Uh oh, I TOTALLY forgot about today's RM Symposium!!

In all the excitement of opening my new physiotherapy practice this week, I TOTALLY forgot about the Ridgway Method Certified Practitioner Symposium that is on today.  Luckily my children's Christmas party with Santa and Cinderella finishes a couples of hours before we start. 

All Ridgway Method practitioners are invited to attend. 

Two things I am looking forward to is: 

• Meeting other RMCPs ( I will find out today exactly how many of us there are in the world, but I suspect I am one of only 20 people in the world trained in this progressive approach to physiotherapy assessment and treatment)

• but even more importantly to be updated on new developments in the Ridgway Method

This is what I love...having access to the latest, most up-to-date research that there is.  As a physiotherapist in my previous practices, I would undertake more training in a field whenever I felt like it but now I have access to this at at my fingertips all the time.

I have been regularly staying in contact with another RMCP in Mackay.  I actually contacted him at midnight the other night to sprout my successes with my first client.  Rather than let me rest on my laurels of the significant improvements my client had achieved, he gave me suggestions of what to focus on at our next session.  Which I did, with great results. 

During the last 20 years as as physiotherapist, I could count on one hand the number of times I discussed a patient's progress or sought advice from another colleague...I simply never had anyone with more experience to ask and all the physio's in our local area were seen to be competitors. 

The Ridgway Method encourages us to share ideas and ask questions of each other.  I am the only physiotherapist on the Sunshine Coast who has trained at the Ridgway Institute.  There are quite a few in Brisbane.  During my training I was in awe of these physio's whose practices were only km's away from each other but who shared their knowledge and experiences freely.  It was so refreshing and can only do great things for the Physiotherapy Profession by ensuring there are great practitioners out there who are achieving results that surpass a client's expectations.  

Looking forward to sharing and implementing all we cover today!