Located in the Australian outback in the city of Mount Isa, the clinic saw around 100 clients a week who worked on mine sites or cattle stations attend for treatment. 

Now in over 36 countries around the globe including the USA, Canada, Austria, Croatia and Germany, Ross’s passion and love for helping people and animals with pain and discomfort is clearly evident.

In April, an International EMMETT Conference was held in Cairns North Queensland, where 16 nationalities attended and Ross said it was a chance to show the complementary value of the technique.

“It was never meant to stand alone but rather to become a technique to assist therapists.

“If it does work on its own – that’s great - but it works better with something else to give the client the result they are looking for. The client is the priority.

“At the workshop we displayed information on our technique and where it’s come from and the conference was also about sharing, and it’s in the sharing that we learn and in the learning that we grow,” he said.

Healing Hands and Massage owner Tracey Thrower attended the conference.

“We had doctors, surgeons, nurses, physiotherapists, chiropractors, and therapists of all modalities, who have integrated the Emmett Technique into their specialties attend,” Ms Thrower said.

“We presented Ross with a framed photo of Mount Isa, to which he told the 200 or so attendees that he was born in Tasmania, attended school in Brisbane, but Mount Isa will always be his home.”

Ms Thrower was eager to return to the Isa with her new knowledge and keen to put what she learned into practice.

I finished the Emmett professional 6 course on the Sunday and also learned the finer art of how to help valued clients with disabilities. Emmett keeps on giving.”

​Ross said he was inspired to develop the technique when he left school. 

“I started working with animals and seeing the changes in their movement or behaviour. The animals would show me what they needed or wanted; where they wanted a comforting hand or a scratch; when they had received enough, they would simply walk away.

“I found I could make a difference to an animal with a simple touch. This is where my technique started and I developed it from there,” he said.

Ross said he will continue to share his knowledge with practitioners.

“I enjoy the way therapists take so easily to my technique and help make a difference to people of all ages in pain and discomfort all across the World.”