I’ve always been drawn to movement. I grew up in South Africa- tennis courts, farm roads, long days on horseback, endurance riding events like the three-day Fauresmith National Champs, and recreational running. I wasn’t the standout athlete, but movement shaped my confidence and gave me a sense of who I was.

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My first exposure to biokinetics came at school when I spent a week work-shadowing a team of biokineticists. I loved the mix of movement, science, and real human connection. I could picture myself doing that work one day. But life took a different route first.

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I came to the UK on an ancestral visa for what was meant to be a gap year and ended up staying seven. I worked in various horse-racing yards in Newmarket, doing deeply physical work from dawn to dusk, but a riding accident from when I was 18 gradually caught up with me. The discomfort became constant pain, forcing me out of the physical roles I loved. I tried every treatment available, but with each new provider came new exercises, no structure, and more frustration. Eventually I was told I had arthritis and should stop exercising completely. At 22, that felt devastating.

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I moved through very different roles, London reception work, countryside hospitality, running a household on a large country estate; jobs that taught me resilience, adaptability, and how to work with people from all walks of life. But no matter how many times I tried to rebuild my fitness through walking or running, the pain always returned.

At 26 I moved back to South Africa to study, still in pain and unsure of my direction. Meeting the biokineticist who treated me changed everything. She helped me get out of pain, rebuild strength, and return to running, lifting, and moving without fear. That experience reignited the spark from years before. I knew I needed to return to biokinetics.

I completed a BCom in Economics & Management, then Honours in Management, then shifted into Human Movement and Ergonomics (completing three years in two) before going on to an Honours in Biokinetics. I taught indoor cycling, managed a fitness section, trained hard, and gained experience with children, older adults, national athletes, emergency service personnel, and people with long-term conditions. I was awarded top practical intern, largely because of the life experience that helped me relate to anyone who walked through the door.

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After my internship and a year in private practice in the Western Cape, I returned to the UK in early 2017 to continue clinical work. Long hours and chronic stress meant my own movement fell away again. To reclaim my health, I signed up for a challenge: London–Paris in a day with the local YMCA. The training changed everything. I completed it, then six months after first taking up cycling, rode Chase the Sun—205 miles coast-to-coast in a single day.

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In 2018 I opened JT Biokinetics.
Since then, I’ve supported people across Surrey, London, Kent, and further afield—helping them recover from injury, rebuild confidence, and return to the activities that matter. I’ve also supported high-performance rugby environments and worked on multi-day endurance cycling events as a soigneur, blending movement knowledge, recovery, and load management.

Every chapter (pain, misdiagnosis, physical work, study, endurance, resilience) shapes how I practise today.

I listen to the whole story because no injury exists in isolation.
I don’t chase symptoms; I look at patterns.
I build foundations before pushing load.

I help people move with confidence because I know what it feels like to lose that.

And I endeavour instil hope because, after nearly losing it myself, I believe now more than ever that our bodies are designed to heal.