Deep Tissue in Movement & Joint Mobility – Felipe Luz Method
Three-day professional continuing education programme in deep tissue application, joint mobility and stretching. 📍 Thessaloniki, Greece · 5–7 February 2027
Delivered by Felipe Luz, international massage educator and manual therapist.
Sound familiar?
You press with everything you've got and your client asks for more. You finish the session with your thumbs burning. And the next day they message you to say they're stiff again.
When that happens, there’s almost always room in how you’re integrating pressure with movement. Here you’ll learn to combine structured deep tissue with joint mobilisation and assisted stretching, grounded in functional anatomy and in what we currently understand about the nervous system.
You'll leave with better control of your pressure, using less force to get more.
What my students say
"What impressed me the most is how quickly the results appeared in my own practice. From the very first day after the training, my clients were surprised by how much relief they felt even after a single session."
Irene Marathefti, Massage Therapist, Cyprus
Who is it for…?
Professionals who already work with the body and wish to evolve in their practice.
Massage therapists and manual therapists seeking a structured integration of deep tissue, joint mobilisation, and stretching.
Bodywork professionals: yoga and Pilates teachers, personal trainers and physiotherapists, who wish to better understand manual application and tissue response.
Course Benefits
Pressure as dosage
You learn to choose the intensity according to the tissue response, what the client tolerates, and the session objective. With oil, on a treatment table.
Therapist ergonomics
Working with body weight and gravity rather than force. Less strain on thumbs, wrists, and shoulders, and a longer career.
Joint mobilisation within the physiological range
Integrating joint mobility into the session, without impulse and within the normal range of each joint.
Comprehensive safety framework
Contraindications, interruption criteria, hygiene, and professional boundaries of manual therapy.
Up-to-date scientific basis
Material with scientific references: systematic reviews and meta-analyses on pressure, stretching, and nervous system response.
Detailed Programme
Deep Tissue in Movement and Joint Mobility
Day 1: Foundations and Application to the Upper Body
- Theoretical foundations: pressure as a dose and applied neurophysiology
- Safety framework: contraindications, interruption criteria and professional boundaries
- Therapist ergonomics and biomechanical efficiency
- Application in prone position: upper body and shoulder girdle
- Joint mobilisation within the physiological range and assisted stretching
- Demonstration and supervised practice
Day 2: Integration of the Lower Body and Hip
- Application to the gluteals and posterior chain
- Hamstring work
- Hip mobilisation within the physiological range
- Integration of assisted stretching
- Assisted use of the body scraper: origins, application and contraindications
- Demonstration and supervised practice
Day 3: Work in Supine Position and Integration
- Application in supine position: lower body, quadriceps and adductors
- Work on hip flexors and anterior chain
- Assisted stretching of the lateral chain and lower lumbar region
- Upper body integration: pectorals, upper limb and cervical region
- Movement re-evaluation
- Final supervised practical assessment and certificate presentation
Fees and Registration
Programme price:
Early bird: €550 (until 6 January 2027)
Regular price: €600 (from 7 January 2027)
Prices do not include VAT (21%)
✔️ Deposit: €200 (non-refundable, deducted from the total)
Includes: APENB certification, course manual with technique photographs and scientific references, Client Safety Form, and access to the WhatsApp group where students share videos.
Maximum group size: 12 people.
Date and Location
Dates: 5, 6 and 7 February 2027 · Friday to Sunday
Schedule: 9:30–17:30 (including a 90-minute lunch break)
Total duration: 24 h of sessions · 19.5 teaching hours
📍 Location: Roi Polixoros
Address: Γεωργίου Σουρή 4 με, Egeou 13, Thessaloniki 551 34, Greece
Meet your instructor
I'm Felipe Luz. I teach from my school in Torremolinos, and I've trained therapists in Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Curaçao and Greece. I qualified as a teacher in Thailand, and I compete and judge at international massage championships.
Over these days I'll be correcting your technique and your ergonomics, one manoeuvre at a time. What I want is for you to leave working better, and to still be able to do this in twenty years.
APENB certification included.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. This programme is intended for qualified massage and bodywork professionals.
Yes, and you will also have access to a private group with support materials.
No, practice is amongst the participants.
Two large towels, one small towel (30 × 40 cm), one sheet, neutral oil and an oil holder or belt. If you cannot bring something, please let us know.
No. The published price does not include VAT. Clients outside the European Union are not charged VAT nor B2B.
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