Ben Humphris

Cupping tells a story… Cupping increases vascular supply (blood supply) to the local tissue via decreasing the air pressure between the cup and the skin. This causes the blood vessels to expand (vasodilation) and therefore increase the blood supply to the tissue. With a greater blood supply, tissue can heal faster as it has a […]

Education is the key to unlocking your potential. It doesn’t have to be formal education either. It can be putting the headphones in and listening to a podcast, watching a YouTube video, spending more time with people you want to be like, reading that book and so on. 2021 is the start of a new

Probably hitting over 5 million people in Melbourne in 2021 and you’re scared about someone taking your client. Time to invest in mastering your craft and producing an amazing product or service, learning how to market, get creative with your content generation, actually give a shit about your clients, learn some sales techniques, build a

Not another timely goal setting blog… 1) Studies have shown that setting personal goals over business goals produces better results. 2) Being more specific in your goal setting not only focuses you, it usually means these goals are more meaningful to you as they require more attention to detail than a generalist goal. 3) Setting

Be the practitioner who is known for results, who is known for doing everything that they say they’re going to do, and lastly, be the practitioner who is willing to think outside the box for their client and their issues. Be collaborative, be present, be effective.

Don’t overthink your diagnosis. Don’t make things harder then they need to be. Simple is better. Simple is understandable. Simple is effective. Know your anatomy inside and out. Know your muscular functions inside and out. Know your structural functions inside and out. Know all of this, you can throw away all of your “special tests”.

Knowing your musculoskeletal anatomy is the absolute fundamental when it comes to diagnosing injury, building rehabilitation programs and assessing what / who needs to be involved in creating a comprehensive healing plan for the client. If you struggle with this, study it relentlessly. If you are not sure how to apply this knowledge, go mentor

Too many people shit on manual therapy. Too many health professionals don’t know enough about manual therapy. Too many health professionals are completely incompetent when it comes to manual therapy application and implementation. Too many health professionals are closed off and believe rehab will fix all – this is the biggest mistake of them all.

Offt! The darker the cupping marks, the more dysfunctional the local tissue is. In other words the local tissue has poor vascular (blood) supply and is likely to be symptomatic of pain and other symptoms such as tissue ‘tightness’. In Chinese medicine, this is also known as ‘stagnated’ tissue with reduced chi – basically this