We Invite You to Our Next Exceptional Webinar: “Why Palpation Hasn’t Failed”

We are super excited to invite you to our next Webinar which takes a long overdue deep dive to the very core of our work as Manual Therapists, Movement therapists & Health Educators – Palpation.

“Why Palpation Hasn’t Failed – The Missing Science Behind Skilled Hands, Clinical Reliability & Hands-On Data Acquisition & Analysis” a presentation by UK based Dr Jo Abbott PhD.

Introducing Our Presenter Dr Jo Abbott

Manual therapists are often told that palpation and hands-on assessment are unreliable. But what if the problem is not skilled hands themselves — but the way skilled hands have been defined, researched & measured?

In this live webinar, Dr Jo Abbott PhD introduces a research-informed framework developed through her doctoral work exploring manual musculoskeletal assessment as a clinical measurement process.]

Please Click the link for Full Details & Registration: https://softtissuetherapy.aweb.page/exceptional-webinar-palpation-science

This session will challenge the simplistic “hands-on versus hands-off” debate and ask whether manual therapy research has often tested clinical outputs before properly defining, validating and calibrating the clinician as the measurement instrument.

The webinar is designed for all manual therapists, movement practitioners, health educators & hands-on clinicians who want a more credible, practical and evidence-informed language for skilled touch.

Here are all the Details:

When: Tuesday June 23rd 2026 via ZOOM

Time: 6.30 – 8.00 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time – Melbourne

9.30 – 11.00 AM British Summer Time – London

Jo will speak for 60 minutes & will answer your questions for a further 30 minutes

All participants are also invited to an additional 60 minute follow-up Integration session “From Palpation to Perceptual Calibration – How to Begin Training the Hands as Clinical Measurement Instruments” on Tuesday July 7th 2026 at the same time as above, at no additional cost.

The first webinar creates the paradigm shift.
The follow-up session helps practitioners begin applying it.

Cost: AUD $44.00 for both sessions & a PDF resource “The Skilled Hands Self-Audit – 8 Questions Every Manual Therapist Should Ask Before Trusting What They Feel”.

Please Click the link for Full Details & Registration: https://softtissuetherapy.aweb.page/exceptional-webinar-palpation-science

You will have Unrestricted Access to the Recordings of the 2 Sessions for 6 Months

Introducing Dr Jo Abbott PhD

Jo is a clinical biomechanist, anatomist, independent MSK researcher, educator & founder of HODA-A™ — Hands-On Data Acquisition & Analysis.

Her doctoral research investigated whether information gained through manual musculoskeletal assessment could be used to inform best practice in MSK healthcare. What began as a biomechanical investigation into leg length discrepancy & musculoskeletal health became a deeper inquiry into the reliability, validity & scientific status of hands-on assessment itself.

Jo’s work challenges the simplistic idea that palpation has failed. Instead, she argues that manual therapy research has often tested clinical outputs before properly defining, validating & calibrating the clinician as the measurement instrument.

Drawing from biomechanics, neuroscience, clinical anatomy, manual therapy, perception science, measurement theory & systems thinking, Jo developed HODA-A as a framework for understanding skilled touch as a trainable clinical measurement process.

Her teaching helps clinicians explore how attention, interoception, practitioner state, sensory discrimination, bias, care, intuition, sensorimotor integration & somatosensory interpretation influence the quality of hands-on clinical data.

Jo’s mission is to raise the scientific standard of hands-on assessment and help clinicians develop the language, discipline and perceptual calibration needed to explain, train and refine skilled touch.