Presenter and Soft Tissue Therapist Stuart Hinds outlines a practical, manual therapy-centred framework for classifying, assessing and treating elbow pain from a hands-on soft tissue therapy perspective.

The purpose of this article is to promote discussion on the subject of treatment of trigger points based on clinical experience of massage therapists albeit any body worker.

One of the most important – if not the most important subject therapists avoid addressing, is their own health and well-being. This should be an area of huge concern for the industry and, unfortunately, it is not going away anytime soon, writes Stuart Hinds.

Here we follow the treatment of an extreme sport athlete from first presentation through to the successful completion of a grueling sporting event.