I grew up in a small village in Belgium together with my mum, dad and two older sisters. My best and most important time was spent as part of the local youth group, as a child and from 18 as a leader, until 23.

I have always been interested in how the body works and moves in particular. Even before I turned an adult myself, I knew I wanted my future job to be with children.

I trained in Leuven, Belgium and qualified as a physiotherapist in 1995. After my studies I moved to Glasgow and worked for two years in a general hospital in the east end and three years in community paediatrics in Lanarkshire before joining the Bobath Scotland (now Cerebral Palsy Scotland) team in 2002.

My aim is to really listen and respond to individuals’ needs within the trans-disciplinary Bobath team approach to therapy for people with cerebral palsy and allied neurological conditions, be it a baby, a child, an adolescent, an adult, a sibling or a parent or carer.

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In addition I am also a yoga teacher, having practised yoga more than half of my life, having done two years of Iyengar yoga teacher training and been teaching yoga to children for over six years.

I am the proud father of four wonderful children of whom none have ever been vaccinated.