About Me

I survived a plane crash - learning how to heal my own body helps me to understand yours.

There I was in the 90’s living the dream! Cruising the beautiful waters of the Great Barrier Reef enjoying my life as a liveaboard yachtie.

To replenish the sailing kitty I took an admin position with a general aviation company, Falcon Airlines, based in Cairns. In Nov ’96 the

airline owner asked me to fly to our Horn Island office in the Torres Straits.

On the return flight back my world literally took plunge.....

Long story short - the twin engine plane never made it back to Cairns (ran out of fuel), instead we ditched into the ocean north of Palm Cove, FNQ.

As we hurtled to the water below my mind raced to recall the brace position (I wished I paid attention when the air hosty gave the safety spiel!!)

As I was deciding on what brace position to die in, the passenger behind me undid his safety belt, becoming a human flying missile, forcibly slamming into my body .

The impact was so great I thought I had broken my neck “Great!” I told myself “so if I survive I’ll be a paraplegic”. Morbid I Know!

- but the limbic brain chooses either logic (survival response) or emotion when faced with life threatening danger.

Onboard the plane was myself, my then partner, the pilot & his wife and a passenger we had picked up from Bamaga Island. Remarkably the plane

scudded along the ocean floor, popped up briefly, allowing us to exit the craft (my partner had kept the door of the plane ajar upon descent).

My partner reached for me first, dragging me onto the submerged wing of the plane, urging me to get into the water before the plane went back down. I refused!!

I knew this area of coastline was known locally as “Shark Alley”. I had previously sailed through this area and it was common knowledge trawler fisherman would

empty their ocean bycatch before entering the Port of Cairns. I didn’t see the point of surviving a plane crash only to be taken by a shark!!

With me refusing to get out of the way ,the remaining passengers were pulled out across my legs which were still straddled to the wing of the plane.

(Resulting in a full tear to my sartorius thigh muscle). Just before impact the pilot had managed to issue a ‘MayDay’ call which gave us a glimmer of hope of being rescued.

It was now dark, our Islander passenger couldn’t swim and we thought we had lost the pilot’s wife as she was nowhere to be seen. We tried to swim / float towards

a distant light we could see on the shore. Hours later we were rescued by the Cairns based rescue chopper.

During the rescue mission I sustained further injuries when the cable rope became entangled with me and another passenger who was being winched up.

(resulting in microtears to my inguinal groin muscle and other pelvic ligaments).

Following on from this life altering event I experienced feelings of:

Ongoing chronic pain
Nerve pain & numbness
Stress
Frustration
Anxiety.…then finally
Depression
P.T.S.D.

No one can really prepare you with how you move forward after experiencing a traumatic life event -

or how to deal with constant neck & back pain, headaches, migraines, nerve pain, sciatica, pelvic pain and general misery!

Trying various health practitioners wasn't giving me the lasting relief I wanted to feel again in my body, so I embarked on a 20 + year journey of

studying body mechanics, pain relief and structural realignment. I started my healing journey with the study of Chinese Medicine.

Over the years I gained certification in:

Chinese Medicine & Oriental Therapies
Shiatsu
Swedish Massage
Remedial Massage
Deep Tissue Sports Massage
Reiki
TFH Kinesiology
Trigger Point Therapy
Pregnancy Massage
Soft Tissue Manipulation
Acupressure
N.L.P
Reflexology
Lymphatic Drainage

My experience has given me a broad depth of diagnostic skills to find, then release the root cause of your pain or discomfort.

NoBODY needs to live in chronic pain and discomfort.

" Whatever you're NOT CHANGING.....you're choosing"

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