About Derek

Whether you found me through  a search, a post, an event,  or were
recommended by a friend —
Hi, I’m Derek.

I’m glad you’re here.

There are two areas I work in. One is where I treat physical pain — acute and chronic back pain, joint complaints and a host of many injuries and ailments.

The other is coaching, where I help people overcome challenges and stuck patterns that have been holding them back in their lives and find a path to
happiness, success and fulfillment.

My personal physical therapeutic and coaching approaches have come from over 30 years of training and practice in many different disciplines. This includes Amatsu  (Japanese Physical and Healing Therapy),  Kinesiology, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Remedial Massage, Active Balance, Marital Arts, Movement Therapy, Meditation, NLP and Transformative Coaching.

On my own journey, I was initially desperate for relief and healing from my own back pain that conventional medicine had  no satisfactory answers or remedy for. After taking  the alternative/complementary route it evolved to into a passion to learn more and help others out of the pain, frustration and stress, physically and mentally that I had experienced. I sought out anything that I felt would work and help me and others get back to living life more fully.

This led me to travel widely and be taught and inspired by many great and wise masters, teachers and mentors. And of course also by that great teacher… Life.

Along this journey I also met mental and emotional challenges. Chronic anxiety, depression,   low confidence and feeling lost. This made me seek approaches of meditation, NLP, coaching, energy healing — again anything that worked for me.  The experience of those deep lows and finding ways out  inspired and motivated me to share and help others in similar situations to find relief and  a way back  to peace, a clear direction, joy and really live more fully again.

My personal growth and trainings  have given me skills and tools,  taught me compassion and understanding and deepened my desire to help others even more. I am sincerely passionate in helping others to be physically healthy, mobile, energetic and strong — to build  mental and emotional resilience and to find greater inner peace.  I am committed to helping you deepen your connection to yourself, honour your sense of personal purpose and find a freedom and joy in living authentically as who you truly are..

You… just better.

Life… just better.