Professional development for manual and physical therapists, school of osteopathy, CPDO, London, Prof. Dr. Eyal Lederman, Osteopath,

COURSES 2026

FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION

1-DAY PRACTICAL

Dr. Eyal Lederman

Date: 4 July 2026 • practical workshop (9:30 - 5:00 pm)
Venue: Frazer House • 6 Netherhall Gardens • London • NW3 5RR

CPD hours: 7 • cost: £155 • Student fee: £95.00 • Use discount code: "student"

**Master Functional Exercise Prescription**
**A Professional Course with Prof. Eyal Lederman**

Elevate your clinical and training practice with a deeper, evidence-based understanding of **functional exercise prescription**, taught by one of the field’s most respected thinkers.

In this comprehensive course, Dr. Eyal Lederman guides health and movement professionals beyond rigid protocols and outdated training and rehabilitation myths.

You’ll learn how to design exercise programs that are individualized, adaptable, and grounded in contemporary science, while remaining practical for real people in real settings.

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN

A clear, critical framework for functional exercise prescription

How to tailor exercises to individual goals, capacities, and contexts

Improved clinical reasoning for rehabilitation, performance, and general fitness

Insight into common misconceptions around movement rehabilitation and training

Tools to make smarter, safer, and more effective exercise choices

WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR

Manual and physical therapists and rehabilitation professionals

Strength & conditioning coaches and personal trainers

Movement educators and manual therapists

WHY LEARN FROM DR. LEDERMAN?

Dr. Eyal Lederman is internationally recognized for his work in movement science, rehabilitation, and critical thinking in exercise therapy. His teaching challenges assumptions, sharpens reasoning, and empowers practitioners to make science informed decisions.

Dr. Eyal Lederman graduated from the British School of Osteopathy and has been in practice since 1986. He is the director of CPDO, an international centre providing continuing professional development for manual and physical therapists. Dr. Lederman completed his PhD at King's College, London, where he researched the neurophysiology of manual therapy. He also researched and developed Osteopathic Harmonic Technique, Osteopathic Functional Neuromuscular Rehabilitation and Osteopathic Functional Stretching. He has been an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London (UCL), Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science UCL where has conducted research into functional movement rehabilitation. He has also been a visiting professor at Unitec, NZ.

Apart from these activities, Dr. Lederman regularly teaches osteopathy and manual therapy to various groups and universities in the UK and abroad. He has published several articles in the area of manual and physical therapy and is the author of the books 'Harmonic Technique, Fundamentals of Manual Therapy', 'The Science and Practice of Manual Therapy', 'Neuromuscular Rehabilitation in Manual and Physical Therapy' and 'Therapeutic Stretching: Towards a Functional Approach'. His latest book 'Functional Exercise Prescription: Supporting rehabilitation in Movement and Sport' is due to be published in March 2022.

The course will provide for OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE STANDARDS CPD requirements in the following areas:

7 hours Learning with Others

OPS CPD Requirements	Learning include
Communication and patient partnership	Listening, respecting patient's concerns and preferences, dignity and modesty, effective communication, providing information, consent, patient partnership.
Knowledge, skills and performance	Having sufficient knowledge and skills, working within training and competence, keeping up to date, analysing and reflecting on information to enhance patient care.
Safety and quality in practice	Patient evaluation, management, safeguarding, wider role in enhancing patients' health and wellbeing.