Change Hands-On Therapy Forever
HODA-A is not just another training — it’s a seismic shift in how we understand, teach, and apply manual therapy.
This is the world’s first data-driven, calibration-based, hands-on assessment system.
You’ll learn skills that will set you apart as a next-generation clinician — equipped to make touch both measurable and defensible.
Now accepting applications for our Founding Cohort (Limited Spaces Available)
Be among the first to complete HODA-A Certification from Introduction through to Expert & Mentor level.
Flexible payment plans available.
✔ Grounded in neuroscience and biomechanics
✔ Evidence-informed, yet practically applied
✔ The only system designed to measure hands-on touch
✔ For clinicians who want defensible, reliable, and scientific skillsets
Objective: Understand the why behind HODA-A — and why it’s changing everything. This short course gives you a high-level overview of HODA-A, the science behind touch, and why hands-on data acquisition is essential in modern healthcare. You’ll discover how HODA-A differs from traditional palpation, and how the Reflective Recursive Loop can train your hands to be repeatable and reliable instruments of clinical insight. 📍 100% Online | ⏱️ 6 Hours | 💰 £495
Objective: Build essential skills in touch perception, sensory calibration, and neurophysiological understanding. This level lays the groundwork for clinical excellence. You’ll explore how your brain interprets touch, why accuracy in palpation is so elusive, and how to begin calibrating your hands to gather meaningful data from human tissue. 📍 80% Online, 20% Face-to-Face | ⏱️ 16 Hours | 💰 £1,750
Objective: Learn to perform defensible, repeatable assessments using HODA-A's validated methods. At this stage, you’ll begin using HODA-A in real-time clinical settings. This level focuses on repeatability, precision, and how to challenge flawed paradigms in manual therapy using data-backed techniques. You’ll also explore the limitations of past palpation research — and how HODA-A corrects them. 📍 50% Online, 50% Face-to-Face | ⏱️ 32 Hours | 💰 £3,250
Objective: Master patient-specific calibration, refine your sensory training, and deepen your clinical reasoning. Here, you’ll advance your touch intelligence and learn to calibrate your assessments for individual variability. This level is also where you begin training others, supporting students and peers in refining their touch under clinical pressure. 📍 40% Online, 60% Face-to-Face | ⏱️ 32 Hours| 💰 £4,500
Objective: Become a global leader in hands-on diagnostics and help shape the next generation of touch-based healthcare. This elite-level training prepares you to teach, mentor, assess, and lead within the HODA-A ecosystem. You’ll learn to deliver high-stakes calibration training, supervise assessments, and drive research that shapes the field of manual therapy. 📍 30% Online, 70% Face-to-Face | ⏱️ 24 Hours | 💰 £5,750
✔ Progressive Learning: Each level builds upon the previous one, ensuring skill development is structured and validated.
✔ Hands-On & Theoretical Balance: Blended learning allows mastery of both scientific principles and practical application.
✔ Scientific & Evidence-Based: The curriculum is rooted in research-based touch science, ensuring practitioners are competent and confident.
✔ Flexibility: Online and face-to-face options allow accessibility for all learners.
✔ Building a Strong Knowledge Base: The introduction and foundation levels establish the fundamental concepts of touch science, sensorimotor integration, and calibration.
✔ Ensuring Hands-On Reliability: Before moving to advanced and clinical applications, practitioners must demonstrate consistent repeatability and accuracy in assessments.
✔ Scientific Progression: The methodology follows a structured learning model, ensuring practitioners develop their skills in a logical, evidence-based sequence.
✔ Defensibility & Standardization: The prerequisite system ensures that every certified practitioner has mastered the necessary competencies before advancing.
Due to the paradigm-shifting nature of HODA-A and the new evidence base supporting this methodology, there are no exceptions to level progression.
All participants — regardless of prior experience, qualifications, or clinical background — must begin at Level 1: Introduction Certification and complete each stage in sequence.
Even highly experienced manual therapists must build new sensory, perceptual, and calibration skills that are unique to HODA-A and not taught in any traditional training.
This ensures a shared foundation of knowledge, skill, and reliability across all certified practitioners.
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