Developed by an Australian who would not allow any other practitioners to use the technique professionally before his death, it has - after a slow beginning - started to gather pace as a consequence of its remarkable success rate combined with minimal time and effort on the part of both practitioners and patients.

Extremely effective in the treatment of muscular disorders such as frozen shoulder and tennis elbow, Joe Sinclair first learned of it at a presentation in Dorset five years ago, and was recently reminded by an article referring to its use by a health team in Bosnia.