Anyone who has trained with Ross will know he first established himself in the Mining Town of Mt Isa.  It was while working as Maintenance Crew at Mt Isa mines, he was first exposed to alternate therapies and commenced his interest in massage and remedial therapy.  So imagine his delight when Emmett Tutor and Therapist Gail Illingsworth commenced work as a contractor to treat miners on-sight at Century Mine MMG - Lawn Hill. 

Gail was invited into the mines Well-Being Program, with District Nurse Bernie Murphy, to work with the Mines staff as part of the Program.  Under the program the company employs professionals to supply the mine staff with treatments and services. The individuals then make a small payment (around $20) which is donated to a charity – currently The Flying Doctors & Prostate Cancer. 

They work on the basis of 12 hour shifts, in which time Gail performs 30 minute treatments, achieving between 9 to 11 people in a session.  Then Gail, Bernie and Personal Trainer Rae Robertson (who are both EmmTech graduates) tour the camp sites to communicate the
availability of the Well-Being program.  This opportunity enables Gail to provide the staff with an Emmett experience based on Ross’s Principal of up-to 7 moves – which has become the basis for the Emmett WorkSafe program being trialled by another organisation.  

Gail and the team see a huge variety of clients from supervisors and administration staff,  through to truck drivers, operators and, of course, the miners themselves.  The results to-date have been great with some good experiences for staff receiving neck, shoulder, forearm and even knee releases. With the interest in the technique mounting, Gail has suggested to them that there is an opportunity to conduct EmmTech training on site. Gail writes..

“We have been doing well out at the mines, with good feed back with to “Up to 7 moves”  which l was able to use this trip as we went onsite, mainly for the office people.  I have been using releases on Neck, Shoulder and Forearm and receiving good feedback.  They asked what l was doing and l said it was Emmett Therapy which was developed by Ross Emmett himself, a Mt Isa Man for 30 years.  I also promoted EMM-Tech for self help first-aid and they asked Bernie if l was running courses there at the mine for this First-Aid Muscle course, as they seemed interested.  Unfortunately, not at the moment.   Regards Gail.”