ADVISORY GROUP

Susan Findlay

Ex-Officio Member

Susan’s first love is dance, sport, anything to do with the joy of movement. She trained as a nurse in Canada but soon left the profession when she came to the UK as she wanted a deeper connection with her clients.  For many years she worked in both health and fitness, teaching 20+ classes a week and running GP referral schemes. She wanted to make better use of all her knowledge which led her to retrain as a Sports Massage and Remedial Soft Tissue Therapist.  Currently she is the director of NLSSM and specialises in teaching Oncology Massage. She is the author of Sports Massage: Hands on Guide for Therapists and is the a feature writer for Massage World. She volunteers her time as a board member of GCMT.  You can catch her on her weekly Massage Monday videos. 

Member of the Regulation and Standards working group.

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Jane Langston (Amatsu)

ATIUK

Jane is the Amatsu Ambassador for Amatsu Therapy International UK and is also a Senior Teacher and Examiner for ATIUK. An internationally published author,  Jane is also a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences and has a love of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology.

Member of the Strategy working group.

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Ruth Duncan

Advisor

Ruth trained as a licensed massage therapist while living in Florida, USA. She returned to Scotland in 2001 and continued to further her education with a Btec 5 sports and remedial soft tissue qualification, a sports therapy diploma and a hypnotherapy diploma. She also returned to the US to complete training in myofascial release adding to her soft tissue skills. Ruth has over 20 years of experience working as a myofascial release specialist and lecturer. She is the founder of Myofascial Release UK providing workshops for healthcare professionals. Ruth has authored her own book on myofascial release, now in its second edition, and has lectured at international and national conferences and trade shows. In 2021, Ruth gained a BSc First Class (Hons) in Health Sciences and a PGCert in Pain Science to further her own education and to enhance her training programmes. Ruth is the Scottish advisor for GCMT.

Member of the Regulation and Standards working group.
 

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Liz Nicholls

Advisor

Liz is currently the Lead for the BSc (hons) Physiotherapy Programme at the University of East London. Alongside this, Liz works as a Physiotherapist across a number of sports at national and international level (AELTC, WTA, London Marathon, Triathlon). In addition to her clinical roles, Liz has also worked on the organising committees for a number of major Games (for example: London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics; Glasgow, Gold Coast and Birmingham Commonwealth Games; London 2017 IAAF and WPA Athletics: European Games 2015, Baku). In recent years, Liz has also been working with the team at the English National Ballet and is looking forward to developing these links over the next few years. Liz is committed to working with colleagues across the Therapies to share knowledge and develop skills and expertise within our fields. She currently leads on soft tissue therapy within the Physiotherapy undergraduate curriculum.

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Melvyn Eyres, FLCSP (Phys)

LCSP

After studying at The Northern Institute in 1977, Melvyn went on to gain diplomas in Massage and Physical Culture Remedial Massage Therapy, Manipulative Therapy and ultimately qualified as an osteopath in 1982. Melvyn was accepted on to the GOsC register in 2000 but then resigned shortly afterwards, feeling that his work was more physiotherapy and remedial massage based rather than osteopathic. He applied and was accepted to the chartered society of physiotherapy in 2005. He has been working in his own busy clinic for the past 35 years in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Melvyn was given a fellowship of the LCSP register in 1995 and was elected to the Governing Council the same year. He is now the Chair of the LCSP Register Disciplinary Board and is a founder member of the GCMT.






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Jennie Parke Matheson

MTI

Jennie Parke Matheson is a soft tissue specialist and an accredited tutor, with 15 years’experience. She has a private practice in North London and runs workshops & courses for both newcomers & qualified therapists. She served on the Boards of MTI, GCMT and CNHC between 2019-2021, and co-wrote the operational guidance for therapists throughout the covid pandemic. Her specialities, for provision of support and advice are safe working environments, covid guidelines, working in hospitals, hospices and care environments, marketing guidelines (including managing the ASA), how to run a massage business, how to run a teaching practice,  GDPR and all supporting documentation, and mentoring and supervision.

Member of the Strategy, and Mental Health working groups.

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