Course prerequisites

Access to this course requires completion of the following courses.

Level 1: Introduction

Level 2: Foundation Certification

Build reliable touch. Train your hands. Understand your brain.

🎯 Course Objective

Develop essential skills in touch perception, sensory calibration, and neurophysiology — and lay the foundation for clinical excellence.

📖 What This Course Covers

This course is your first real step into hands-on mastery. You’ll discover how your brain interprets what you feel, why so many clinicians struggle with accurate touch, and how to start calibrating your hands to gather real, reliable data from the human body.

You’ll train your tactile system through a blend of online learning and in-person calibration workshops, giving you the tools to become consistent, confident, and clinically sharp in your assessments.

✅ What You’ll Learn

• The difference between tactile accuracy and perception bias

• How mechanoreceptors and proprioception shape what you feel

• Step-by-step calibration drills to improve pressure control

• How to use the 8 Measurement Tools of the Hands

• Practical skills for standardising hand placement and pressure

• Peer-reviewed reliability testing and real-time feedback

• How to make your hands a dependable clinical instrument

👩‍⚕️ Who It’s For

This course is ideal for:

• Manual therapists, physios, osteopaths, and bodyworkers

• Students in clinical training who want an edge

• Educators looking to bring evidence-based touch into classrooms

• Anyone tired of guessing during palpation and ready to measure what they feel

📦 Course Format

• 80% Online (self-paced learning)

• 20% Face-to-Face (live calibration workshop)

• Total Duration: 16 hours

• Includes Certificate of Completion

🌟 Why This Matters

Most clinicians are never taught how to calibrate their touch. That’s why so many manual assessments are inconsistent. This course changes that.

By the end of this training, you’ll understand your sensory system like never before — and begin building the skills that set exceptional clinicians apart.

Take control of your clinical hands.
Learn the science. Train your touch. Start your journey with HODA-A.

👉 Ready to enroll? Join the next cohort today.