Spinal Touch - Holistic Therapies Training

This page is dedicated to teaching Spinal Touch and holistic health therapies to therapists and those aspiring to be therapists, as well as to those who seek a holistic kind of body work for pain-relief. Learning and practicing this unique light touch technique can often bring amazing healing results.

Training courses have been led by Susanna Terry since 1996. She is an experienced certified teacher having learned the original work
of Dr John Hurley and studied with Dr L Rosquist.
Her courses are accredited by the Complementary Medical Association, The Complementary Therapists Association and the Bio-mechanics foundation( USA)
The Principles of Spinal Touch Bio-mechanics
Spinal Touch holistically encompasses postural assessment and gentle remedial therapy. It is based on the idea of restoring health by re -balancing the center of gravity of the body to its optimum position in relationship to the gravitational force of the planet.

All organised matter such as the human body has its own center of gravity - the focal point upon which this force acts.
The center of gravity of the body is located on a plane between the fifth lumbar and the first sacral vertebrae.
If this base plane is distorted and is not correctly aligned then stress will spread out through the associated muscles.

The sacrum (literally "the sacred bone") is a uniquely significant and vulnerable part of the human body. Lying at the center of the skeletal structure and supporting both spine and pelvis, it is prone to displacement as a result of physical and emotional traumas or stresses.

Who Can Spinal Touch Help?

The aim of the therapy is to promote health in general rather than solely to treat specific problems. The treatment is simple and is often profound in effect.

Spinal Touch can help people with almost any condition, working best on conditions which are stress related.

Conditions which have been helped include: ankylozing spondylitis, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, back pain, balance problems, digestive problems, fatigue frozen shoulder, headache, insomnia, jaw problems, joint pain, kyphosis, lordosis, low energy and fatigue, menstrual problems, migraine, multiple sclerosis, neck pain, pins and needles, problems during and after pregnancy, recurrent infections, repetitive strain injury, scoliosis, sciatica, sinus problems, sports injuries, tennis elbow, tension, visual disturbances, whiplash injury.