About Dr. Dave

Dave

I had grown up with chiropractic care and a more natural understanding of health, but it wasn't until 7th form at Viard College (Wellington) that I decided I wanted to be a chiropractor.

I left the country in 1993, at age 17, to study chiropractic at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. At the same time a NZ chiropractic course was being developed. So in 1994 I decided to switch over to this course. I received my Pre-Graduate Diploma in Chiropractic Science (NZ School of Chiropractic) and my Bachelor of Science (University of Auckland) in 1997. I received my Bachelor of Science (Chiropractic) in 1998 and in 1999 I started working as a chiropractor in the beautiful city of Wanganui.

In my last years of study I led a randomised controlled trial which used a mental rotation paradigm to study the effects of upper cervical adjustments on reaction time. A positive outcome from this was the publication of this research in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (2000). That year I was awarded the Liz Mackay Award (for top NZ chiropractic researcher).

In 2001 I went on my big OE, travelling through North and South America, Middle East, Europe and South-East Asia and worked as a chiropractor in and around Dublin, Ireland. Upon returning to NZ after a couple of years, I worked as a locum chiropractor in Australia and NZ and set-up the new practice, Kelly Chiropractic Limited, with my Dad, Brian.

My number one passion is spending time with my family, my wife Tessa and our baby Frances.