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Emm-Tech - Do I need Emm-Tech?

Emm-Tech viewed by a Practitioner

We are often asked if we will run review days for practitioners to improve their accuracy and skills. I believe that the article below will allow therapists the opportunity to see where the value lies in refreshing their extremity skills by attending an Emm-Tech course with a qualified Emm-Tech tutor. The article below has been contributed by Francine Pullman, a qualified therapist in many modalities and Emmett Practitioner. I thank her for this insight.

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Do I Need Emm-Tech?

Emm-Tech Tutorer Debbie Kerrigan demonstrates a muscle release sequence

By Francine Pullman, Remedial Therapist and Emmett Practitioner.

Emm-Tech is a concise system of simple muscle release techniques that anyone can master in just a few hours. But even more exciting is the fact that it is a brilliant refresher course for practitioners who have already begun training in the Emmett Technique.

Emm-Tech Tutor Gail Illingsworth assists participants experience a muscle release sequence they have been taught during the Emm-Tech course

As an already qualified Emmett Practitioner, I found Emm-Tech was a great revision course and helped me to fine tune my existing skills.

The fact that it is taught as a stand-alone pain treatment plan for anyone was great as it meant no getting bogged down in detail. I was free to practice, share and learn and in fact it provided me with a great opportunity to observe how easy and beneficial it is for mums and dads, coaches and carers to learn too.

It gave me a great overview of the most useful and simple components of the practitioners longer course, a reminder that most of us really need from time to time.

Emm-Tech Tutor's Debbie Kerrigan and Gail Illingsworth with the Emm-Tech participants

The day I went through this brilliant little short course, the group consisted of:

a journalist,
a charter boat skipper,
a kinesiologist,
a stay-at-home mum,
a disability career,
an office worker,
a nurse,
a personal trainer and
a kid’s football team coach.

Although not all of the modules are covered in so short a time, there is enough time to cover the 12 basic sequences you should all know and use regularly and therefore is hugely beneficial to qualified therapists and their clients.

Emm-Tech viewed from the Instructor’s perspective

Regi Scherrer sent this insight from her experience on a recently run Emm-Tech course held in Switzerland:-

I taught an Emmtech course yesterday, where the 9 participants (all therapists) were amazed by the simplicity, speed and response. With the demo of the diaphragm release, I had a strong response...so I needed the rescue moves. The change in her face, posture and general attitude was observed by everyone. It was such a great way to see the immediate effect. Another participant, with knee joint replacement could squat with so much more ease after ITB/Sartorius... A participant with whiplash, could for the first time in years turn her head to look over her shoulder. What a great way to introduce the technique... more than half have enrolled into the Emmett course next year.