Upcoming Courses
Facial Refinement - Evaluation and Treatment
Instructor: Tracie Skolny, RMT
Date: November 29 & 30 2025
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm daily
Location: Newmarket, ON
Cost: $399 + HST ($450)
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Course Description:
This 2-day workshop offers participants with a foundation level of understanding for the treatment and evaluation of fascia both globally and locally. This foundation level will give students the fundamentals required to become responsive to fascia, improve client outcomes and to continue in further levels of Fascial Refinement.
Fascial Refinement course content:
- Histology of Fascia
- Evaluating Barriers in Fascia
- Fascia and Interoception
- Principles of Fascial Treatment
- Treating Barriers in Fascia
Space is limited. Reserve Your Spot Now!
Instructor Bio:
Tracie has been a Registered Massage Therapist practicing in London for over 16 years and an educator at the college level for over 14 years. Tracie obtained a degree in Health Science from Western University in 2007 and obtained her massage therapy diploma from Sutherland Chan School and Teaching Clinic in 2008.
Tracie’s passion for fascia began during her time at Sutherland Chan, which was then ignited by a 1 year Structural Integration program, deepened by many workshops run by Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains, and catapulted by her Craniosacral Level 1 and 2 training from the Upledger Institute.
Today, Tracie’s personal practice is led by fascia. Her treatment approach allows fascia to guide treatment with the belief that acuity of palpation within the fascial system improves client outcomes through physical attunement, use of interoception, and tuning into the mechanisms by which fascia operates.
Tracie encourages her students to listen with their hands, and that when it comes to pressure, less is more.
Tracie has devoted much of her time deepening her understanding of fascia and loves to guide others through the literal and figurative web that is fascia. She is always happy to start a fascial conversation or help others gain a deeper understanding of fascia.
Postsurgical Massage Therapy and Scar Management
Instructor: Catherine Ryan, RMT
Date: May 2 & 3 2026
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm daily
Location: Newmarket, ON
Cost: $550 + HST ($621.50)
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Course Description:
Irrespective of etiology (e.g. surgery, burn, accident), collagen remodeling (scar tissue) ‘constructs’ us
back together when tissue integrity has been interrupted. If the wound healing/scar formation process
goes askew, problematic/pathophysiological scars can form. Using the STAR critical thinking approach
(Situation, Task, Action, Results) we will dive into what influences the outcome (functional vs
problematic scarring) and how early massage/manual therapy intervention can temper/prevent
problematic scarring and how to facilitate meaningful changes in mature problematic scar presentations.
As we are more than a pair of hands, the importance and value of therapeutic alliance (our soft-skills)
will be an integral component in this course. Science/evidence is my jam, so there will be science …. and
a healthy dose of heart, humour and hands-on!
Instructor Bio:
Catherine Ryan RMT: Clinician, Educator, Author: I am celebrating 35 years in clinical practice and 33
years as a massage therapy educator. I’m a self-professed fascia research nerd, the co-author of
Traumatic Scar Tissue Management – Massage Therapy Principles, Practice and Protocols (Jessica
Kingsley 2016), and I’m a chapter contributor in Fascia, Function and Medical Applications (CDC Press
2025, 2nd Ed) and Oncology Massage: An integrative approach to cancer care for manual therapists
(Jessica Kingsley 2021). I present at conferences internationally, in the areas of postsurgical massage
therapy, scar tissue management and myofascial pain and dysfunction, which also constitute my clinical
practice focus.
