Events and Classes
IMT Training
Balance Health Chiropractic is pleased to offer a fully-certified IMT program of learning through face-to-face training sessions in Tauranga.
The program teaches health-care practitioners the principles and techniques of IMT, which can be incorporated into their current wellness practice.
Full weekend sessions (Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) are held six to seven times per year covering a different aspect of the body’s many systems. Participants can start the program at any time.
In the US, the full IMT certification program is run as a three-year intensive through North West University, CT. As a certified IMT teacher, Carla runs the same certification program here on a part-time basis, spread out over a longer time period.
Pace is dictated by the students’ level of skill and commitment, and if students are unavailable for a particular course they can learn the skills when the course is offered again.
Each course is run in its entirety during the weekend class, which means practitioners gain immediate skills to incorporate into their current practice.
IMT is unique in that we will train both unqualified health-care practitioners and trained practitioners alike.
https://imtwellnesscenter.com/
From time to time, we aim to run community talks and seminars to help more people understand the benefits of Integrated Manual Therapy.
As a clinic for holistic health, it is our vision that people stand at the center of their healing journey and learn about the potential for the body to heal itself given the right environment.
Check here for updates.
Early Bird Discount
Date: 10 February 2026
Plan ahead and save! Receive 15% off your course fee when full payment is made at least one month before the course start date.
The Early Bird Discount will be automatically applied to payments received by the qualifying date.
Information Evening, What is IMT? 10th February 2026
Date: 10 February 2026
Curious about Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT)?
Join us for a relaxed and informative evening and discover more about IMT, how it works, and what studying IMT involves.
This evening is ideal for anyone considering our 2027 beginner courses, as well as those who are simply interested in learning more about IMT. You’ll have the opportunity to meet Dr Carla Bekker-Smith, hear about the training pathway, see how IMT is applied in practice, and ask any questions you may have.
No previous IMT experience is required. Everyone is welcome.
Come along, meet us and find out whether learning IMT could be right for you.
To register your interest, please email admin@balancehealth.co.nz
Integrative Diagnostics Including Myofascial Mapping: 5-7 March 2027
Date: 5-7 March 2027
Cost: NZD 1,265 Including GST
Level: Beginner
Course Description:
Integrative Diagnostics is the flagship of Integrative Manual Therapy and the Academic Intensive Program. During this 3 day lab intensive course, the student will learn comprehensive tools for assessment and manual diagnostics of all types of body dysfunctions, including assessment of pathoanatomy, pathophysiology, pathomechanics, and pathoenergetics.
The tools that are learned in this course will be integrated in all Academic Intensive courses, with specific application towards the focus of the course.
Course Objectives:
1. Learn comprehensive Manual Diagnostics
2. Develop clinical skills in Sagittal, Coronal, and Transverse Plane Myofascial Mapping
3. Develop clinical skills in Pathophysiology Mapping
4. Begin learning in Physical Functional Medicine motilities
5. Understand implications of findings with Manual Diagnostics for treatment plan development
To register your interest, please email admin@balancehealth.co.nz
Cardiac Habilitation - Treatment & Prevention 19-21 March 2027
Date: 19-21 March 2027
Cost: NZD 1,395 Including GST
Level: Advanced
Course Description:
This course is the beginning of the Cardiac Series as well as a continuation of the Visceral Mobilization Series. The leading cause of death in America is heart disease. Cardiac status affects many persons and their quality of life. This course presents a culmination of thirty years of research on the cardiac patient. During this course, the student will learn many IMT protocols and techniques for prevention and treatment of physical disability related to cardiac disorders. Extensive lab time during this course will focus on development of clinical skills.
Course Objectives:
1. Anatomy and physiology of the Cardiac System
2. Many Integrative Manual Therapy techniques to eliminate signs and symptoms
3. Manual techniques to improve joint blood flow to and from all major peripheral joints
4. Critical thinking on how to develop short term and long term treatment plans for the cardiac patient, aimed at eliminating signs and symptoms related to cardiac disorders
To register your interest, please email admin@balancehealth.co.nz
Helix Biomechanics: 28-30 May 2027
Date: 28-30 May 2027
Cost: NZD 1,265 Including GST
Level: Beginner
Course Description:
During this course, the student will learn assessment, diagnostic, and treatment techniques to correct biomechanical dysfunction of the pelvis, sacrum, and spine. This type of dysfunction is often a cause of low back pain and disability, neck pain and headaches that affect 90% of our population. This course is remarkably significant to help reduce this type of dysfunction. Mobility Templates will be the student's first introduction to Template Therapy, which is an integral part of IMT treatment. Treatment of biomechanics using Mobility Templates will be referenced throughout the AI program because of its significance. The student will learn multiple protocols for correction of joint dysfunction specific to the spine. Assessment and treatment of bone bruises utilizing the Bone Bruise Technique will be presented.
Course Objectives:
During this course, the learner will learn the following concepts and techniques.
1. Traditional biomechanics will be presented. The physiologic and the pathologic dysfunctions will be presented.
2. Advanced biomechanics will be presented as was discovered and developed for MET and ‘beyond.’
3. Physiologic and pathologic dysfunctions will be differentiated.
4. Mobility Templates will be presented.
5. Treatment of physiologic dysfunctions with traditional MET will be demonstrated.
6. Treatment of physiologic dysfunctions with Mobility Templates will be presented and practiced.
7. Treatment of pathologic dysfunctions with Mobility Templates will be presented and practiced.
8. The important dysfunctions to be treated are the pathologic dysfunctions:
- Accessory Sacroiliac Joint
- Upslips and Down slips of the Ilium
- Upslips and Down slips of the Ischium
- Ascended and Descended Sacrum
- Anterior and Posterior Vertical Rotations
9. Gain clinical skills in Topographical Anatomy for the pelvis, sacrum, and spine.
10. Learn how to evaluate static and dynamic posture while highlighting compensatory patterns.
11. Learn a new and improved approach for treatment of spinal dysfunction, back pain and headaches utilizing Mobility Templates.
To register your interest, please email admin@balancehealth.co.nz
Advanced Course, Topic TBC: 18-20 June 2027
Date: 18-20 June 2027
Cost: NZD 1,395 Including GST
Level: Advanced
Course Description:
TBC
To register your interest, please email admin@balancehealth.co.nz
Summer School, via Zoom CT, USA: TBC August 2027
Date: TBC August 2027
Topic to be determined
Price last year was USD 750
Cranial Level 3: 10-12 September
Date: 10-12 September
Cost: NZD 1,395 Including GST
Level: Advanced
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of the Cranial Therapy Series. The focus of this course is on assessment and treatment of membranous tissue of the cranial vault, the fluid pressure system, the facial vault, and intra-oral dysfunction. The student will learn how to treat persons with more involved cranial and neurologic dysfunction.
Course Objectives:
1. Techniques to affect pain and disability from cranial and spinal membrane dysfunction
2. Techniques to affect face pain
To register your interest, please email admin@balancehealth.co.nz
Cranial Level 4: 29-31 October 2027
Date: 29-31 October 2027
Cost: NZD 1,395 Including GST
Level: Advanced
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of the Cranial Series. In this course, the student will be introduced to concepts relating to treatment of anoxia, open head trauma, varied neurologic complaints, spinal cord disorders, facial pain, trauma and disability. Students will learn many protocols and techniques for assessment and treatment of hearing, taste, speech, smell, and vision deficits. Also, students will gain clinical skills in treatment of immune and auto-immune disorders related to the cranial and central nervous system.
Course Objectives:
1. Techniques to de-compress and alleviate pain and tension of the face, eyes, ears, and mouth
2. Techniques to correct pain from bone bruises
To register your interest, please email admin@balancehealth.co.nz
I highly recommend Carla. I first met Carla as a patient in 2024, and I was very impressed by her approach to treatment, as well as her knowledge across many areas relating to health. As an osteopath myself, I was interested to learn more about what Carla did and how she approached her work.
I have now completed six courses and intend to complete more this year. Carla is not only a skilled practitioner, but also a natural teacher. With each IMT course I have done, I have learnt a great deal from Carla, both in theory and through hands-on practice, and I feel fortunate to have her as my mentor.