Purento Digital Course

Learn new techniques for easing your client's muscle tensions!


This digital course is designed for manual therapists working with clients who suffer from tension in their head, facial and jaw area.

What does Purento Digital Course offer you?
Demand for occlusion treatments has increased sharply, and this course has been tailored to meet the need. This digital course offers you the opportunity to learn at your own pace.

When you have completed the course, you will:be able to name the muscles used in occlusion and know their neurophysiological function
recognise and be able to “diagnose” the most common occlusion problems and symptoms
know the basic manual techniques to help ease tensions around the jaw in massage clients
be able to guide and advise clients on preventing pain and tension caused by occlusion
The course includes teaching of massage grips and anatomy in the mimetic, mouth floor and occlusion areas. The videos guide you on treatment techniques and areas. Module 1 covers the mimetic muscles in the facial area. Module 2 moves on to the mouth floor muscles below the jaw and how to palpate the hyoid bone. Module 3 studies the occlusal muscles and techniques in the face and inside the mouth. You'll get the access to module 1 right after purchasing the course and rest of the modules open every two weeks.

The price for Purento Digital Course is 780€

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Meet your trainer!


I am Kirsti “Kicka” Leppänen, PhD, a vocologist, trained masseuse, and the developer and trainer of the VoiceWell® methodology.

The diversity of the human voice has fascinated me throughout my life, both in my work and my hobbies. I have progressed through many different stages in working life, from being a youth worker to a musical therapist and then graduating with my Master’s degree. As a trained masseuse, I have provided Voice Massage™ therapy for more than ten years.

Self-development and learning new things have always been at the heart of my work, and in 2003, I began studying at the University of Tampere, majoring in speech technology and vocology. My studies in voice research and practice are a passion for me, and as my studies progressed, I had the opportunity to complete a Doctorate degree in which I used various acoustic meters to investigate what the voices of female teachers are like in terms of their quality and longevity, as well as how various support measures could promote the vocal wellbeing of female teachers. I graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy in March 2012.

Alongside my academic research, I have gained many years of work experience in clinical work as a masseuse, and this combination sparked my interest in how I could put my research and skills to effective use in manual treatment work. Humans are fascinating entities in terms of their use of voice and how they carry their bodies, how the body resonates when talking or singing, and how, for example, the head position can affect the balanced functioning of the bite and jaws. These themes evolved over several years, resulting in the VoiceWell treatment entity in 2010, which I use today in my daily work with clients and teach to healthcare professionals.

You are warmly invited to attend my treatment sessions offering comprehensive wellbeing and my training courses to learn more about the fascinating world of body and voice management!
I work as a VoiceWell carer and trainer at the VoiceWell centre in Tampere. In addition, I arrange supplementary training for speech therapists and other healthcare professionals on manual treatment approaches, as well as training related to the treatment of the occlusal muscles, especially for trained massage practitioners and people training to become massage practitioners.

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What do former students & clients say about Kirsti & Purento?

  • This course was very helpfull, lots of new information to me! My clients love these treatments. Thank you!

  • The course was very thorough, a lot to learn but the videos & theory was easy to follow. Loved it, thank you!

  • I'm very happy with Purento digital course, teacher is true professional & very inspirational person.

  • I was surprised how comprehensive the anatomical theory was & I was very happy with videos guiding through new manual techniques.
  • "I have been a client of VoiceWell Tampere and Kirsti Leppänen since 2015. Kirsti treats clients with care and respect, and always makes sure that the client in comfortable throughout the treatment. As a person working with the body through dance, I value Kirsi’s knowledge of anatomy and ability to explain the functioning of occlusion muscles. I warmly recommend Kirsti’s services." - Wilhelmiina Ojanen

  • "Kicka is amazing!!! I work as a musical theatre performer and her voicewell treatments really help to keep my voice and body in top condition. She has such a calming presence and magic fingers, any problems I have she fixes with ease. I can’t recommend her enough!! I send everyone to her direction!!" - Chris Bewsher
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