The SMA upcoming events

Grow Physio: Sports Taping Certification Course (Birmingham) (20 Jun 2026)

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 08:30:00 GMT

1-Day Sports Taping Certification Course on Sat 20th June 09:30-15:30 at the British Judo Training Centre, Birmingham.

Here's the joining link for the taping course: https://buytickets.at/growphysio/2195747

SMA members are welcome to use code SMA15 for a 15% discount

What's Included?

This 1-day intensive practical taping course covers all the essential theory & application skills required to prepare attendees for taping techniques required for upper body, spinal & lower body support in any sport or private practice.

A practical learning opportunity to observe, practice & refine your taping techniques using quality products: Zinc Oxide, Tearlight, EAB & kinesio/dynamic taping. Plus the opportunity to access/review taping techniques post-event

What will I learn?

Applications included in session: Ankle (inversion sprain, syndesmosis, distal fibula), calf/achilles, knee (MCL, LCL, ACL), patellofemoral pain, patella tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, biomechanics, shoulder (instability, ACJ, postural, brachial plexus), elbow (UCL/Hyperextension, tennis/golfers elbow), wrist (Sprains/TFCC) & thumb/fingers plus dynamic/kinesio taping for soft tissue including calf, achilles & hamstring plus any specific requests

Who Can Attend?

Anyone... typically therapy based students, qualified clinicians, personal trainers and sports coaches.

There's 20 spaces to obtain your sports taping certification, achieve better results & greater confidence applying any taping technique to become a professional sports injury specialist.

Added Bonuses

Attendees will all receive 2x60 minute online tutorials covering upper & lower limb techniques from Grow Physio Academy worth £25, quick reference guides to review plus a unique Physique 10% Taping Product Discount Code

Where is it & How do I Get There?

British Judo National Training Centre, University of Wolverhampton Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall, Birmingham, WS1 3BD

Parking

Free parking at rear of university on Gorway Road then walk through campus or park on main campus outside the Performance Hub then walk up to British Judo National Centre (towards halls of residence and student union).

Refreshments

Tea, coffee & light refreshments available on the day inside venue. Please bring your own lunch, local shops and microwave available on site

Grow Physio: Learn How to Assess and Manage Initial Injuries? ONLINE Webinar with Steve Miller (23 Jun 2026)

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Learn How to Assess and Manage Initial Injuries?

If you want an honest insight into working Pitchside in sport, I’ll be covering all of this and much more in an upcoming live webinar.

Upcoming Webinar Tuesday 23rd June Live via Zoom Just £12

️Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989941259876

If you want the full preparation pathway, the complete 10-part Pitchside preparation course — including moulage scenarios and everything you need to feel genuinely prepared for working in sport — is currently reduced from £149 to just £57.

The aim is simple: to help more clinicians become safe, confident, and competent in acute sports environments.

SMA members are welcome to use code SMA15 for a 15% discount

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

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: AI Notes: Snog, Marry or Avoid? Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare, Wellbeing and Fitness (02 Jul 2026)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT

AI Notes: Snog, Marry or Avoid?Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare, Wellbeing and Fitness

Thursday 2^ndJuly 2026 @ 7 p.m.

Presenter: David Barrow, RehabGuru

Synopsis: Whether you are excited, curious or slightly cautious, about AI, it is becoming part of the way many therapists work.

This study event will take a practical look at how AI and digital software can support sports massage therapists in everyday practice. We will explore how the right tools may help reduce admin, save time, improve note-writing, support compliance and make running a therapy business feel a little less stressful.

The session will also look at the important questions therapists need to consider, including data privacy, consent, clinical responsibility, AI transcription, client trust and how to make sure technology supports, rather than replaces, good therapeutic relationships.

Members will come away with a clearer understanding of the opportunities, risks and responsibilities linked to AI, along with practical points to help you make informed choices about software that could support your work, protect professional standards and give you back more time.

Biography: David is a Chartered Physiotherapist with clinical experience in the NHS, MoD and professional sport. He continues to work clinically alongside his development role in Rehab Guru. David is passionate about Health tech to transform outcomes for patients

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

Yvonne Blake

David Barrow

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.

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

Muscle Doctor: Dry Cupping (Oxford) (18 Jul 2026)

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Dry CUPPING

When - Saturday 18th July, 2026

Where - The Oxford Academy, Oxford

Normal cost - £145, but discounted to £130.50 for SMA members

This 1 day CPD workshop will provide manual therapists from all backgrounds with the theoretical knowledge behind the effects and uses of dry cupping therapy and a variety of practical applications that you can immediately implement into your practice.

As well as learning correct and safe use of standard dry cupping techniques you will also learn other advanced techniques.

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

Click this link to get the SMA discount and find out more

This course is run by SMA Member Liam Coffey

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

Muscle Doctor: Kinesiology Taping Workshop (Oxford) (08 Aug 2026)

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Kinesiology Taping Workshop

When - SATURday 8th August, 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

Muscle Doctor: REHAB 1: Remedial exercise prescription for the manual therapist (Oxford) (22 Aug 2026)

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Rehab 1

Remedial exercise prescription for the manual therapist

When - Saturday, 22nd August, 2026

Where - The Oxford Academy, Oxford

Cost - £135 (£121.50 for SMA members)

As manual therapists, it is important that we have a wide vocabulary of remedial exercises to hand to prescribe to our clients and a firm understanding of how to progress or regress these exercises to suit our client's needs.

Rehab 1 - Remedial exercise prescription, aims to equip manual therapists with the knowledge and ability to instruct patients with remedial exercise to treat instability and weakness.

You will come away with a broad range of exercise variations and progressions that you will be able to implement into your clinic immediately.

Book here and find out more

This course is run by SMA Member Liam Coffey

MAT 2 Day Workshop with Clinton Merrifield (London N1) (26 Sep 2026)

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques®
ASSESS AND TREAT NECK, BACK & SPORTS INJURIES
(16 CE / 2 Day Workshop)

Learn to assess and treat soft tissue injuries, nerve entrapment pain, and joint fixations. Learn WHY they work and HOW to change the brain’s mind about your client’s pain… the MAT way! This is an extremely popular hands-on pain-rehab technique workshop.

In this two day workshop you will learn:

Joint mobilization techniques
Knee, hamstring & hip techniques
Decompress sacrum
Head and neck pain
Aligning the OA joint
Atlas-axis technique
Nerve mobilization techniques
Side-lying techniques for sciatica, piriformis, and hip flexors

Learn to assess and correct:

Shin splints
Plantar fasciitis
Meniscus issues
Hamstring strains
Knee injuries
Iliosacral misalignment
Relieve lumbar compression
Relieve sciatic nerve compression
AA rotational restrictions
Nerve compression syndromes

Our goal is to enhance your skills, improve your results, and build your practice to a level of excellence that goes beyond the standard expectation of what can be achieved through traditional bodywork training. Be prepared for outstanding results, even with long standing chronic conditions!

Upgrade your skills, increase referrals and elevate your clients to a new state of health… the MAT way!

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Day 1 Saturday September 26, 2026

7:00 am Registration
8 am – 5 pm Workshop

Day 2 Sunday September 27, 2026

8 am – 5 pm Workshop

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Massage Tables are provided on-site
Bring sheets and face cradle covers
Dress in comfort, sportswear recommended

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Clinton Merrifield: I have a passion for massage and specialize in assessments, pain relief, and educating clients towards pain free movement. As a Master Myoskeletal Therapist®, I provide better health, well-being, and knowledge to clients through positive pain-relief therapies and movement training programs. My three favorite words are “educate, educate, educate!” I am currently living in Germany and teaching MAT workshops in Europe.

Clinton provided the SMA with a study evening presentation in November 2025 which was enjoyed by those members able to attend or subsequently watched it on SMA Learning

The SMA upcoming events

Grow Physio: Sports Taping Certification Course (Birmingham) (20 Jun 2026)

Grow Physio: Learn How to Assess and Manage Initial Injuries? ONLINE Webinar with Steve Miller (23 Jun 2026)

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

SMA Study Evening: AI Notes: Snog, Marry or Avoid? Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare, Wellbeing and Fitness (02 Jul 2026)

AI Notes: Snog, Marry or Avoid?Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare, Wellbeing and Fitness

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

Muscle Doctor: Dry Cupping (Oxford) (18 Jul 2026)

Dry CUPPING

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)

Muscle Doctor: Kinesiology Taping Workshop (Oxford) (08 Aug 2026)

Kinesiology Taping Workshop

When - SATURday 8th August, 2026 Where - The Oxford Academy, Oxford Cost - £145 (£130.50 for SMA Members)

Muscle Doctor: REHAB 1: Remedial exercise prescription for the manual therapist (Oxford) (22 Aug 2026)

Rehab 1

MAT 2 Day Workshop with Clinton Merrifield (London N1) (26 Sep 2026)

Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques®ASSESS AND TREAT NECK, BACK & SPORTS INJURIES(16 CE / 2 Day Workshop)

SMA Study Evening: AI Notes: Snog, Marry or Avoid? Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare, Wellbeing and Fitness (02 Jul 2026)

When - SATURday 8th August, 2026
Where - The Oxford Academy, Oxford
Cost - £145 (£130.50 for SMA Members)

Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques®
ASSESS AND TREAT NECK, BACK & SPORTS INJURIES
(16 CE / 2 Day Workshop)