Featured Therapists

Welcome to CompTogether!

We provide the Purple Pages Directory of complementary health practitioners and clinics. A Swap Directory for practitioners looking to swap treatments and a newly created matching service called Case Study Finder for practitioners looking to find people to practise their new therapy skills on. We also have therapy guides to help you choose the right therapy for you.

Book Review

July 2009

Work-related injury among manual therapists is high and can devastate careers. Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition offers a comprehensive approach to injury prevention. It encompasses ergonomics at work, techniques, posture and exercises. Any practitioners or students planning a career in manual therapy should read this book; it may ensure they remain injury-free throughout their career and not become another unfortunate statistic.

Download the complete review: Save Your Hands Book Review.

Recent evidence on Complementary Health

May 2009

Recent updates to the NHS Evidence website have been added:

• The 2009 Annual Evidence Update on CAM for Asthma has now been published: CAM for Asthma. This update includes systematic reviews published between March 2008 and March 2009 and an expert commentary on the results.
• NHS Evidence - musculoskeletal (formerly the Musculoskeletal Specialist Library) has recently published the 2009 Annual Evidence Update on rheumatoid arthritis. This update includes an expert commentary on complemetary and alternative medicine: Rheumatoid Arthritis Evidence

Free Chinese Medicine Treatments for Menopausal Women in London

April 2009

Free acupuncture and herbs as part of NHS funded research project based at the University of Westminster in central London.

• No hidden costs.
• Up to six month's worth of treatments.
• Treatments based on in depth, one-to-one consultations.
• Includes free dietary and lifestyle advice which you may choose to follow.
• You can withdraw at any time.
• Safe and ethically approved, with built-in safeguards (blood testing, safety monitoring committee) to ensure safety
• To be eligible, you must be experiencing menopausal symptoms, not receiving HRT treatment, between 45-55 years old.

For more information, please contact the project administrator Michelle Aris:0207 911 5000 x2737 or M.Aris2@westminster.ac.uk

Free marketing mini-ebook!

April 2009

To celebrate our new look site we have a gift for you. Amy Roberts, successful massage therapist and therapy business coach, has offered us exclusively a collection of her extremely useful marketing tips and ideas on getting and keeping clients. In these tough economic times, it is invaluable advice.

The advice is aimed at massage therapists, but others can benefit from her great tips. In Amy's mini-ebook, she lets us know:

• How To Make A Great First Impression In Your Home Massage Therapy Business
• Using Chair Massage At Public Events To Build Your Massage Therapy Business
• How To Get More Clients Coming Back Through A Simple Method Of Advice
• The Five Stages Of Gaining Client Trust In Your Massage Therapy Business
• How To Incorporate Other Modalities Or Products That Work In Well With Your Massage Business

Download Amy Robers Marketing Tips (PDF). You can read more of Amy's advice by going to www.MassageTherapySuccess.com.

New Practitioner Members: Free for Three Months

April 2009

It's free to add your details to any of our directories, simply register using our easy online form. But if you'd like to give your business the best chance on the web to get noticed then check out our premium listing.

We are so confident you'll get new business from being listed with us that we'll let you try us out for FREE for three months. Only if you are 100% satisfied with your listing will we charge you for a year's membership. So not only do you get to 'try before you buy', you get 15 months membership for the price of 12.

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April 2009

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