Advancing Occupational Health Physiotherapy.

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics

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Extended Course

Date 14/11/2026

Time 8:45-4:30

Price £220 - £245

Location Hybrid · Manchester

Assessment of Functional Capacity

Eligibility: Participants must have a health background if they are not a physiotherapist. If you’re not a physiotherapist, please get in touch with us first so that we can check your suitability for this course.

Cost: £245 (£220 Early Bird Rate up to 14/08/2026)

This course will enable you to confidently conduct Functional Capacity Assessments. This includes carrying out safe and meaningful functional measurement tests, interpreting your findings alongside wider assessment components, and producing balanced, evidence‑based reports that support sound decision‑making for workers, employers and case managers.

Module 1: 4 hours of independent online learning at your own pace, including a multiple-choice test. Module 1 must be completed prior to attending Module 2.

Module 2: 1 day face to face study

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Extended Course

Date 11/12/2026

Time 8:45-4:30

Price £135 - £150

Location Online

Manual Handling for Clinicians

Eligibility: Participants must have a health background if they are not a physiotherapist If you’re not a physiotherapist, please get in touch with us first so that we can check your suitability for this course. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the evidence and legislation underpinning manual handling training, learn to use objective tools to assess and control risk, and develop the skills to critique and improve manual handling techniques. They will understand how to design effective course content, work confidently with clients to tailor training to their needs, keep participants engaged, and create bespoke manual handling training solutions for any sector. Please note that this course does not cover the handling of people. A new course is coming to help you design and deliver people handling training courses. Please register your interest by emailing us.

Cost: £150 (£135 Early Bird Rate up to 11/09/2026)

Participants will gain a clear understanding of the evidence and legislation underpinning manual handling training, learn to use objective tools to assess and control risk, and develop the skills to critique and improve manual handling techniques. They will understand how to design effective course content, work confidently with clients to tailor training to their needs, keep participants engaged, and create bespoke manual handling training solutions for any sector.

Please note that this course does not cover the handling of people. A new course is coming soon to help you design and deliver people handling training courses. Please register your interest by emailing us.

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Date 14/07/2026

Time 12:00-1:00

Things Left Unsaid: Recognising the hidden human experience behind sickness absence and return to work

Returning to work after illness or injury is rarely just a clinical or operational process. While healthcare professionals and occupational health teams are highly skilled in managing recovery, workplace adjustments and return-to-work planning, there is often a… Returning to work after illness or injury is rarely just a clinical or operational process. While healthcare professionals and occupational health teams are highly skilled in managing recovery, workplace adjustments and return-to-work planning, there is often a deeper human experience that remains unseen and unheard.

Date 05/08/2026

Time 11:00-12:00

New Discoveries in the Causes of Fibromyalgia-type Chronic Pain

‘Sngception’ – a novel anatomical and neurological pathway for chronic pain. The perception of acid sensation is most commonly felt after fatiguing exercise. This muscle soreness is defined as, ‘pain resulting from overuse’ in the English dictionary. In other… ‘Sngception’ – a novel anatomical and neurological pathway for chronic pain. The perception of acid sensation is most commonly felt after fatiguing exercise. This muscle soreness is defined as, ‘pain resulting from overuse’ in the English dictionary. In other languages this soreness is given a term indicating it is distinguishable from other types of pain (e.g., “courbature” in French, “muskelkater” in German, “sng” in Taiwanese). Tissue acidosis, which also occurs in ischemia and inflammation, is a potent factor for activating proton-sensing ion channels/receptors to trigger pain, as has been demonstrated in humans and animal models. The acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) is perhaps the most acid sensitive of ion channels in somatosensory neurons and is involved in perception of acid-induced chronic pain in experimental animal models. Yet, intriguingly, ASIC3 is also expressed in proprioceptors (muscle-length, or limb-position, detecting neurons) where it functions as a mechanically sensitive ion channel involved in mechanotransduction. Within many proprioceptor organs, ASIC3-expressing pain-associated (group III and group IV) and proprioceptor (muscle spindle) sensory nerve terminals come into close proximity, which could enable a cross-talk between them. We have recently found strong evidence for a neurobiological basis for such cross-talk underlying a separate acid-induced ‘sngception’, that can be distinguished from classical nociception. I.e., that it is detected and transmitted by specific somatosensory neurons. In a recent study, we show the first evidence that sng and pain can be segregated and distinguished separately both in humans and other animals. We show in mouse models how sng chronic pain is initiated, and how sngception is transmitted and contributes to chronic hypersensitivity. Elucidating this mechanism and distinct neuroanatomical pathway may offer opportunities for development of therapeutics against at least some types of hard-to-treat pain, e.g. certain types of fibromyalgia.

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