The SMA upcoming events

Muscle Doctor: Kinesiology Taping Workshop (Oxford) (18 Apr 2026)

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Kinesiology Taping Workshop

When - SATURday 18th APRIL, 2026
Where - The Oxford Academy, Oxford
Cost - £145 (£130.50 for SMA Members)

This 1 day CPD workshop aims to provide the manual therapist with both the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to understand the various uses and effects of kinesiology taping.
We use the most recent research available to inform the techniques shown on this course.You will learn the correct and safe use of kinesiology tape as well as a variety of kinesiology taping techniques that you can immediately apply to your practice.
The course covers the following areas of kinesiology taping:
- Safe & correct use
- History of k-tape and how it works
- Acute injuries
- Chronic conditions
- Ongoing injury management

As well as covering standard taping techniques, this course focuses on teaching the underlying logic of kinesiology taping, so that instead of memorising methods, you’ll understand what you are trying to achieve and be able to apply the tape confidently in any situation.
Kinesiology tape will be provided for use on the day.

Book here and find out more

This course is run by SMA Member Liam Coffey

The SMA has not quality-assured or endorsed this CPD event. It is promoted solely for informational purposes, and the SMA accepts no responsibility for the content, delivery, or quality of the training.

SMA Study Evening: Massage, Pain, Stress and Trauma: What the MASSAG Model Helps Us Understand (29 Apr 2026)

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Massage, Pain, Stress and Trauma: What the "MASSAG" Model Helps Us Understand

Wednesday 29th April 2026 @ 7 p.m.

Presenter: Anna Maria Mazzieri

Synopsis: In this session, Anna-Maria Mazzieri will explore a big question that matters to many therapists in practice: when tissue feels taut, guarded or sensitive, how much of that is simply a local tissue issue - and how much may reflect a nervous system that is activated, protective or on high alert?

Drawing on a recent paper she co-authored, Anna Maria will explain how chronic pain, stress and trauma can affect the body’s sensory systems, making people more reactive to pain, more guarded, and sometimes less able to experience touch as safe or soothing. She will then look at how massage and other soft tissue approaches may help by influencing both the body and the nervous system.

The session will break down the MASSAG model in a practical, accessible way. It will help therapists think about how touch, pressure, movement, safety, trust and context may all shape a client’s pain experience. It will also explore ideas around inflammation, fascia, muscle tension, nervous system regulation and the brain’s interpretation of bodily signals.

Biography: Anna Maria Mazzieri is a Soft Tissue Therapist and educator with over twenty years of experience spanning clinical practice, vocational education, and more recently research.
Founder and lead tutor of The ST School, a well-regarded training provider delivering the Level 5 Diploma in Soft Tissue Therapy. She is a strong advocate for raising academic, clinical, and professional standards within the profession, and for embedding evidence-based practice, critical reasoning, and contemporary clinical frameworks into massage and soft tissue therapy education.
Anna Maria collaborates internationally with researchers and academics and has co-authored several peer-reviewed articles examining the mechanisms of massage and manual therapy.
Her most recent work, the MASSAG model, published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews (2026), proposes an integrative neuroscience framework linking emotional trauma, pain, and the mechanisms of massage.
In 2025, she started a PhD at HSU Centre for Pain and Active Inference Research, investigating touch, multisensory integration and embodied selfhood in chronic pain populations.
Her teaching is characterised by a dynamic, enquiring approach that encourages curiosity, dialogue, and critical discussion, supporting therapists to develop confidence, depth, and clinical integrity.

Chair of the SMA, Yvonne Blake, will open the event at 7pm. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Yvonne Blake

Anna Maria Mazzieri

We ask you to ONLY register for this event if you are able to attend LIVE.

All SMA Study Events are recorded and made available to eligible members after the event has taken place.

If you are NOT an SMA member, attending this event will cost £25. We will then register you as a Friend of the SMA and you will gain access to all the SMA's live Study Events for the following 12 months.

Muscle Doctor: CADAVER Dissection Workshop (London) (13 May 2026)

Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT

CADAVER Dissection Workshop
wednesday 13^th MAY 2026

Where - King's College Hospital, London (Guy's Campus - near London Bridge)

Cost - £249 (£225 for SMA members using link below)

This 1 day CPD workshop is suitable for manual therapists and other bodywork practitioners and provides attendees with the unique opportunity to get hands-on with real cadavers, providing one of a kind insight into the reality of human anatomy.

All cadavers have been skilfully prepared by medical students and you will be given the opportunity to handle and observe the various body parts available that day.

Types of preparation and body parts will vary from workshop to workshop so it is difficult to say exactly what you can expect to see on the day, however, there are a wide range of preparations available that have previously included:

Individual bones such as a scapula, patella, ilium and various vertebrae.
Individual soft tissue structures including a spinal cord, intervertebral disc and fascia samples.
Individual limbs dissected down to the superficial muscular layers, occasionally with the option to physically remove the superficial muscles and inspect the deeper structures below.
More wide-ranging specimens such as a full arm with scapula and rotator cuff muscles attached, a full lumbo-pelvic complex dissected to the superficial muscular layer and a fully removable spine from within the upper posterior musculature.

The workshop will be led by a suitably qualified medical professional who will introduce each specimen and field questions.

If you'd like to attend a workshop but can't make the date then you can click here for a place on the waiting list. We will be in touch as soon as a date for the following course is confirmed..

To book your place on the course you can use this link or alternatively you can email muscle_doctor@outlook.com for a place on the waiting list for the next date, we will be in touch when we have one

This course is organised by SMA Member Liam Coffey

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Dry Cupping CPD Course (Swansea) (27 Jun 2026)

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Dry Cupping Therapy with SMA member Wayne Robson-Brown

Price: Normal cost - £125, but £100 for SMA members

This one-day CPD workshop will cover the correct and safe use of dry cupping techniques, incorporating the treatment of a range of common sporting injuries. The workshop offers plenty of practical demonstrations, enabling participants to achieve a new skill base that they can easily incorporate into their current clinical practice.

The course is suitable for soft tissue therapists, sports massage practitioners, physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths. A minimum of level 3 massage therapist is required to attend this course.

To include: course notes, and CPD certificate

How to Book: Contact email: waynerobson-brown@mail.com

Course Tutor: Wayne Robson-Brown MRes, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Olympics and Paralympics 2012

Commonwealth Games 2002 and 2022

Ex Swansea City FC and Cardiff City FC

Ex Ospreys Rugby

SMA Level 4 Gold member

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Tool-assisted massage CPD Course (Swansea) (04 Jul 2026)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Tool-assisted massage with SMA member Wayne Robson-Brown

Price: Normal cost - £125, but £100 for SMA members

This one-day CPD workshop will teach participants how to safely utilise tool-assisted massage to provide therapeutic benefits to patients. The workshop offers plenty of practical demonstrations, enabling participants to achieve a new skill base that they can easily incorporate into their current clinical practice.

The course is suitable for soft tissue therapists, sports massage practitioners, physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths.

A minimum of level 3 massage therapist is required to attend this course.

To include: course notes, and CPD certificate

How to Book: Contact email: waynerobson-brown@mail.com

Course Tutor: Wayne Robson-Brown MRes, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Olympics and Paralympics 2012

Commonwealth Games 2002 and 2022

Ex Swansea City FC and Cardiff City FC

Ex Ospreys Rugby

SMA Level 4 Gold member

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Trigger point therapy for common sporting conditions CPD Course (Swansea) (25 Jul 2026)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Trigger point therapy for common sporting conditions with SMA member Wayne Robson-Brown

Price: Normal cost - £125, but £100 for SMA members

This one-day CPD workshop will cover the accurate location and treatment of upper and lower limb trigger points, with an emphasis on their link to common sporting injuries. A range of techniques to treat trigger points will be covered, including manual deactivation and the use of a handheld electrical muscle stimulator. The workshop offers plenty of practical demonstrations, enabling participants to achieve a new skill base that they can easily incorporate into their current clinical practice.

The course is suitable for soft tissue therapists and sports massage practitioners.

A minimum of level 3 massage therapist is required to attend this course.

To include: course notes, and CPD certificate

How to Book: Contact email: waynerobson-brown@mail.com

Course Tutor: Wayne Robson-Brown MRes, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Olympics and Paralympics 2012

Commonwealth Games 2002 and 2022

Ex Swansea City FC and Cardiff City FC

Ex Ospreys Rugby

SMA Level 4 Gold member

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Acupressure for the treatment of common sporting injuries CPD Course (Swansea) (26 Jul 2026)

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Acupressure for the treatment of common sporting injuries with SMA member Wayne Robson-Brown

Price: Normal cost - £125, but £100 for SMA members

This one-day CPD workshop will cover the accurate location and treatment of over 50 acupressure points, with an emphasis on their link to common sporting injuries. A range of techniques to treat the acupressure points will be covered, including manual deactivation and the use of a handheld electrical muscle stimulator. The workshop offers plenty of practical demonstrations, enabling participants to achieve a new skill base that they can easily incorporate into their current clinical practice.

The course is suitable for soft tissue therapists and sports massage practitioners.

A minimum of level 3 massage therapist is required to attend this course.

To include: course notes, and CPD certificate

How to Book: Contact email: waynerobson-brown@mail.com

Course Tutor: Wayne Robson-Brown MRes, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Olympics and Paralympics 2012

Commonwealth Games 2002 and 2022

Ex Swansea City FC and Cardiff City FC

Ex Ospreys Rugby

SMA Level 4 Gold member

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Neurological testing CPD Course (Swansea) (01 Aug 2026)

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Neurological testing with SMA member Wayne Robson-Brown

Price: Normal cost - £125, but £100 for SMA members

This one-day CPD workshop will cover a range of neurological tests, including cervical, thoracic, lumbar spine and sacroiliac joint. Testing of upper and lower limb reflexes and cranial nerves will also be included. The workshop offers plenty of practical demonstrations, enabling participants to achieve a new skill base that they can easily incorporate into their current clinical practice.

The course is suitable for soft tissue therapists and sports massage practitioners.

A minimum of level 3 massage therapist is required to attend this course.

To include: course notes, and CPD certificate

How to Book: Contact email: waynerobson-brown@mail.com

Course Tutor: Wayne Robson-Brown MRes, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Olympics and Paralympics 2012

Commonwealth Games 2002 and 2022

Ex Swansea City FC and Cardiff City FC

Ex Ospreys Rugby

SMA Level 4 Gold member

The SMA upcoming events

Muscle Doctor: Kinesiology Taping Workshop (Oxford) (18 Apr 2026)

Kinesiology Taping Workshop

When - SATURday 18th APRIL, 2026 Where - The Oxford Academy, Oxford Cost - £145 (£130.50 for SMA Members)

SMA Study Evening: Massage, Pain, Stress and Trauma: What the MASSAG Model Helps Us Understand (29 Apr 2026)

Massage, Pain, Stress and Trauma: What the "MASSAG" Model Helps Us Understand

Muscle Doctor: CADAVER Dissection Workshop (London) (13 May 2026)

CADAVER Dissection Workshop wednesday 13th MAY 2026

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Dry Cupping CPD Course (Swansea) (27 Jun 2026)

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Tool-assisted massage CPD Course (Swansea) (04 Jul 2026)

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Trigger point therapy for common sporting conditions CPD Course (Swansea) (25 Jul 2026)

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Acupressure for the treatment of common sporting injuries CPD Course (Swansea) (26 Jul 2026)

Wayne Robson-Brown MSMA: Neurological testing CPD Course (Swansea) (01 Aug 2026)

When - SATURday 18th APRIL, 2026
Where - The Oxford Academy, Oxford
Cost - £145 (£130.50 for SMA Members)

CADAVER Dissection Workshop
wednesday 13^th MAY 2026