Egypt, Perth, Melbourne, & a lot of football
I grew up in Egypt, moved to Perth, and eventually settled in Melbourne, which has been home for many years now. Sport carried me the whole way. I competed in state-level football and swimming through high school, and experiencing care from the patient’s side during those years is what pulled me toward chiropractic in the first place.
I trained at RMIT, completing a Bachelor of Health Science and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chiropractic with Distinction. During those study years I worked as a sports trainer for five different football clubs, which is an education no lecture can give you. Since then I’ve added a FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine and training in Functional Neurology Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, and in 2023 I was named Wellbeing Chiropractic’s Chiropractor of the Year.
Some of the work I’m proudest of happens outside the clinic: medical mission trips to Cambodia, time with community aged care centres, and event coverage at things like CrossFit competitions. My consults run in English or Arabic, and the mix of patients across Craigieburn and Mooroolbark, from juniors in football boots to grandparents who want their garden back, is exactly what I hoped this job would be.