From business to health via Indonesia-about Neil
Born in New Zealand, I originally had a successful career in business and the fashion world.
While on holiday in Indonesia in the early 1980’s I discovered natural medicine, and spent a number of years living with, and learning informally, from healers in the villages of Indonesia and Malaysia, in particular two elderly female massage therapists in Jogjakarta.
Next followed seven years of tertiary studies in Australia in Traditional Chinese Medicine, myotherapy, and a wide range of massage and bodyworks techniques.
Graduating in 1989 after 2,300 hours of myotherapy training, I was in private practice until 2018 in a variety of settings including medical centres, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Canberra, and home based as well as clinic based practices.
Since 1998 I have enjoyed the rewards of passing on that knowledge so generously shared with me by others, by combining my clinical practice with teaching at a number of tertiary institutes in broad areas of health science, Chinese medicine, natural medicine, and business.
My passion is helping clients remove pain and dysfunction from their lives from my lived experiences of chronic pain, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, osteoporosis, and nervous illnesses.
I strive to find the cause of your pain, not just treat your symptoms. At your initial consultation I will take time to listen to your story and act the detective in picking up small clues that you will give me that often leads to establishing the underlying cause of your pain, so I can work to eliminate that cause and not just treat the symptoms.
Qualifications:
While on holiday in Indonesia in the early 1980’s I discovered natural medicine, and spent a number of years living with, and learning informally, from healers in the villages of Indonesia and Malaysia, in particular two elderly female massage therapists in Jogjakarta.
Next followed seven years of tertiary studies in Australia in Traditional Chinese Medicine, myotherapy, and a wide range of massage and bodyworks techniques.
Graduating in 1989 after 2,300 hours of myotherapy training, I was in private practice until 2018 in a variety of settings including medical centres, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Canberra, and home based as well as clinic based practices.
Since 1998 I have enjoyed the rewards of passing on that knowledge so generously shared with me by others, by combining my clinical practice with teaching at a number of tertiary institutes in broad areas of health science, Chinese medicine, natural medicine, and business.
My passion is helping clients remove pain and dysfunction from their lives from my lived experiences of chronic pain, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, osteoporosis, and nervous illnesses.
I strive to find the cause of your pain, not just treat your symptoms. At your initial consultation I will take time to listen to your story and act the detective in picking up small clues that you will give me that often leads to establishing the underlying cause of your pain, so I can work to eliminate that cause and not just treat the symptoms.
Qualifications:
- Grad. Cert. Education (Higher Education), University of Queensland
- Adv. Dip. Health Science (Acupuncture), MCNM
- Assoc. Dip. Applied Science (Myotherapy), RMIT
- Cert IV Remedial Masssage (Oriental Massage), MCNM
- Cert IV Applied Science (Remedial Massage), RMIT
- TAA40110 Cert. IV. Training & Assessment, Plenty Training, Queensland
- Previously registered with Australian Health Practitioners Agency (APHRA) #CMR00173890
- Inaugural President first Myotherapy Association 1989.
- Member Project Steering Committee for the re-accreditation of the 21920VIC Advanced diploma of Remedial Massage (Myotherapy), 2008.
- Board Member Institute of registered Myotherapists (IRMA) 2007-2008
- Member RMIT Industry Advisory Committee 2007-2008
- IRMA representative Massage/Myotherapy RTO's Network Meetings 2007-2008
- Former full member Myotherapy Association Australia (MA)
- Former Honorary Member Massage Association of Australia (MAA)
- 2003- ACNM Academic Blue awarded in recognition of teaching excellence
- 2006- ACNM award for Academic Excellence in Clinical Supervision