HANDS-ON · WHOLE-PERSON · UNIQUELY OT
Soft tissue training for OTs
Soft tissue training for OTs and final-year OT students who want to build hands-on skills, grow their clinical confidence and create a career on their own terms. Created by Nicola Wearne, OT with over 20 years of soft tissue practice in Perth.
Would you like hands-on skills you can start using with your clients straight away?
Would you like to help your clients understand their bodies, so they feel confident following through with their treatment plan?
Would you like to build the kind of practice that grows through trust and word of mouth?
Would you like a distinct, hands-on skill set that sets your OT practice apart?
Would you like support and guidance as you build your own clinic?
If you answered yes to any of these, The STOT Pathway was built for you.
FREE GUIDE FOR OTs AND OT STUDENTS
Is hands-on practice right for you?
Start with Nicola's free guide, The Soft Tissue OT Pathway: Core Skills to Clinical Success.
Discover what STOT is, see the Three-Lens Framework in action through two case studies, and take a quick quiz to see if it fits where you're heading. Read at your own pace, with no pressure to decide anything.
Download The Free GuideWHY BIO HEALTH EDUCATION
Your degree taught you the theory. This is where the hands-on begins.
Most OTs graduate with strong clinical reasoning, but very little training in hands-on soft tissue work. That gap can limit what you feel confident offering your clients, and the directions your career can take.
The STOT Pathway closes that gap. Built from more than 20 years of clinical practice, it's comprehensive, complete and grounded in real clinic work. Its first step, Soft Tissue OT Foundations, blends online learning with 3 intensive hands-on days in small groups, so you leave with skills you can use on Monday morning.
Based in Perth, and open to OTs and OT students across Australia. From my clinic to yours.
YOUR PATHWAY
Start with the foundation.
Stay for the community.
STEP 1 · FLAGSHIP COURSE
Soft Tissue OT Foundations
$4,997 AUD
- Online prep: Foundations and Ready for Hands-On modules, plus Day 1, 2 and 3 prep packs
- 3 intensive hands-on days learning WDDR™, in small groups of no more than 12
- 1-hour online follow-up with your group after the workshop
- 12 months' access to the STOT clinical library
- Certificate of Completion (may count towards your CPD hours)
Perth workshop: 27, 28 & 29 November 2026
Bio Health Therapies Clinic, 86 Valcan Rd, Orange Grove, Perth.
STEP 2 · ONGOING MEMBERSHIP
The STOT Collective
$297 AUD/month or $1,600 AUD for six months prepaid (save $182).
Opening January 2027 · For Foundations graduates
- Two live online sessions each month, all recorded
- Mentorship and a community of OTs
Payments open in January 2027.
May be tax deductible as a self-education expense; check with your accountant.
MEET YOUR EDUCATOR
Nicola Wearne
Nicola is an AHPRA-registered OT with more than 20 years of clinical experience, and co-founder of Bio Health Therapies in Perth. She has been teaching Soft Tissue OT since 2010, training OTs who have travelled from across Australia to learn with her. Her aim is simple: that you leave knowing exactly what your hands are doing, and why.
Read My StoryLearning with Nicola
“This soft tissue course has been wonderful. It’s been a pleasure learning from you, Nicola.”
Maria. A.
Occupational Therapist, 2022
“amazing course, loved every session, can’t wait to pursue a career in this area”
Aaron. B
OT Student, Curtin University, 2022
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Ready to build your foundation for clinical success?
Start with Soft Tissue OT Foundations, the first step on The STOT Pathway, for OTs and final-year OT students who want to bring skilled hands to their practice.
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