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John Holman

Massage Therapist, Inventor, Published Author and Presenter.

A British citizen born in the Market town of Chipping Norton, England on the April 25th 1955 and lives with his wife Sandra in North Buckinghamshire.

Education
Self effacing of his educational background, John left Peers School Oxford aged 16 with poor grades to begin work as soon as it was possible to do so. Known to regularly quip, “I consider myself completely un-employable and have a record to prove it”, having only been employed for a total of 18 months after leaving school, John was fired once as a florist, left Selfridges where he worked in the ironmongery department and was fired from a large manufacturer of Quiches.

Massage Therapist
Having gained qualifications in Sports therapy from Aylesbury College, Sports massage from the London School of Sports Massage (LSSM), and holding top awards from the London College of Massage (LCM) under the tutelage of Fiona Harrold, John was offered a teaching post at Reading College of Technology teaching sports therapy before he had even officially received his certification as a therapist. His personal clinical work has been undertaken at Racquets health and fitness club based in Thame, Oxfordshire where he enjoys a very loyal following, so much so that to ensure their treatments clients book a year ahead to ensure they receive treatments from him.

Inventor
John Holman is the inventor of the Worlds first truly three dimensional hands on, full body, oiled massage system where the client has no need to turn over during treatment. The invention 'Hydrotherm Massage System' was born out of John personally experiencing two of the most common conditions experienced by therapists Worldwide; those of wrist compression (RSI through continually pressing down on clients) and lower back pain (because of leaning across massage couches).

Brilliantly simple in concept, cushions of water placed upon the massage couch allows for a completely different approach to massage in several key areas, but essentially enables the therapist to use as many pulling techniques as pushing which assists the therapist equalise the pressures applied to their wrists when working. This simple process dramatically reduces the need for the therapist to have to lean across the massage couch and thus reduces the likelihood of lower back pain (SI joint dysfunction).

For the first time in the recorded 5,000 year old history of massage, clients were able to receive a back massage whilst laid upon their back and a full body massage without the need to turn over half way through treatment.

The process of unlocking the great potential of the Hydrotherm Massage System is best demonstrated through the education and training programmes that, have been, and are available at some of the UK’s Colleges of further education such as Motherwell College (Glasgow) and Truro College (Cornwall), as well as a network of qualified trainers throughout the UK.

John is a BABTAC expert panel member for massage therapy. John has written articles on subjects such as massage during pregnancy and applied anatomy for magazines including: Daily Telegraph, Easy Living, Vitality & Guild News. The Hydrotherm Massage System has been cited in many publications such as The Daily Telegraph & Times newspapers.

Testimonials from curriculum leaders such as Anne Shearer at Motherwell College describe John as “an inspirational man, I cannot recommend the Hydrotherm partnership highly enough, the continuous support from the Hydrotherm team has been truly outstanding and our staff and students have gained so much from having the opportunity to undertake this fantastic training. John Holman has been a loyal and truly wonderful supporter to both the College and its students over many years; he is in my opinion inspirational man, who has conceived an idea which will benefit all therapists of the future”.

World class Spa’s such as Naiade Resorts have adopted Hydrotherm massage system and training and their corporate Spa manager Karen Felimond has written “We were very privileged to welcome John Holman the designer of the Hydrotherm System to our resorts here in Mauritius. John spent a week with us doing intensive training with 17 of our top Spa Therapists within the Naiade Spa Division. Not only did John bring with him his knowledge and expertise in the unique massage techniques used in the Tranquil Seas Massage, but moreover an extensive knowledge of applied anatomy and physiology and common conditions seen everyday by the massage therapists. In addition John has a contagious passion and enthusiasm for massage which left a tremendous feeling of motivation and excitement amongst the team of therapists who had been nominated by their Spa Managers to participate in the Hydrotherm training”.

HND beauty therapy students who have attended John’s presentations at Motherwell College have stated “Dear John I just had to write and say what a brilliant invention Hydrotherm is, as if that was not enough the training from Gillian and the support and care provided by you and your trainers is a shinning example that the Beauty industry should take note of. I really enjoyed the presentation made by yourself and Dr Rybowski about “Communicating with Health care professionals” and will feel much more confident about how to write and speak to GP’s in the future. Thank you so much.”

Lorraine King HND

Spa Development Programmes
A request in late 2010 by Stuart Angus Spa director of prestigious Hotel and Spa group Shire Hotels to develop signature treatments for their four top Hotels has lead to the development and launch of the John Holman Fusion Therapies brand.

John Holman Fusion Therapies are an amalgam of eastern and western philosophies and understandings combined with all of the benefits of the Hydrotherm massage system. Ayurvedic oils have been cleverly fused with Japanese facial massage techniques and added to the unique three dimensional properties of Hydrotherm to produce three unique fusion therapy treatments