I am a physiotherapist and acupuncturist with an interest in persistent pain. I completed my BSc in physiotherapy in the Netherlands in 1988 and moved to the UK in 1990. Since then I have completed a three-year course in Chinese acupuncture, and MSc in pain and a PhD. For many years my interest has been persistent pain, especially the application of the neurophysiology of pain in clinical practice, about which I have published extensively. I have worked in academia since 2016 and I continue to work in a private practice in London. Outside work I enjoy Chinese exercise, working with sound and music, and going out in London.