Meet the Team, the Bodymind Therapists...

"The most appropriate treatment for each individual" - this is what we at bodymind clinic focus on.

Unlike the majority of other health centres, we are not in competition with each other for clients. Whilst we do have our own client bases, we try our best to select the right therapy & therapist for each new client, based on our different styles and skills. All of our massages are deep tissue and we use a combination of styles to suit each individual.

Janet Thomas (ITEC Tunia CCA.TCM Beijing LCM.Dip NLP Trainer Dip.H)

Janet has been a therapist in Kings Heath and Kings Heath for over 14 years. From the start she has maintained a keen interest in the mind/body connection and its effectiveness in bringing about significant life changes for clients. Her extensive training in massage covers therapeutic, remedial and Chinese (Tui Na), the latter requiring a month at a teaching hospital in Beijing. She is also a qualified Qi Gong and T’ai Chi teacher.

Janet is also a qualified in NLP Trainer, holds a Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis and a Higher Certificate in Indirect Hypnosis. She has used a combination of these Body and Mind methods to help resolve health issues which orthodox medicine give up on or have very limited treatments available. She has studied Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) – the science of Mind/Body medicine – and incorporates many of the principles into her work.

Janet believes that it is important to sometimes question the “usual” and the “normal”, and that often being a little curious and open-minded can bring unexpected rewards and relief. This approach has now led her to the Feldenkrais Method, already widely used within the performing arts arena, and she has undertaken a four year course of study to enable her to qualify as a teacher. She is certain that this discipline – which fully embraces the mind/body connection – will elevate her skills and enable her to further reduce pain, increase range of movement and treat an even wider range of conditions.

Bobby Feven (LSSM.Dip BTEC MISRM Member)

Bobby completed a BTEC Diploma in 1999 and then went on to qualify the London School of sports Massage in 2003. The LSSM qualification and his membership of the Institute of Sports and Remedial Massage enable him to treat all sportsman and women, professional or amateur.

Bobby treats a wide range of musculo-skeletal injuries and dysfunctions with a combination of postural assessment, sports massage techniques (specialising in Myofascial Release) and rehabilitation exercises. He has experience treating a wide range of clients from World and National standard Track and Field Athletes, Professional Footballers and Cricketers, World Champion Boxers, national standard Cyclists and Triathletes and general amateur sports enthusiasts. Though his skills are not only limited to the sporting arena. His clients also include those suffering from occupational conditions caused by repetitive movements or poor posture at work desks etc. and also those needing post-operative treatments to speed and improve the rehabilitation process.

Bobby is a dedicated and professional therapist who believes in the importance of updating skills and keeping up with cutting-edge treatments. He also enjoys passing on these skills to individual clients and through his teaching in workshops.

A keen sportsman himself, Bobby has an excellent success rate in keeping clients fit and getting them back to full fitness from injury.