From traditional medicine to Macquarie
My first degree was a Bachelor of Traditional Medicine from Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Vietnam, training that treats the whole person as the unit of care. Chiropractic drew me because it added something my hands wanted: a rigorous, structural way to help people without reaching for a prescription pad. The Master of Chiropractic at Macquarie University made that official, and I carry membership of the Australian Chiropractors Association.
The blend shows up daily. Traditional training taught me to ask wider questions, about sleep, activity, habits and history, while chiropractic gave me Diversified, Activator and Thompson drop-piece techniques to act on the answers with precision.
My weeks run between Dandenong and Noble Park, with consults in English or Vietnamese, something that matters deeply to Dandenong’s Vietnamese community in particular. Watching a patient step back into the lifestyle they’d quietly given up on is the entire reason I do this.