About Us

Malcolm Gregory, osteopath DO and physical therapist, first came to Dubai in 1980, when he was invited to work with Al Nasr football club as osteopath and physical therapist. In 1983 he went back to the UK to broaden his experience to include all aspects of osteopathic health including nutrition, psychological counselling and exercise. In 1988, he returned to Dubai to help establish a sports clinic at the Nad Al Sheba private club at the invitation of the Al Maktoum family. He set up The Osteopathic Health Centre in its new premises in October 2000, to fulfill a dream to have a health centre that provided osteopathy, physical therapy, remedial exercise, nutritional advice and stress management counselling.
Contact Malcolm (Greg) at greg@osteopathydubai.com

Nargis Raza, practice manager, has a background in physical therapy. She is an LCSP Associate member. She came to Dubai in 1975. In 1986, she started the first instructor training courses for safe instruction of exercise in Dubai. Her course was accredited by the RSA in the UK, which at the time were the first body to standardise the teaching of exercise. From 1986 to 1989 Nargis trained and certified 47 instructors to teach exercise safely, and with no risk of injury. A few of these instructors are still teaching exercise in Dubai, although most have left the Gulf and moved on.

During this period of time, she held seminars Gulf-wide on varying subjects to do with fitness, nutrition, stress management, and care of the spine during exercise.

In 1990 Nargis joined Malcolm Gregory in his practice, giving specific exercises to his back patients as part of their recovery process. In 1994, she successfully completed her training in physical therapy from the LCSP in the UK , and has been an Associate member since then.

Nargis has a special interest in transpersonal psychology, and at this time is involved in further studies in this field.
Contact Nargis at nargis@osteopathydubai.com

Russell Hill qualified as an osteopath from the British School of Osteopathy in 1998 and has since worked in a number of London practices seeing a wide range of patients of all ages, sportsmen, women and physically handicapped people.

Russell initially started his career as a squash player/coach and personal trainer before moving into health club management. Russell has managed health clubs in London and the Middle East. It was through his close connections with osteopaths during his sporting career that he decided to study osteopathy.

Russell joined the Osteopathic Health Centre in January 2004.
Contact Russell at russell@osteopathydubai.com

Heidi Tryland is a UK registered osteopath and naturopath. She is Norwegian and graduated from The British College of Osteopathic Medicine in London. Heidi has had various careers but after receiving only one osteopathic treatment in England she was so impressed that she decided to become an osteopath herself. Heidi joined the Osteopathic Health Centre in February 2006.
Contact Heidi at heidi@osteopathydubai.com

Stephen Richardson decided to become an osteopath after playing sport at representative level and receiving treatment from osteopaths. He then trained at the British School of Osteopathy and graduated in 2004. From there he worked in practices in the UK before moving to Dubai in 2007.

Stephen uses a number of treatment modalities to help restore optimal functioning of the body, amongst which are cranial and functional techniques. He also practises acupuncture in the western form, which is a useful adjunct to osteopathy that achieves good results in helping to alleviate musculo-skeletal problems.

Aziza Zubeidi is an Osteopath. She was born in Dubai and has lived and worked in Mombasa, Kenya. After qualifying from the British School of Osteopathy in London she moved back to Kenya in 2003. She was the first osteopath to work in Kenya, and worked in both the public and private sectors of healthcare before eventually attending full time private practice. Aziza has returned to the UAE and joined the Osteopathic Health Centre in February 2009.
Aziza can be contacted at aziza@osteopathydubai.com

Lauren Whalan is an Australian qualified osteopath, graduating from the University of Western Sydney in 2004. Lauren is trained in all areas of osteopathy, although she has a special interests in general musculoskeletal complaints, women's health and paediatrics. She has continued to further her skills by completing postgraduate courses in obstetrics and balance ligamentous tension. Lauren joined the Osteopathic Health Centre in June 2009 after relocating from Australia with her husband Scott.
Contact Lauren at lauren@osteopathydubai.com

Dr Vaneeta Shahani graduated in 1985 with a Gold Medal in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery from National Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital Lucknow, an affiliate of Kanpur University in India. After thirteen years of a flourishing private practice in Mumbai, India, she relocated with her family to Dubai in 1999.

Vaneeta specializes in constitutional therapy with special emphasis on holistic healing. In over twenty years of experience with homeopathy, she has successfully dealt with innumerable cases of skin infections, allergies, respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders etc. in both adults and children.
Contact Vaneeta at vaneeta@osteopathydubai.com

Dominique (Nik) Jordan, is a Registered Physiotherapist from Switzerland. He joined the Osteopathic Health Centre in October 2006. In Switzerland, he worked in a private rehabilitation and rheumatology clinic, and later joined the Hirslanden private hospital group, where he was managing two clinics and medical training centres for interdisciplinary rehabilitation and therapy in Luzerne. He also worked in health care management for the same hospital.

His postgraduate studies were in manual therapy (mobilizations and manipulations), management of chronic and acute pain patients, mobilization of the peripheral nervous system and evidence-based medicine.

He lives in Dubai with his wife Marie and their daughter Ninah, who was born in Dubai.

His main areas of expertise are:
  • Chronic/acute neck and low back pain
  • Chronic pain (whiplash, neck pain, CRPS, etc.)
  • Musculoskeletal dysfunctions
  • Rehabilitation after sports injuries and orthopaedic surgeries
  • Neuro-spinal dysfunction
Nik can be contacted at dominique@osteopathydubai.com

Kanchan Masand qualified as a physiotherapist in 2004 from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. After working with the Native American community for a year, she went on to complete a clinical Masters in Physiotherapy from Queen's University. She relocated to Mumbai where she served as a core team member of the DAVID Spine Rehabilitation Program introduced for the first time in India. Kanchan has extensive experience with post operative management of total hip and total knee replacements. Apart from musculoskeletal conditions, she also specialises in cardiopulmonary care after bypass/valve replacement surgeries.
Kanchan can be contacted at kanchan@osteopathydubai.com

Liezel Moolman is an exercise physiologist and therapist. She specialises in rehabilitation through remedial exercise. She conducts weekly remedial exercise classes which include back strengthening, spinal mobilisation and postural correction.

Liezel graduated as a biokineticist in South Africa in 2001. Her work experience includes 2.5 years in a rehabilitation centre with emphasis on orthopaedics, cardiac rehabilitation and general wellness. Contact Liezel at leizel@osteopathydubai.com

Victoria Roper is an exercise therapist. She qualified as a sports therapist at the University of Chichester and is a member of The Society of Sports Therapists (UK). Having been raised in Dubai, Victoria returned in 2005, to continue practising.

Victoria specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries. She also works with people who need guidance and support during their training sessions, or simply a good sports massage!

Having worked with Rugby teams, marathon runners, dancers and as a keen figure skater herself, Victoria is well equipped to deal with a variety of injuries.
Contact Victoria at victoria@osteopathydubai.com

Emma Dowling is a qualified neuromuscular and remedial massage therapist from Auckland, New Zealand. After living with pain for too long due to an office workplace repetitive injury, Emma decided to listen to her body and received osteopathic treatment to help eliminate her pain. This experience helped spark her into studying and changing careers, to help find a better work-life balance. Her interests lie in assisting and educating people with specific musculoskeletal pain and trigger points, injury prevention and general wellness massage. Her treatment works very well alongside other therapies too. So, if you have been neglecting your pain, or lead a busy, stressful life then you need to see Emma - contact her on emma@osteopathydubai.com

Edith Laidlaw is a member of the French Federation of Specialized Kinesiologies (FFKS). She works using different kinesiologies such as Touch For Health kinesiology, educational kinesiology: Brain GymŪ, integration of senses, integration of dynamic and postural reflexes, and also wellness kinesiology, harmonic kinesiology, etio kinesiology, essential oil kinesiology, osteopathy kinesiology and other specialized kinesiologies.

Edith studied kinesiology initially in France but then broadened her knowledge in the USA, taking intensive training with John Thie (creator of touch for health kinesiology), Paul Dennison (creator of educational kinesiology - Brain GymŪ). For more information on Brain GymŪ, please visit www.braingym.org (international Brain GymŪ website).

Edith is a registered educational kinesiologist, Brain GymŪ consultant and instructor as well as a touch for health instructor. Edith enjoys this direction of knowledge and practice for its natural basis and efficiency. She has great enthusiasm and gains much pleasure when she supports people and sees them improving, feeling better and happier. Edith enjoys teaching kinesiology and sharing her knowledge.
Contact Edith at edith@osteopathydubai.com

Graham Poyner Woods is a visiting orthotics specialist who provides advice on and designs the following custom-made orthotics and other supports:

  • Custom-made biomechanical foot orthotics
  • Spinal braces (for scoliosis etc.)
  • Paediatric orthoses (pes planus, CDH hip etc.)
  • Sports bracing (ACL knees, ankles instabilities etc.)
  • Accomodative footware.

All materials are from the UK or the USA.
 

The Osteopathic Health Centre is the culmination of many years of working with exercise and osteopathic treatment, to combine several disciplines to create a system of self-help and support to people who are suffering from pain.

We have found that treatment of pain is incomplete without giving the patient the necessary information on how they can help themselves. We aim to increase the patient's awareness of how they can avoid future episodes of pain, by using preventative techniques, correct posture and good ergonomics in the workplace.

The Osteopathic Health Centre in Dubai was started by Malcolm Gregory and Nargis Raza, two people committed to the well-being of people in pain.