Phlourish physio

04/01/2026

Absolutely. An honour and a privilege with the ongoing quest and curiosity for knowledge to further understand, know and “listen” to patients. I love my job and am excited to return tomorrow after a wee break 🙂
Be Strong Be Stable Be Able Be Happy

🌿🌿 January Reflections for Manual Therapists 🌿🌿

January is a time to reflect and recommit. As manual therapists, we are reminded that our work is both a responsibility and a privilege.

Presence and refined palpation matter—but as Jean-Pierre Barral taught, they are only the beginning. Lasting outcomes require a continual deepening of anatomical knowledge and clinical understanding.

Often referred to as "the missing link," the modalities developed and taught through the Barral Institute can open new doors toward effective, lasting treatment outcomes.

Whether you are early in your journey or years into practice, the new year invites continued learning and growth.

🧠✋ Explore our virtual and in-person courses:
https://www.barralinstitute.com/courses

23/12/2025

Merry Christmas and thank you all for your support, trust and welcome.
I’m having a wee break so see you in 2026 🌈🌻☀️🔥🧠🤩
Be Strong Be Stable Be Able Be Happy Just Be

21/12/2025

Happy Winter Solstice, the shortest day welcoming back in the light, reflecting on last year and setting intentions for the next. Take time to pause, reflect, reset and celebrate with loved ones, the year past and the light slowly beginning to seep back into our lives. ❄️

13/12/2025

A wee description of what my hands to when I place them on your head and other parts of the body. A beautifully gentle approach to working with you as a whole 🙂
Be Strong Be Stable Be Able Be Happy

11/12/2025

Hi everyone, firstly thank you to everyone who has trusted me with themselves since I moved here and started up my business. I wish you a wonderful Christmas and happy, pain free 2026 doing all you love.
I can do gift vouchers should you want to buy a gift for a loved one, or yourselves so you or they can start the path to feeling better and being more able to do the things you love.

11/12/2025

Hi everyone, firstly thank you to everyone who has trusted me with themselves since I moved here and started up my business. I wish you a wonderful Christmas and happy, pain free 2026 doing all you love.
I can do gift vouchers should you want to buy a gift for a loved one, or yourselves so you or they can start the path to feeling better and being more able to do the things you love.

09/12/2025

The hugest compliment. “You and this space you have created make me feel very safe”.

06/12/2025

Visceral work aids not only organ function but also how you move and feel. In 80% of musculoskeletal pain, injury and dysfunction, chronic and complex conditions there will be a visceral component.
Be Strong Be Stable Be Able Be Happy

🌟 Enhance the Body’s Natural Potential 🌟

💡 Discover the benefits of Barral manual therapies and explore our in-person and virtual classes. Start your journey here: BarralInstitute.com

05/12/2025

🎄 Support Your Clients’ Holiday Well-Being with CST ✨
The holiday season can be joyful—and stressful. Help your clients find ease and balance with gentle, effective CranioSacral Therapy.

Our CranioSacral Therapy for Health and Wellness flyer is a wonderful resource to share how CST can help reduce tension, calm the nervous system, and support whole-body resilience during this busy time of year.

📄 Share the flyer and help your clients enter the new year feeling grounded, supported, and restored. https://www.upledger.com/courses/discover

29/11/2025

Amazing few days uk in Ayr. Brain 1 course and I can’t wait for the next three in the curriculum. What this means for anyone and everyone in helping prevent brain dysfunction/disease and “age related” deterioration is phenomenal but also what this may do for those who have had a stroke, TBI, MS and many other neuro disorders and diseases. My brain is full of blood and I feel more alive and clearer than I’ve done in ages. My sense of taste, smell and vision has hugely improved, face shape changed, jaw free and as for the effects on the rest of my body….wow! Can’t wait to get my hands on heads and brains 🧠 If you’re interested to learn about what these courses cover then follow the link :-) https://www.barralinstitute.co.uk/brain-curriculum Be Strong Be Stable Be Able Be Happy

21/11/2025

The wonderful application of many of the therapies I practice in helping pain of all types.
If you’re curious to how this may help you then please get in touch.
Be Strong Be Stable Be Able Be Happy

The Gap in Pain Research… and How Barral Manual Therapies Help Bridge It

​Research is revealing the body’s connective tissues, fascia, organs, and nerves play a major role in musculoskeletal pain.

Langevin’s article highlights the need to reconnect the brain with the body

Barral Institute therapies—Visceral Manipulation, Neural Manipulation, and Manual Articular Approach—support this integrative model.
✔ The mechanical behavior of fascia
✔ How restrictions alter movement and posture
✔ How inflammation and tissue tension drive neural sensitization
✔ How nerves, organs, and musculoskeletal structures interact

When pain isn’t “just in the brain,” we need approaches that treat the whole person.
Learn more at BarralInstitute.com.

Read Article here:https://www.iahe.com/storage/docs/articles/Reconnecting-the-Brain-1.pdf or go to our Research Article Database