FREE GUIDE FOR OTs AND OT STUDENTS
Discover what Soft Tissue OT could bring to your practice.
You already think about the whole person. Explore how hands-on soft tissue work can connect that reasoning with the things your clients want to do.
The Soft Tissue OT Pathway: Core Skills to Clinical Success
Discover what STOT is, why it matters and how to explore your next step.
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For practising OTs, new graduates and third- or fourth-year OT students curious about hands-on practice.
A clearer picture of what comes next.
Start with an introduction you can read at your own pace, before deciding whether further training is for you.
What makes STOT occupational therapy?
Explore a hands-on approach that keeps the person’s meaningful activities and occupational goals at its centre.
Structure. Function. System.
Meet the three-lens framework and see how tissue findings, everyday tasks and wider health factors connect.
See the reasoning in context
Follow two illustrative case studies that show how the three lenses can inform a whole-person clinical picture.
Consider your career direction
Reflect on where STOT could fit in your work, from your current caseload to a future in private practice.
Understand the training pathway
Learn how Prepare, Practise and Build fit together in Soft Tissue OT Foundations, and how you can keep growing through the optional STOT Collective.
Find out what resonates
Use the quick self-reflection quiz to consider your goals, learning preferences and interest in hands-on practice.
Meet Nicola Wearne
Nicola is an AHPRA-registered Occupational Therapist and Co-founder and Clinical Director of Bio Health Therapies in Perth.
Over more than 20 years, she has worked with clients from newborns to older adults, including athletes and dancers. She has been teaching STOT to other OTs since 2010, and created The STOT Pathway to bring that learning into a clear, supported progression.
This is an introductory educational guide, not a hands-on treatment manual or a qualification. The case studies are composite, illustrative scenarios, not real patient testimonials.