Date:
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2026
Course Outline
This two-day course, led by Valérie Namer, DO and endocrinologist, delivers an up-to-date, evidence-based overview of menopause.
Blending manual therapy insight with endocrinology, it offers practical tools for everyday clinical practice.
Participants will clarify key physiological changes and the broad symptom spectrum.
The course challenges outdated assumptions and promotes a multidisciplinary, patient-centred approach.
Designed for osteopaths, physiotherapists, and chiropractors, it strengthens clinicians’ confidence in supporting women through this transition.
Objectives
· Examine the key physiological and neuroendocrine changes that occur as women transition from perimenopause through menopause and into post-menopause, ensuring clinicians understand the full spectrum of biological adaptations rather than relying on outdated or oversimplified narratives.
· Clarify the breadth of symptoms associated with menopausal transition—including musculoskeletal, neurological, urogenital, vasomotor, psychological, and metabolic changes—to help practitioners avoid misattributing, minimising, or overlooking presentations commonly encountered in clinical practice.
· Address persistent misconceptions and societal biases, particularly the belief that menopausal symptoms are inevitable, unmodifiable, or “just part of ageing”, by presenting current evidence for effective lifestyle, manual therapy, behavioural, and medical interventions.
· Challenge gender stereotypes within healthcare, equipping clinicians with the knowledge to advocate for women’s health and to recognise where historical patterns of dismissal, under-treatment, or misdiagnosis have occurred.
· Provide an updated, integrative overview of menopause physiology, highlighting the importance of a global, patient-centred approach that incorporates prevention, early identification of risk factors, long-term musculoskeletal and metabolic health, and collaboration across disciplines—including osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, gynaecology, mental health, and general practice.
Venue: The Alexander Technique, 13 The Boulevard, Imperial Wharf, London SW6 2UB
