LAST MONTH, I WAS AT THE FITPRO CONFERENCE in Loughborough in the UK. There was a great mixture of authors with Greg Roskopf, Charles Poliquin, Ian O′Dwyer, Chuck Wolf, Michol Dalcourt, Steve Jack, Nic Jarvis, Bobby Cappuccio, Douglas Brooks, Peter Twist and others in attendance.

One great thing about the UK culture is the social aspect of events like this, from dinner and beers together each night to the fancy dress night (super heroes). These events give me a unique chance to sit and talk with all of these guys and hear what they are doing that’s new and interesting. Trust me when I say there is nothing lacking in the new ideas and projects department with these guys.

One thing of particular interest to me now is the growth of the holistic side of the industry. To think our industry would be open to hear Steve Jack talking about the belief that light is one of the communication sources the body uses to reach muscles and organs because of its speed is really amazing. Whether you follow this or not, the research and the information coming into our industry from the holistic realm is nothing short of mind blowing. Watch this space as it grows!

We have a habit of just recreating old concepts in this industry, but we are moving into different areas now and spreading into other industries. A good example of this was a conversation I had with my massage therapist recently, while she was trying to heal this old, beat up body of mine. She was telling me how her school has a class with Thomas Myers and has for years. As you know, Thomas wrote the popular book, “Anatomy Trains,” and his name is on the lips of most of our top authors these days, but he has existed in the therapy world for many years. This crossover of educators and information from these different areas can only help us to grow. From Gray Cook and Gary Gray coming across from the physical therapy sector, Thomas from the hands on world and now many new presenters coming through from the holistic side, its creating new ideas, new thought processes and new application of these things, and maybe, just maybe, not so much of the old recycled content of the past. Unless, of course, that’s good recycled content! (I can hear Charles and Tom Purvis screaming at me as I say that.)

Remember, passion is everything.

Richard Boyd PTontheNET.com