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The Australian College of Complementary Medicine is running free workshops leading up to the commencement of its next Cert IV and Diploma courses. The information is as follows:

Combined Sports & Holistic Kinesiology Training Days:

WHEN: Saturday 27th June 2009
Saturday 11th July 2009
Saturday 8th August 2009

WHERE: Australian College of Complementary Medicine
21 Bouverie Street, Carlton VIC 3053

TIME: 10.00am - 4.00pm

Meridian Massage has announced new specials on its massage tables. It is now offering the Eco Lite portable table for $479 and the Eco Mini-Me table for $500. To take advantage of these offers, please visit their website using the links above.

Complementary Health Seminars has released its upcoming CPE approved workshop dates and locations. These include the following:

Manual Lymphatic Drainage - 2 days

Perth: May 2-3
Echuca: June 6-7
Brisbane: June 20-21

Myo-fascial Cupping - 2 days

Brisbane: August 1-2
Melbourne: August 29-30

Muscle Energy Technique - 2 days

Brisbane: June 16-17
Melbourne: June 13-14

Functional Fascial Taping (FTT) Level 1 - 1 day

Scheduling systems can be expensive and inflexible and often have too few features - or too many!

For those of you seeking a more affordable yet effective approach, take a look at Clickbook. The only cost appears to be for SMS messages that you may wish to send to clients from the system.

There don't seem to be any catches to be aware of, and the user interface was quite intuitive. You will have separate interfaces for your staff and for the public. The business is based in Melbourne, but the user-base seems to be international.

Join Stuart Hinds (Soft Tissue Therapist at the Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 & Beijing 2008 Olympic Games) at Challenge House, West Melbourne for an afternoon of discussion and technical demonstrations using real case studies on stage.

Bringing a wealth of clinical experience and keynote speaking both in Australia and internationally, Stuart will give you new tips and knowledge to apply to your own practice.

Conditions covered on Saturday 18 July 2009

* The knee

Endeavour College, in conjunction with industry associations ANTA, ATMS, RAoA, AAMT, AACMA and IFA ran a fundraising event on Friday 27th February 2009, in Brisbane, Melbourne and New Zealand to raise money for the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal.
Over 100 Lecturers, alumni and students from Endeavour College worked alongside other professional therapists to provide 10 minute massage or reflexology sessions for the public in return for $10 minimum donation.

Endeavour College, in conjunction with ANTA, ATMS, RAoA, AAMT, AACMA and IFA has organised an national fundraising event to take place in the following locations:

• BRISBANE Queen Street Mall – confirmed 8am to 4pm Friday February 27, 2009
• MELBOURNE City Square – confirmed 8am to 7:30pm Friday February 27,2009
• PERTH Murray St Mall - to be confirmed

All therapists will be asked to commit to a 3 hour period. The public will be asked for a minimum donation of $10 for a 10-15 minute treatment.

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