About Denise Thomas

Denise Thomas has extensive qualifications and experience in the areas of sports therapy, sports massage therapy, massage therapy, holistic therapy, reflexology and the Bodymaster method as detailed below.

Accreditations

• Fellow of the Federation of Holistic Therapists
• International Council of Health, Fitness & Sports Therapists
• International Council of Holistic Therapists
• International Institute of Sports Therapy
• Bodymaster Method® Practitioner
• CNHC registered
• ICO registered
• Previously a Member of The Society of Sports Therapists 2005 – 2020

Background & Qualifications

Denise studied as a Nutritional Advisor alongside Anatomy, Physiology and Body Massage and enjoyed it so much that she went back full-time to study the old Holistic Therapies Diploma (Advanced Massage, Body Massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Counselling, and Business studies) before gaining further qualifications in Sports Massage Therapy, Advanced Sports Therapy, Functional Rehabilitation, Care of Medicines, Ultrasound, Pathology, Equine Taping and Acupuncture Techniques for Sports Therapists (this list is by no means exhaustive).

In 2004, she started training in advanced therapy techniques to improve her knowledge and clinical practice in assessment, treatment and rehabilitation in a sports medicine setting encompassing soft tissue techniques commonly used in Physiotherapy, Osteopathy and Sports Medicine. After a further 10 advanced courses, including spinal manipulation and neurological testing she became a Bodymaster Method® Practitioner in 2014. More recently in 2018, she studied a further 42 modules (all must be passed at 100%) to be awarded the FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine. 

Having refreshed her knowledge of spinal anatomy biomechanics, along with pelvic and sacroiliac dysfunction in 2020, Denise enrolled on a LIVE 6 day cadaver dissection course and started studying with the National Academy of Sports Medicine to better understand corrective exercise.  

Methods and ideas change and must constantly be updated so Denise undertakes regular CPD with leading surgeons, doctors, sports medicine lecturers and healthcare professionals, accredited online courses and further reading/self study.

Denise later took the decision to expand the business and after completing further training in branches of aesthetic medicine she became qualified and insured to practice medical aesthetics for men and women (adults only).

• Medical Aesthetics
• Facial Anatomy and Physiology
• Phlebotomy
• PRP/PRF
• Mesotherapy Skin Rejuvenation Injections for Face & Body
• Mesotherapy Rejuvenation Injections for Hair & Scalp
• Fat Loss Injections for Stubborn Areas of Face & Body
• Anti Wrinkle Toxin Injections 
• Profhilo BAP Technique 5 Point Injection
• Advanced Biostimulator Injections
• Aesthetics Complications
• Hyaluronidase & Vascular Compromise
• Needles & Sharps Awareness
• PPE for Health Care workers

Previous healthcare experience

Denise has previous nursing agency experience having worked in community, domiciliary and residential care settings with the elderly, adults and children before undergoing further training to support those with learning difficulties, epilepsy, and paraplegia as a Senior Support Worker for HFT.   She was also part of a therapy care team in F1 (albeit part-time) for 4 years.

Previous clinical practice

Peak Sporting Performance Clinic at Oxford University Sports Ground from 2008, where Denise remained for many years gaining valuable clinical experience assessing, treating and rehabilitating many variants of athletic injuries from the 80+ Sports Clubs and Teams that have access to the clinic along with a diverse cross section of the general public becoming a senior therapist in The Bodymaster Clinic. She now continues her work extensively in private practice in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, and remains up to date with annual CPD courses.

Denise has worked with client’s competing successfully in various sporting disciplines, many internationally, GB squad and Olympians. She has been written about in a therapy context in National papers, magazines and been interviewed on live radio and televison.

Denise continues to support the Bodymaster, John Gibbons, in his quest to make learning a difficult subject a little easier to understand for therapists from various backgrounds around the World. She appears in numerous training videos on YouTube and 7 therapy books to date demonstrating dysfunction and corrective exercise.