The Perrin Technique

26/08/2026

🌍 Our Final Perrin Technique™ Workshops for 2026! 🌍

We’re pleased to share the remaining Perrin Technique™ workshops with Dr Raymond Perrin DO PhD taking place later this year.

These three-day workshops combine theory with practical, hands-on training in the osteopathic diagnosis and treatment of ME/CFS using The Perrin Technique™.

📍 Vienna, Austria
16 - 18 October 2026

📍 Manchester, UK
1 - 3 November 2026

📍 Santa Barbara, California, USA
13 - 15 November 2026

📍 Rijen, The Netherlands
19 - 21 November 2026

📍 Paris, France
4 - 6 December 2026

These workshops are designed to equip healthcare practitioners with practical skills to assess and treat some of their most challenging patients with neuro-lymphatic drainage disorders, including ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, and Long COVID.

The workshops also provide a pathway to becoming a Licensed Perrin Technique™ Practitioner, with ongoing support and access to the global practitioner network.

Find full details and registration for all upcoming workshops here:

🌐 https://theperrintechnique.com/events/

23/07/2026

Business of the week ✨

What is the Perrin Technique™?

Living with ME/CFS or Long COVID can be incredibly challenging. Many people experience symptoms that affect every aspect of daily life, yet often struggle to find treatments that provide relief.

The Perrin Technique™ is a gentle, hands-on treatment developed specifically to support people living with ME/CFS and Long COVID.

It is based on research suggesting that, in some people, the body's natural drainage system may not be working as efficiently as it should. The treatment aims to support this natural process, which may help reduce the build-up of waste products and ease symptoms over time.

Everyone's experience is different, but common symptoms can include:

💙 Persistent, overwhelming fatigue
💙 Brain fog and poor concentration
💙 Muscle and joint pain
💙 Poor sleep or waking feeling unrefreshed
💙 Headaches
💙 Dizziness
💙 Sensitivity to light, noise or touch
💙 Feeling worse after physical or mental activity

At The Bridgeman Physiotherapy Centre, Susan Capstick is one of only a small number of Advanced Perrin Practitioners and has been treating people with the Perrin Technique™ since 2005. Having experienced ME/CFS herself, Sue understands both the physical and emotional impact of the condition and is passionate about supporting others on their journey.

If you'd like to find out whether the Perrin Technique™ could be suitable for you or a loved one, we'd be happy to help.

Feel free to get in touch for an informal chat.

📞 01942 321235
📍 The Bridgeman Physiotherapy Centre, Wigan

12/05/2026

This week is ME/CFS Awareness Week, and this condition sits at the heart of much of my clinical work.
ME/CFS is not tiredness. It is a complex, systemic condition involving the nervous system, immune system, lymphatic system, and cellular energy production. It is thought that over two million people in the UK are living with it. Most will have been dismissed at least once, and it is a condition that's diagnosed by exclusion of any other signs on testing.
I spent this weekend with osteopaths, functional medicine practitioners, and researchers exploring the mechanisms behind why manual therapy can help.
In ME/CFS, the brain's own drainage network is impaired. Waste accumulates. The blood brain barrier becomes more permeable. Small nerve fibres are damaged. And in post-viral presentations, persistent viral proteins continue disrupting lymphatic flow long after the acute illness has passed.
I use The Perrin Technique, which works with the body's own fluid dynamics to support what the body is struggling to do for itself. It is slow, careful, and cumulative.
If you are living with ME/CFS, long COVID, or post-viral fatigue: you are not making it up. You are not lazy. You deserve a practitioner who takes the complexity seriously.

📩 Get in touch if you would like to know whether Perrin Technique might help you.

12/05/2026

🩵 Today is International ME/CFS Awareness Day 🩵

ME/CFS is a complex and often misunderstood condition that can impact energy, recovery, sleep, pain, brain fog and day-to-day life in a huge way.

At On The Mend Health, senior osteopath Sarahjane O'Leary has undertaken extensive postgraduate training in the The Perrin Technique with Dr Raymond Perrin - a specialised osteopathic approach used to support people living with:

- ME/CFS
- Fibromyalgia
- Long COVID

For many people with these conditions, simply feeling listened to and understood can be incredibly important.

🩵 Today is about awareness, understanding, and support.

26/02/2026

We’re pleased to share this upcoming symposium organised by the ME/CFS Alliance, taking place on Wednesday 4 March 2026 in Wi******er, UK, which will bring together researchers, clinicians and the wider community to discuss the future of ME/CFS and Long COVID research.

There will be Perrin Technique practitioners and patients in attendance, and if others from our community would like to join, you can find the details in the post below or visit the ME/CFS Alliance website for full details: https://mecfsalliance.org.uk/

Please note, while the event won’t be livestreamed, the organisers hope to make a recording available on their website afterwards for a small fee for those who are unable to attend in person.

Researchers, clinicians and the ME community will gather in Wi******er this March to discuss the future of ME/CFS and Long Covid research 🔬

Organised by the ME/CFS Alliance, the symposium will explore the next strategic steps for research and how collaboration can help accelerate progress in the UK. FORME is pleased to be one of the sponsors supporting the event.

The event will include presentations from experts such as:
🎙️ Prof. Sir Stephen Holgate - Professor of Immunopharmacology, University of Southampton
🎙️ Prof. Chris Ponting - Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh
🎙️ Prof. W. Ian Lipkin - Microbiologist, Epidemiologist and Pathologist at Columbia University
🎙️ Dr Nancy Klimas - Director of Neuro Immune Medicine and Clinical Research, Miami
🎙️ Dr Carmen Scheibenbogen - Immunologist at University of Berlin

For more information or to get tickets, please contact the ME/CFS Alliance: [email protected]

📅 4 March 2026
📍 The Pavilion, Wi******er Cathedral, UK
🎟 £25 (£20 concessions)

You can also find out more on their website: https://mecfsalliance.org.uk/

We hope to see you there!

07/01/2026

📣 Seeking Healthy Volunteers for Research Study – Cambridge UK, 12–15 January 📣

We are looking for healthy control volunteers to match our ME / Long COVID participants for a small pilot study. Participants should be fit and well, do not have ME, Long COVID, or neurological conditions, and are able to go in a scanner.

We are specifically seeking:

✔️Female, aged 18–20

✔️Female, aged 42

✔️Female, aged 50

🧠 The study will take place at a research centre in Cambridge, UK between 12th–15th January, and participants will receive free, non-invasive scans (no injections or contrast agents are used). Non-smokers are preferred. Participants will only be needed for a short visit, not a full day. Travel expenses will be reimbursed, though we encourage participants to be within reasonable travel distance of Cambridge.

If you or someone you know is local to the area, fits the criteria, and is happy to attend, please email [email protected] as soon as possible with: Name, age, contact number & availability.

🔬 Although it’s a small study, this work forms part of ongoing research that could play an important role in how ME and Long COVID are better understood, diagnosed, and treated in the future.

Thank you for helping us advance this important research! 🧬