Benjamin is currently exploring the novel area of dance for chronic pain management. His PhD formed the foundation for the use of a participant-informed dance for chronic pain program. This research informed the first systematic review of dance for chronic pain conditions, qualitative studies on the beliefs and perceptions of key stakeholders, a recommendations framework for dance for chronic pain, and a small pilot feasibility study.
Benjamin has completed undergraduate studies in Exercise Physiology and a Masters degree in Physiotherapy with tutoring in the field of exercise and sports science at the university level with additional training as a personal trainer.
Benjamin is a practising physiotherapist and exercise physiologist, whom owns and runs his own allied health and dance clinic based in Sydney, Australia. It is here that he treats a range of patients, blending the unique areas of therapy, physical activity, dance, and manual therapy. Benjamin has varied clinical experience in sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice, management of geriatric populations in aged care, dance instruction and extensive exercise prescription through exercise physiology and personal training positions.
Currently I contribute to the training of AI-generated large language models (LLMs) to support physiotherapy clinical reasoning across multiple domains, including sports medicine, geriatrics, paediatrics, and obstetrics. This involves extensive and iterative rubric design and critical appraisal of these models to ensure their accuracy, relevance, and practical utility in real-world clinical settings.
As a clinician-researcher with an interest in further application of dance for chronic pain and the wider areas of nutrition, manual therapy techniques, pain neuroscience education, and strength and conditioning, he hopes to help shape future research and practice.More...