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Enhance Your Skills with Core Manual Techniques

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Continued Professional Development

Core Manual Technique offers a wide range of face to face continual professional development courses for osteopaths, physiotherapists, chiropractors, podiatrist and qualified manual therapists looking to enhance their manual technique skills.

Your patient’s navicular drop is ‘within normal’, but their single‑leg heel raise is weak

OPS aligned CPD

Nearly 30 years

Learning Method

Expert in-person

Courses aligned with all four Osteopathic Practice Standards, elevating your professional credibility.

Built on the real‑world clinical and teaching experience of senior osteopathic educators.

On‑site practical training focused on hands‑on manual skills you can use in clinic the next day.

Expert‑led, real‑life case work to sharpen decision‑making with complex presentations.

Meet the Team

At CoreMT, we are dedicated to providing high-quality professional development opportunities from osteopaths. Our mission is to empower practitioners with the latest insights and techniques, fostering continuous growth and improvement.

Director

Lazarus Nono BSc (Hons) Ost, DO, MSc PAM, Osteopath & Lecturer

Since graduating as an Osteopath in 1997, Lazarus has worked in several different practices. He is a senior clinic tutor at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine and since 2001, he has tutored a variety of subjects ranging from anatomical studies to diagnostic reasoning.

Prior to becoming an osteopath, Lazarus trained in Classical Ballet and other dance forms. He under took the MSc in Performing Arts Medicine (PAM) a collaborative program between University College of London, The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, Royal College of Music & Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Institute of Sport Exercise & Health.

Since graduating from UCL in 2014, Lazarus was a guest lecturer at UCL on the performing arts medicine course on two executive years. Between 2018 and 2025 Lazarus was one of the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine Clinical Assessors. This role involved assessing performing artists from all disciplines with the objective of diagnosing, and where appropriate referring to other healthcare disciplines

Between 2002 to 2006, Lazarus carried out extensive Human anatomical dissection at University College of London under the guidance of Dr. Arjmand Saaid, head of Anatomy at: The British College of Osteopathic Medicine. Among his many teaching / clinical duties at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lazarus has spent to since 2001 teaching Osteopathic hands-on skills to all years.

Director

Krutika Patel

Krutika is a highly experienced Registered Osteopath, Senior Lecturer at the BCNO Group, bringing more than two decades of clinical and teaching expertise to CORE MT.

She graduated from the British School of Osteopathy in 1997 and has since developed a rich portfolio of practice in private clinics, corporate environments and the NHS, with a particular interest in ergonomics and complex musculoskeletal presentations.

Krutika leads the Year 2 and Year 4 Osteopathic Techniques teams, supervises final‑year students in clinic and serves as an internal examiner for final clinic competence examinations within osteopathic education. Her teaching spans manual techniques, diagnostic reasoning, anatomy and clinical skills, and she is known for her clear, practical and student‑centred approach.

Krutika’s involvement with CORE MT is driven by a desire to mentor the next generation of manual therapists, deepen their technical proficiency and clinical reasoning, and equip them to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care in modern healthcare settings.

Director

Andrea Skeley

Andrea is a structural osteopath who graduated with a Master of Osteopathy and a Diploma in Naturopathy from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2021.

Andrea works across established practices, treating a wide range of musculoskeletal presentations from acute pain to complex, recurrent conditions. Her practice blends structural osteopathy, advanced soft tissue techniques and rehabilitation planning, with a strong emphasis on patient education and sustainable recovery.

Andrea’s Master’s dissertation explored how osteopathic treatment techniques can most effectively improve patient outcomes, reflecting her ongoing commitment to research-led practice. She has contributed to osteopathic education as a lecturer assistant at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine, supporting the development of future practitioners.

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