Commencing Tai Chi Chuan and martial practices at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts, Northcote, Victoria in 1981. Undertaking initial massage training in 1989, Simon completed the Diploma of Remedial Massage at Swinburne University of Technology in 2007.

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Not to be overlooked are the fifty years of life experience before choosing to be a professional therapist. Raised in six countries during his youth, he is familiar and comfortable with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Attendance at UC Berkeley, ANU Canberra and Swinburne, Melbourne. Highly athletic from an early age and with many years of both office based and physical work life, brings understanding of a wide range of conditions experienced by workers.

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Practising a fusion of East and West, outcomes beyond expectation are achieved using Remedial assessment and treatment of postural problems, pain, dysfunction and injury. Attending to energetic Qi flow and structural leg length discrepancy gives insight enabling rapid resolution of conditions conventional therapy does not fully understand and for which it has poor treatment outcomes. Simon is a highly experienced Sports Massage Therapist with accomplished competitive athletes. He has the sensitivity for unparalleled meditative Relaxation Massage.

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Techniques employed include Deep Muscle, Tendon and Ligament Therapy, Swedish Massage, Direct and Indirect Fascial Release techniques, Lymphatic Drainage, Chinese Cupping & Gua Sha together with Trigger Point Therapy, Positional Release and Facilitated Stretching (Static, PNF and MET's), Heel Lift Treatment, Craniosacral Therapy, and Wholistic Massage Therapy.

This represents a broad approach to physical therapy from the most gentle meditative methods to more overt physical releases that may cause residual pain over the following days. It is all about improving posture, clearing tightness, removing stagnation and promoting circulation so that energetic Qi flow can resume. ​​

 

Assessment and treatment of structural leg length discrepancies is an important aspect of this practice. The consequent pelvic tilt and lumbro-sacral distortion being an underlying cause for many lower limb and spinal issues. Short Right Leg Syndrome is a dominant genetic trait in Homo Sapiens typically overlooked by medico's and therapists. Simon has been studying this in clinical practice since 2014. The earliest dramatically successful treatment of SRLS was in 2016. His research findings provide a comprehensive description of the condition including its Two Signature Traits and Three Cardinal signs, Left and Right Lower Limb effects, Spinal effects, Energetic effects and considerations for treatment of the condition. Impacting both mobility and internal health. It is a dominant genetic trait in Homo Sapiens that came about in prehistoric times giving mother and child a greater chance of survival during the child rearing years. This is the only benefit of the condition. In all other respects it is problematic. While juveniles and young adults affected by this condition are sighted occasionally, it is more typical for symptoms to gradually escalate in our later years. This is largely unknown and not considered by conventional therapy. Structural leg length discrepancy is not included in medical examination in this country.

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Diploma Remedial Massage
Swinburne University of Technology, 2007