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Celebrating a Legend: Happy Retirement to Mary Lynch-Ellerington!
Mary Lynch-Ellerington is officially retiring after more than 50 years of changing the world of neurological physiotherapy. She has spent her life empowering patients recovery, and therapists learning. As a world-famous Bobath Tutor and leader, she leaves behind a legacy that will inspire therapists for generations. A Brilliant Career in Neurological Rehabilitation Mary started her professional physiotherapy journey in 1973. She graduated from the Bradford School of Physiothe

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5 days ago2 min read


A Milestone Moment: Celebrating Clare Fraser’s Qualification as an Advanced Tutor.
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Clare Fraser has officially qualified as an Advanced Tutor! This incredible milestone highlights Clare's unwavering dedication to educational excellence, student success, and continuous professional growth. Reaching the status of an advanced tutor requires dedication, mastery of diverse learning styles, clinical excellence and the ability to help course participants to unlock their full potential. Let’s take a look at what this achi

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5 days ago2 min read


A Milestone Moment: Celebrating Tim Walton Qualification as an Advanced Tutor.
Please join us in congratulating Tim Walton! We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Tim has officially qualified as an Advanced Bobath Tutor in IBITA and BBTA (international Bobath Instructors Training Association and British Bobath Tutors Association), marking a milestone for neurological physiotherapy education in the UK. This incredible achievement highlights his dedication to helping patients recover from complex neurological conditions like stroke and brain injuries

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5 days ago2 min read


Ready to advance your neurorehabilitation skills online?
We are offering a free taster of our premium online course, The Bobath Concept: An Online Movement Analysis Framework and its Clinical Application in Improving Movement Performance in Rehabilitation: How does it sit within contemporary neurorehabilitation?. Dive into specialised clinical reasoning, master real-time movement analysis, and discover practical techniques to immediately boost your patients' outcomes. Don't miss this chance to experience our flexible digital learni

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May 181 min read


Restarting Your Reach: How Forearm Stimulation Helps You Grasp Again.
Recovery of hand function starts with wrist stability. By training the forearm muscles to work together, patients build the steady base needed to reach for, shape their hand around, and successfully grasp objects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0Vkqu9oJA Ready to master the Bobath Concept ? Start your journey today - get in touch at info@bbta.org.uk to learn more. #BBTA #Bobathworks #NeuroPhysio #HandsOnLearning #BobathTeaching #RehabEducation

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Mar 31 min read


Learning with patients. Not just about patients.
BBTA Tutors; Karen Blagojevic & Tim Walton. @ Breightmet Health Centre, Bolton. Applying learning to real clinical scenarios. This involves hands-on handling and facilitation, movement analysis, task-specific practice, and postural control in real life functional contexts. This is where theory meets reality - and clinical confidence grows. Join us again next week for the next chapter in our clinical series. See you then for more expert analysis. #NeuroPhysio #OTTraining #Hand

Karen Blagojevic
Jan 141 min read


Optimising Upper Limb Recovery: A Clinician’s Perspective on the Challenges and Solutions.
Tim Walton (BBTA tutor) Helping patients recover arm function after neurological injury remains one of the most challenging—and rewarding—parts of my work. While encouraging patients to complete tasks with the right number of repetitions is essential, we all know it’s not as simple as “just keep doing the task.” If it were, rehabilitation would be far less complex. The real difficulty lies in addressing the wide range of presentations, underlying impairments, and barriers to

Tim Walton
Jan 63 min read


Interested in being our next host?
We are always looking for the next venue to take our Bobath journey and develope their clinical practice. BBTA offer comprehensive...

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Sep 16, 20251 min read


Introductory Modules @ University of Birmingham.
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Sep 8, 20251 min read


Basic Bobath Course. This course will benefit you.
#bobathworks #bbtatutors #neuroscience #research #learning #educational #bobath #bbta #rehab ...

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Jul 3, 20251 min read


Introductory Modules @ Biggart Hospital Prestwick, Scotland
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Jun 27, 20251 min read


Start your Bobath journey today.
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Jun 18, 20251 min read


Learning to clinically reason with the Bobath Concept - BBTA courses escalator.
Written by Sarah Guy. Clinical reasoning, the thinking and decision-making process (Higgs and Jones, 2000) associated with clinical...

Sarah Guy
Jun 11, 20253 min read


Saying Goodbye to Catherine Cornall - Thank you for Everything!
The annual meeting of BBTA tutors was held in Chester in April and as ever it proved a stimulating and productive three days with a...

Paul Johnson
May 12, 20251 min read


Episode 3: What can our patient manage to ‘do’ and what can they ‘nearly do’ and how does the Bobath therapist work to develop this using the Model of Bobath Clinical Practice?
Written by Clare Fraser (BBTA Tutor) As we have seen in episode 1 & 2, when a new patient comes in to the clinic for assessment we are...

Clare Fraser
May 8, 20254 min read


BBTA Team Time!
BBTA had a successful meeting at the TherapyMatters clinic in Chester last weekend. We enjoyed a very informative and educational day...

Clare Fraser
May 6, 20251 min read


Episode 2: How do we know where to begin with our patients treatment? What does the Model of Bobath Clinical Practice (MBCP) help us to do?
Written by Clare Fraser (BBTA Tutor) As we discussed in the last MBCP blog (episode 1) when a new patient comes into the clinic, for...

Clare Fraser
May 1, 20254 min read


Episode 1: What do our patients need from clinicians, when they are starting their rehab with the Bobath Concept? And how does the Model of Bobath Clinical Practice structure this?
Written by Clare Fraser (BBTA Tutor) We all know that it is never easy to create a change in our lives, and strike out in search of...

Clare Fraser
Apr 22, 20253 min read


Patient Success Story!
Home visit for a patient in Canada! Clare Fraser one of our BBTA tutors moved into the family home and worked an intensive week of...

Clare Fraser
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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