare. Averille taught for several years at the British School of Osteopathy Community Children's Clinic and developed a series of visceral and Optimal Fetal Positioning (OFP) workshops for osteopaths and midwives.
 
Sue Baxter is a registered nurse and cranio-sacral therapist with over twenty-five years of health care experience. She teaches under- and post-graduate courses for nurses and complementary therapists, and works full time in private practice. Sue is currently studying for her MA (Psychotherapy).
 
Heather Muncey  BA, Dip Grad Phys, MCSP, SRP, MACP - Heather is Principal Physiotherapist in the Pain Management Service at the North Bristol NHS Trust. Heather has worked in interdisciplinary pain management since 1989. She is experienced in delivering pain management programmes to individuals and groups in the area of prevention of pain-associated incapacity for acute recurrent pain, work retention for low back pain and return to work programmes. Heather was the founder of The Physiotherapy Pain Association in 1994 and the first elected Physiotherapist Council member of The British Pain Society (part of the International Association for the Study of Pain). She was the Physiotherapist Advisor to the United Kingdom Clinical Standards Advisory Group Report on Pain, 2000. She was the Physiotherapy clinical supervisor for two of the four centres in the UK Back to Work Studies in 2000 and 2004. She has presented extensively at national and international scientific conferences and has published on her area of expertise in specialist texts.
 
Dr. Jeremy Chase is a consultant psychiatrist with an interest in modernising junior doctor training. He has for fifteen years been clinical tutor for psychiatry trainees in Hertfordshire, and is now also programme director for Year 2 Foundation Trainees, Watford General Hospital. He was vocationally trained as a general practitioner and retains an interest in counselling in primary care, acting as consultant for the Hertfordshire Counselling Service. His research interests have included psycho-neuroimmunology, chronic fatigue syndrome and metabolic problems in people with psychiatric disorders. He runs a home-based service for acutely ill people with serious psychiatric illnesses. His medicolegal experience of assessing victims of road traffic accidents has led to an interest in pain management in those with head injuries and spinal cord disorders.
 
Dr.Hazel O'Dowd is a consultant clinical psychologist. She has worked in general medicine for over ten years in the area of biopsychosocial models of care, particularly, working with chronic conditions such as pain, fatigue and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Prior to this she worked in general psychiatry where the experience of managing and treating depression, anxiety and personality disorders proved a useful background for this field of health care.
 
Tsafi Ledermanis a UKCP registered and practicing psychotherapist who specialises in body-psychotherapy and integrative art psychotherapy. She has a private psychotherapy and supervision practice in London. She studied body-psychotherapy at the Gerda Boyesen Centre and Integrative Arts Psychotherapy (IATE). She is the co-director of the Centre for Professional Development in Osteopathy and Manual Therapy and a tutor and supervisor of the MA programme at IATE. Tsafi has been running workshops and teaching psychotherapy and bodywork for over 18 years. She is co-author of the section on psychological processes in "The Science and Practice of Manual Therapy" (2005) and a chapter titled "Touch as a Therapeutic Intervention" in the book 'Morphodynamics in Osteopathy' (2006)
 
Tom Hewetson is an osteopath and has worked extensively with athletes at both national and international levels. He spent six years as first team Osteopath to London Wasps, and the past five years working for the RFU at London Division. Tom has a Masters Degree in Sports Injury and Therapy. He is one of the founder members of the Osteopathic Sports Care Association (OSCA), and is still a committee member today. He is a guest lecturer at BSO, BCOM and Oxford Brookes, as well as giving talks for the National Sports Medicine Institute and to regional osteopathy and physiotherapy groups. He is a lecturer on the MSc in Osteopathic Sports Care at Leeds Metropolitan University.
 
Glenn Hunter is a Chartered Physiotherapist and is a principal lecturer at the University of the West of England in Bristol. His main teaching areas are clinical biomechanics, sports medicine, developing clinical reasoning and research. His research interests are in muscle tendon injuries and he has led research investigating hamstring injuries in professional football for the Football Association. In 2003 Glenn was the third winner of the international HvU award for sports physiotherapy, which is awarded by the International Federation of Sports Physiotherapy for outstanding achievement in this field.
 
Luise Woerle is an osteopath, natural therapeutics practitioner (Heilpraktikerin, Germany) and Yoga-Teacher. She has over 30 years experience in teaching Yoga, particularly therapeutic aspects, and training Yoga-teachers; running a Yoga-Studio and an osteopathic practice in Munich, guest-teaching for seminars and conventions in different countries.
 
Peter Gladwell BSc, MCSP, SRP - Peter is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in the Pain Management Service and the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service at the North Bristol NHS Trust. Peter works with groups and individuals in the areas of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service, a TENS/Rehabilitation clinic, Pain Management Programmes, a Secondary Prevention Low Back Pain Programme, and Pain Management and rehabilitation. He has recently had a role in a research programme investigating group CBT for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME, and was involved clinically with the Back to Work research project. He has a role in teaching General Practitioners about the management of CFS/ME. He was the Public Relations Officer for the Physiotherapy Pain Association, a Clinical Interest Group of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and is currently the Website Editor for the PPA.
 
Tony Nevin Graduated from the ESO 1988. From 1989 onwards has been working with veterinary surgeons applying osteopathic techniques to treat animals and birds. He pioneered the use of osteopathic treatment for wild and exotic species, ranging from elephants, and rhinos, to tiny bats. He has presented several papers, and been invited to speak at conferences worldwide. All of this ontop of regular horse and dog clinics, oh, and two busy human practices in Gloucestershire. Most recently he has become clinical director of the MSc course on the application of osteopathic principles in the treatment of animals, underwritten by the University of Wales.
 
Steven Bruce is an osteopath. Before becoming an osteopath Steven served in the Royal Marines for 28 years where first aid was an ever-present concern and a frequently practised skill. He is approved by the Health and Safety Executive as a provider of First Aid training and lectures regularly to a wide variety of audiences, including healthcare practitioners.
 
Michael Kern is an osteopath and naturopath with a practice in London. He is Course Director of the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust, and senior tutor at the University of Westminster, the College of Osteopaths and the International Cranial Association. He also teaches Biodynamic Craniosacral courses in Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Russia, and is author of "Wisdom in the Body - The Craniosacral Approach to Essential Health".
 
Jaap van Dieën is professor of biomechanics at the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences of the VU University Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He leads a research group focusing on mechanical aspects of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. His main research interest is on the interaction of muscle coordination, fatigue, musculoskeletal disorders, joint load and stability. Jaap van Dieën has (co-) authored over 120 papers in international scientific journals and numerous abstracts and book chapters in the international literature.
 
Mooli Lahad is a senior medical and education psychologist holding a position of a professor of psychology & drama therapy at Tel Hai College Israel and at Roehampton University, England. He is director of the Community Stress Prevention Center. Prof Lahad is considered a leading expert on community and public behaviour and coping with disasters. Serving as a consultant to the Israeli National Security Council and consultant on a USA congressional sub committee on public response to Bio-Chemical warfare as well as serving for many years as a consultant to UNICEF during and after the Yugoslavia war. Prof Lahad was recently nominated as a member of the NATO committee on psychosocial preparedness to disasters. His models and methods are widely used in hospitals' ER, in clinics psychotrauma and centres world-wide by doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and other health professions. Professor Lahad is the author and co author of 27 books and many articles on the topics of communities under stress, community unrest and coping with life threatening situations. His latest book co authored with 3 other leading experts "When their world falls apart - Helping Families and Children Manage the Effects of Disasters".
 
Bruce Kidd is a professor of clinical rheumatology at Barts & The London School of Medicine. He has many years of research experience looking at the mechanisms of joint pain.