Testimonials

“Ian O’Dwyer is a healer, and I don’t use that word lightly. Long years with animals, people in trouble, and sportsmen at the top of their game have given Ian real insight into human movement – not just on the biomechanical level, though he shines there, but on a psychosocial level as well. I have watched in awe a number of times as Ian worked with groups, where he is nothing short of miraculous in his ability to get all manner of people working together, no matter their skill or ability level. With individuals, his ‘no-nonsense empathy’ is motivational in its best sense.”

“I’ve been around the fitness industry for a very long time.. and Ian is one of the best educators, practical teachers, leaders, thinkers and innovators, in the fitness industry, in the world.”

“Over the last 3 decades my physiotherapy career has involved working in elite level sport alongside world leaders in sports medicine, physiotherapy and strength and conditioning. I have been immensely impressed by the depth of OD’s ability and rank him at the top of the pyramid in his profession. He is an excellent coach and mentor plus a brilliant educator. Most importantly for me OD is a wonderful colleague who has the rare deep skill base to work anywhere along the medicine fitness spectrum. “

“When Rodney and Ian created Feel SOMA, they essentially continued with what they started with at PTA Global but evolved it massively. They have taken engagement, play and application coupled with fascial, myofascial and osteofascial techniques to a level that I have never seen anyone in the industry even come close to. In fact, some of the techniques aren’t anywhere else in the industry. It is 100% unique.”

“Very few fitness professionals have the expertise in functional anatomy, the understanding of integrated flexibility and mobilisation, and the implementation of a multitude of techniques in the trenches than Ian O’Dwyer. OD brings an eclectic approach to unravelling the complexities of the limitations and compensations of human movement to produce a solution-oriented program that specifically addresses the problems of the client.”

“I found a form of alternative exercise prescription that REALLY works. I came away from my 8 sessions pain free for the first time in years. My attitude and outlook were completely different to when I started as I now had a plan and program that I knew would work. Since coming home I do my program at least 3 times a week and selected mobility exercises continuously throughout the day “

“Ian O’Dwyer is one of the most forward-thinking and utterly brilliant minds that has rolled out of the fitness industry. OD’s concepts, ideas and practices around human movement and the relationship between motion and emotion are what can only be considered as being light years ahead of what we are taught by the majority in this industry today.”

“OD does not claim to be an expert or guru but instead does have the unique ability to observe things in peoples bodies and the way they move, that most of us do not see and thus his ‘gift’ is then being able to break this down so others can begin to observe and notice such things.”