Neil is a physical therapist, yoga therapist, researcher, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, faculty in IAYT-accredited yoga therapy programs and a pain care advocate. He is the founding chair of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association’s Pain Science Division, and the recipient of awards honouring his work in pain care and physiotherapy, including the Excellence in Interprofessional Pain Education Award from the Canadian Pain Society.
Neil is also a pain scientist and author. He is involved in research studying the effects of yoga and pain-informed movement practices on people with knee osteoarthritis, has written numerous peer-reviewed papers on yoga, yoga therapy and pain, co-authored the textbook, Yoga and Science in Pain Care in 2019, and authored the patient education ebook, Understand Pain Live Well Again in 2008.
Neil provides physiotherapy and yoga therapy to veterans with complex chronic pain and mental Health concerns at the Broken Squirrel Wellness in Courtenay, BC.