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TEACHERS
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| HONORARY LIFE
MEMBERS |
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Geoffrey D. Maitland
MBE
AUA, FCSP, FACP, MAppSc |
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Gisela Rolf,
M.A., Senior-Teacher IMTA |
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Peter Wells,
BA, FCSP, Dip. TP, SRP |
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Martha Hauser,
PT,
Grad. Adv. Manip Phys. Ther.
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| PRINCIPAL IMTA TEACHERS |
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Hugo Stam
M.AppSc, B.PT, MMPAA, PT OMTsvomp®
Principal IMTA Teacher
Hugo completed his Bachelor in Physiotherapy at Amsterdam in 1981. He has lived and worked in Switzerland since
1982. He has twice been to Australia to pursue academic studies and graduated with a
Masters in Applied Science from the University of South Australia in 1994. Hugo has
worked clinically at the Rehabilitation Hospital in Zurzach, Switzerland since 1984
where he has been clinical supervisor in the Physiotherapy Department during the more
recent years. Hugo currently continues to work clinically in Zurzach and teaches
postgraduate manipulative therapy in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. He is Principal
Teacher with the International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA)
and serves the organization as the chairperson.
He is also a member of the Neuro Orthopedic Institute (NOI). His special interests are clinical reasoning,
neuropathic pain mechanisms and the clinical explanation of signs and symptoms. |
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Pieter Westerhuis
B.PT, PT OMTsvomp®,
Principal IMTA Teacher
Pieter graduated as a physiotherapist in Holland in 1981. Shortly afterwards he moved
to Switzerland and has since worked in a number of hospitals and physiotherapy practices
there. Pieter qualified as a teacher with the International Maitland Teachers
Association (IMTA) in 1988 and was made Senior Teacher in 1991. Since 1997 he has been a
Principal IMTA Teacher. Pieter has published numerous articles and book contributions on
various subjects.
Currently Pieter continues to work in private practice in Grenchen, Switzerland and
teaches postgraduate manipulative therapy in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. His
special interests include the management of cervical headache, cervical instability,
whiplash associated disorders and shoulder instability versus impingement syndrome. |
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| SENIOR IMTA TEACHERS |
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Di Addison
B.Phty (Hons.), Grad. Adv Manip Phty, MMPAA
Senior IMTA Teacher
Di graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy first class honors degree from the University of Queensland,
Australia in 1979. In 1980 she completed a postgraduate Diploma in advanced Manipulative
Physiotherapy at Adelaide University under the direction of Geoff Maitland MBE.
Between 1975 and 1981 Di worked in various hospitals in England and Australia before
moving to Switzerland in 1981. She was clinical tutor at the University of Queensland
from 1978 to 1979 and research assistant at the University of Queensland for a year in
1981. After moving to Switzerland she worked in a number of rehabilitation hospitals and
physiotherapy practices and became a teacher with the International Maitland Teachers
Association (IMTA) in 1988. She has also taught with the Kinetic Control Company. Di
currently works in private practice in Switzerland. She is Senior Teacher with the IMTA
and also teaches the concept that she has developed herself: Muscle balance fine
tuning muscle. |
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Banks Kevin
BSc, MCSP, SRP
Senior IMTA Teacher
Kevin became a Chartered and State Registered Physiotherapist in 1981 at Sheffield City Polytechnic. He has
since worked in various hospitals and physiotherapy practices in the North of England.
After qualifying as a teacher with the International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA)
in 1992 he was made Senior Teacher in 2001. Kevin has contributed to a number of books
including Rehabilitation of Movement-Theoretical Basis of Clinical Practice (Pitt-Brooke
J -ed-W.Saunders,London 1997) and is co author of the 6th edition of Maitland's
Vertebral Manipulation. Kevin is currently a musculoskeletal clinical specialist for
Rotherham Primary Care NHS Trust. His special interests are clinical reasoning,
manipulative physiotherapy in age related disorders and physiotherapy led services in
the NHS. He teaches on postgraduate manipulative therapy courses in the UK, Holland,
Finland and Germany.
Kevin co-authored with Elly Hengeveld the latest
edition of the book "Maitland's Peripheral
Manipulation" and contributed to the last
versions of "Vertebral Manipulation". |
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Gerti Bucher-Dollenz
M.AppSc, PT, PT OMTsvomp®
Senior IMTA Teacher
Gerti completed her Physiotherapy Diploma in Klagenfurt, Austria in 1983. After working in Austria for a short
time she moved to Switzerland where she has since worked at in various rehabilitation
centres and hospitals, including ten years at the at the Rehabilitation Centre in
Valens.
In 1992 she completed a Graduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy at the University of
South Australia in Adelaide, Australia and went on to graduate with a Masters of Applied
Science in Physiotherapy in 1993. Gerti qualified as a teacher with the International
Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA) in 1993. She is also a member of the Neuro
Orthopaedic Institute (NOI).
Currently Gerti works in private practice in Heiligkreuz, Switzerland and continues to
teach postgraduate manipulative therapy in Austria and Switzerland. Gertis special interests include the management of neuropathic pain and
chronic pain and the integration of manual therapy into the treatment of neurological
patients.
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Elly Hengeveld
MSc, B.PT, PT OMTsvomp®
Senior IMTA Teacher
Elly completed her Bachelor in Physiotherapy at the Akademie voor
Fysiotherapie in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1980. After working in private practice
in the Netherlands for a short time she moved to Switzerland in the same year where she
has since practiced in various hospitals and in private practice. She attained her OMT
qualification with the Schweizer Verband für Orthopädische Manuelle Therapie (SVOMP) in
1990 and the teaching qualification Ausbildnerin Berner Kaderschule (SVEB
1) in 1992. In 2000 she graduated from the University of East London, UK with a Masters
of Science. Elly has published numerous articles and book contributions. She is
co-author of the 6th edition of Maitland's Vertebral Manipulation. After qualifying
as a teacher with the International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA) in 1992 she was
made Senior Teacher in 2003. She was secretary of the IMTA from 1992 until 1995 and
Chairperson from 1995 until 2001. Elly is a previous executive committee member of the
SVMP (Schweizerischer Verband Manipulativer Physiotherapie) Currently Elly works in
private practice and teaches on pre- and postgraduate courses. She is a member of the
educational committee of the Schweizerischer Verband Orthopaedischer Manipulativer
Physiotherapie (SVOMP). Her special interests include the treatment of patients with
chronic pain, movement-paradigms as the specific basis for the body-of-knowledge of
physiotherapists, paradigms of illness experience and salutogenetic perspectives,
clinical reasoning processes, especially narrative reasoning in clinical practice, the
psychosocial dimensions of physiotherapy and manual therapy and qualitative research
methods within physiotherapy research.
Elly co-authored with Kevin Banks the latest
edition of the book "Maitland's Peripheral
Manipulation" and contributed to the last
versions of "Vertebral Manipulation". |
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Pierre Jeangros
PT, PT OMTsvomp®
Senior IMTA Teacher
Pierre was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the French part of Switzerland. He completed his
physiotherapy training in 1981 in the Physiotherapy school in Basel under Dr.med. h.c.
Susanne Klein-Vogelbach. After working at the University Hospital in Basel and in
Lausanne, Pierre opened his own practice in Lutry, Switzerland in 1987 and the
Postgraduate Study Centre CFP since 2000.
Pierre qualified as a teacher with the International Maitland Teachers Association
(IMTA) in 1988. He was made Senior Teacher in 1992. He has taught in Switzerland,
Germany, Belgium, Portugal and in Italy. Currently Pierre continues to work
clinically in his private practice in Lutry and teaches postgraduate manipulative
therapy in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. His special interests include the management
of peripheral neuropathies and cervical headaches. |
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Jan Herman van Minnen
B.PT, PT OMTsvomp®,
Senior
IMTA Teacher
Jan Herman completed his Bachelor in Physiotherapy at the Friese Akademie voor Fysiotherapie in Leeuwarden, the
Netherlands in 1978. He then moved to Switzerland where he has since worked in various
hospitals and private practices. He has been practicing in his own physiotherapy
practice in Grenchen, Switzerland since 1987. Jan Herman has completed a number of
manual therapy training schemes in various concepts in Switzerland and Germany. In 1994
he successfully completed the OMT training scheme in Switzerland and qualified as a
teacher with the International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA). Currently Jan
Herman continues to practice in Grenchen and teaches postgraduate manipulative therapy
in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. He is co-editor of the German language professional
journal Manuelle Therapie. |
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Dr. Harry von Piekartz
PhD, MSc., B.PT, MNVMT
Senior IMTA Teacher
Harry qualified as a
physiotherapist in 1985 and completed his manual
therapy training in Switzerland (Manual Therapy
Maitland Concept) in 1988. In 1993 he
successfully completed his OMT training in the
Netherlands with the Dutch Manual Therapy
Association (NVMT). In 1994 Harry qualified as a
teacher with International Maitland Teacher
Association (IMTA) and was made Senior Teacher
in 2002. In 2000 he completed his Master of
Science in physiotherapy at the University of
Leuven (Belgium) on the subject The
neurodynamic test of the mandibular nerve,
reliability and normal values. Harry is also a
member of the Neuro Orthopaedic Institute (NOI).
. His main interest is the patient with
difficult head and neck problems. His book
Craniofacial Dysfunction and Pain, Manual
Therapy, Assessment and Management has been
published in English (Butterworth-Heinemann
2001), German (Thieme 2001) and Spanish (2003).
In 2002 he was one of the main initiators of the
Cranial Facial Therapy Academy (CRAFTA®). In
March (2004) he became Fellow of the
International College of CranioMandibular
Orthopedics(ICCMO) in Germany.Currently
published a second book titled Kiefer-,
Gesichts- und Nackenregion. Untersuchung,
Behandlung und Management (Thieme2005) which
will also be on the english market in 2006.
During this period he published several articles
about this subject and is involved in a study in
paediatric headache and finished his PhD in July
2005. Since 2000 he has spent 50% of his time
teaching in different countries in Europe, 30 %
working with patients and 20 % in research. |
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Renate Wiesner
PT, PT OMTsvomp®
Senior
IMTA Teacher
Renate qualified as a physiotherapist at the Physiotherapy School at the University Hospital in Basel,
Switzerland.
Her first position in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, gave her the opportunity to meet and
discuss with therapists from all over the world and to participate in various
postgraduate courses. Her interest in manual therapy according to the Maitland Concept
stems from this time. She qualified as a teacher with the International Maitland
Teachers Association (IMTA) in 1996. Renate currently lives in Bremen Germany where
she works in the orthopedic and sports rehabilitation centre affiliated to Werder
Bremen, a first division soccer team in Germany.
She is the vice-chairperson of the IMTA. She teaches postgraduate manipulative
therapy in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. |
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| IMTA TEACHERS |
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Maria
Brugner-Seewald
PT, PT OMT OEVMPT
IMTA Teacher
Maria completed her physiotherapy training in
Graz, Austria in 1994. After gaining 6 years
professional experience in a public general
hospital she moved to self employment in 2
physiotherapy practices in 2000.
In 2004 she attained her OMT qualification with
the „Osterrieichsche Verband für Manuelle
Therapie“ (ÖVMPT) in Vienna. Maria qualified as
a teacher with the International Maitland
Teachers Association (IMTA) in 2007.
Currently Maria continues to practise clinically
at a private practice in Pinkafeld, Austria and
to teach postgraduate manipulative therapy. |
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Trisha Davies-Knorr
PT, MCSP, OMT-DVMT®
Teacher IMTA
Trisha became a Chartered and State Registered Physiotherapist in 1980 at the Oswestry and North Staffordshire
School of Physiotherapy in the UK. After gaining 5 years professional experience in
various hospitals in the UK she moved to Germany where she has worked at the University
Hospital in Munich since 1987. She has held a number of positions there and developed
her special interest in manual therapy while working in the outpatients department. In
1996 she attained her OMT qualification with the Deutscher Verband für Manuelle Therapie
(Maitland-Konzept) e.V (DVMT) in Germany. Trisha qualified as a teacher with the
International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA) in 1999. She is a previous member of
the board of the DVMT. Currently Trisha
continues to practice clinically at the
University Hospital in Munich and to teach
postgraduate manipulative therapy. She is the co-editor of the German language professional journal
Manuelle Therapie.
Her areas of special interest include outcomes measurement, chronic pain management and
integrating evidence into everyday practice.
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Renée De Ruijter Bouwman
B:PT, MMPA, PT OMTsvomp®
IMTA Teacher
Renée completed her Bachelor of Physiotherapy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1985. Shortly afterwards she
moved to Switzerland where she has worked in a number of hospitals and physiotherapy
practices. In 1994, Renée completed a postgraduate diploma in Manual Therapy at Curtin
University in Perth, Australia. In 2001 she qualified as a teacher with the
International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA). From 1991 to 1994 and from 1997 to
2002 Renée taught at the School of Physiotherapy in Luzern, Switzerland. She is a
previous member of the executive committee and chairperson of the Schweizerischer
Verband Orthopädischer Manipulativer Physiotherapie (SVOMP). She edited their
professional journal from 1996 until 2003. Currently Renée continues to practice in
Kriens near Luzern, Switzerland and teaches postgraduate manipulative therapy in
Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Italy. Her areas of special interest include the
treatment of craniomandibular dysfunction, dysfunction in neural tissue, Whiplash
associated disorders and specific vertebral stabilization. |
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Birgit Ferber-Busse
IMTA Teacher
Birgit completed her Physiotherapie Training at
the state school for Physiotherapie in Höxter
1986. She gained professional experience at the
Rehabilitations- und Rheumaklinik Zurzach (CH)
where she first came into contact with the
Maitland® Concept. From 1989 until 2002 she
worked in the University Hospital in Munich,
specializing in shoulder surgery and in a
private practice.
Since 2003 she has been working in her own
practice in Erding near Munich.
In 1996 she attained her OMT qualification with
the Deutscher Verband für Manuelle Therapie
(Maitland®-Konzept) e.V (DVMT) in Germany.
Birgit has been a member of the board of the
DVMT e.V for more than 10 years. She qualified
as a teacher with the International Maitland
Teachers Association (IMTA) in 2009.
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Jürg
Hauswirth
PT, OMTsvomp®IMTA Teacher
Jürg completed his physiotherapy training at
the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland in
1990. After gaining 2 years professional
experience in various private physiotherapy
practices he moved to the Physiotherapy
Department of the Bruderholz Hospital in Basel.
As Superintendent Physiotherapist he is
responsible for the rehabilitation of patients
in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology as both
in- and out patients.
In 2000 he attained his OMT qualification with
the Schweizerische Verband für Orthopäsiche
Manuelle Therapie (SVOMP).Jürg qualified as a
teacher with the International Maitland Teachers
Association (IMTA) in 2007.
Currently Jürg continues to practise clinically
at the Bruderholz Hospital in Basel and to teach
postgraduate manipulative therapy. His main
areas of special interest include
differentiation tests for patients with
orthopaedic problems and the management of
patients with cervicogenic dizziness. |
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Thomas
Horre
PT, OMT-DVMT
IMTA Teacher
Thomas completed his physiotherapy training at
the state school for Physiotherapy in Hanover,
Germany in 1995. From 1995 to 2001 he gained
professional experience in a musculoskeletal
outpatients clinic where he advanced to
superintendent physiotherapist. From 2002 - 2008
Thomas has been working in his own physiotherapy
practice in Osnabruck and since 2009 his is
working in a praxis in Hamburg.
In 2002 he attained his OMT qualification with
the Deutscher Verband für Manuelle Therapie
(Maitland-Konzept) e.V (DVMT) in Germany. Thomas
qualified as a teacher with the International
Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA) in 2007.
Currently Thomas continues to practise
clinically in a practice in Osnabruck. He has
been a member of the executive committee of the Deutscher Verband für Manuelle Therapie
(Maitland-Konzept) e.V (DVMT) since 2003.
His main areas of special interest include the
management of craniomandibular dysfunction and
of patients with chronic pain. |
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John Langendoen
MSc, Grad. OMT-DVMT® B.PT
IMTA Teacher
John completed his Bachelor in Physiotherapy in Rotterdam in 1976. He
has been practicing in private practice in
Kempten, Germany since 1988. John attained his
OMT qualification in a postgraduate program at
Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia in
1994 and graduated with a Masters of Science in
Pain Management from the University of Wales in
Cardiff UK in 2003.
He is founder and teacher of a Pre-Season
Screening & Management Concept (PSC) for
professional athletes (individual and teams),
and is involved in both football (Korean
National Team) and ice hockey (Dynamo Moscow &
Russian National Team).
John qualified as a teacher with the
International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA)
in 1996.
Currently John continues to work in private
practice in Kempten and teaches postgraduate
manipulative therapy.
He is chairperson of the educational
committee of the Deutsche Verband für Manuelle
Therapie (Maitland Konzept) (DVMT) and is
chairperson of the educational committee of the
Interdisciplinary Forum for Cranio-Facial
Syndromes (IFCFS).
In 2005 John was appointed to the International
Advisory Board of the Manual Therapy journal and
he became Member of the Standards Committee of
IFOMT
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Marc van Liebergen
B.PT, OMT-DVMT®
IMTA Teacher
Marc van Liebergen completed his Bachelor degree
in physiotherapy in January 1989 at the
Rijkshogeschool Ijsselland in Deventer, The
Netherlands. After a short period of work
experience in The Netherlands he moved to
Germany where he initially treated dominantly
neurological patients at a rehabilitation
clinic. Here he discovered his interest in
manual therapy according to the Maitland
Concept. In 1998 he completed his final exam for
the OMT qualification in Munich (Deutscher
Verband für Manuelle Therapie (Maitland-Concept)
e.V (DVMT)).
Since 1991, Marc is working as a physiotherapist
and manual therapist in his private practice in
Kempten (Allgaeu). In 2008 he qualified as an
instructor for the International Maitland
Teachers Association (IMTA). |
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Werner Nafzger
PT, PT OMTsvomp®
IMTA Teacher
Werner completed his physiotherapy training in Leukerbad, Switzerland in
1984. From 1984 until 1985 he worked at the Rehabilitation hospital in Länssjukhuset
Kalmar, Sweden. In 1986 he returned to Switzerland to the Medizinisches Zentrum Bad
Ragaz und Rehabilitationsklinik Valens. Since 1992 Werner has had his own practice in
Heimberg, Switzerland. He qualified as a teacher with the International Maitland
Teachers Association (IMTA) in 1999. Currently Werner continues to practice in
Heimberg and teaches postgraduate manipulative therapy in Switzerland, Germany and
Austria. |
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Robert Valentiny
PT, PT OMT svomp
IMTA Teacher
Robert was born in Sarreguemines, Frankreich and graduated as a physiotherapist in
Brussels, Belgium in 1987. He has lived and worked in Switzerland since 1988. Robert
opened his own practice in Caslano (Lugano), Switzerland after working for three years
at the Rheuma- und Rehabilitationsklinik in Zurzach. He qualified as a teacher with the
International Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA) in 2001. Currently Robert
continues to practice in Caslano, Switzerland and teaches postgraduate manipulative
therapy in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Italy.
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Rolf Walter
B.PT, PT OMTsvomp®,
IMTA Teacher
Rolf completed his Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 1984 at the Twentse
Academy of Physiotherapie, Enschede, Netherlands. Shortly afterwards he moved to
Switzerland where he has worked in a number of hospitals and practices before founding
his own practice in Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland. In 2001 he successfully completed the
OMT training scheme in Switzerland and qualified as a teacher with the International
Maitland Teachers Association (IMTA). Currently Rolf continues to work in his
practice in Morbio Inferiore and teaches Manipulative Therapy in Switzerland, Germany
and Italy. He is a Member of the Tinnitus interdisiplinary group in Ticino Switzerland. |
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