The Movement Specialist

The Movement Specialist

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Award wining therapeutic Pilates & Yoga expert, Teacher Trainer, Sports Massage Therapist.

Therapeutic Pilates & Yoga Expert, TMS Team Leader, Pro Trainer, Quality Assurance Advisor, Sports Massage Therapist and in my spare time...a full time SEN Tutor! Founder of the 'The Opposition Method' & Author of 'Opposition in Pilates and Yoga' (available on Amazon) and MOVE Away From Pain.

20/08/2026

Today, 3 learners did not arrive for the Level 3 Pilates assessments on time. Had to beg people on the gym floor to participate!

Started late...

At lunchtime, we were told there was a yoga class in the studio we had booked for the whole day and has to ship out 1 assessment into the spin room.'

The yoga teacher then ran over....meaning I was running late again. I felt 'NOT VERY ZEN' TOWARDS HER.

Then....THEN, some bloke just wandered in to my exam room to 'grab a mat' even though I had expressly told him to get out because there was an exam underway and he literally just ignored me and carried on.

I lost my everlasting S**T with him. But srsly, wtf?!

My heart rate is through the roof today.

Photos from The Movement Specialist's post 19/08/2026

Glasgow again for stage 2 of the Active IQ Level 3 Pilates for THE FITNESS GROUP

Send these lovelies all the good vibes for their assessment tomorrow! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

16/08/2026

Let's play 'Sports Massage Therapist Training Bingo'

Here is your card:

☐ Someone says "It's definitely the piriformis."

☐ Someone forgets to reassess after treatment.

☐ Someone gives homecare that's basically "drink water."

☐ Someone finds a "lump" that's just semitendinosus doing semitendinosus things.

☐ Someone performs a special test beautifully... on the wrong leg.

πŸ€ͺ

Photos from The Movement Specialist's post 15/08/2026

Day 2 had us assessing the hips/spine/shoulders/elbows and hands before considering the impact of potential injuries on ALL of the rest of the body, via compensatory mechanisms. 😎

THE FITNESS GROUP

Photos from The Movement Specialist's post 14/08/2026

On duty once again for THE FITNESS GROUP Ironically teaching Level 4 Sports Massage...in a Pilates Studio.

It's just like home.

Photos from The Movement Specialist's post 08/08/2026

Delayed post but it was a superb couple of days in Glasgow teaching the Level 3 Pilates mat qualification for THE FITNESS GROUP πŸ§Žβ€β™€οΈπŸ§‘β€πŸ©°

Been somewhat weary ever since! 🀭

Photos from The Movement Specialist's post 05/08/2026

This week I shall mostly be training...Pilates Teachers.

02/08/2026

Great effort from this crew on the Active IQ Level 4 Sports Massage training with THE FITNESS GROUP this weekend.

Back to clients tomorrow. DM to book sports massage with me in Southampton.

Photos from The Movement Specialist's post 01/08/2026

On duty British College of Osteopathic Medicine thus weekend on behalf of THE FITNESS GROUP πŸ’ͺ

Today we are completing subjective and objective assessments of various areas including knee/spine/wrists etc as part of the Active IQ Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage. πŸ€“

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