Adriaan Louw

PT, PhD

Biography

Adriaan earned his undergraduate, master’s degree, and PhD in physical therapy from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, teaching pain science. Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 25 years at numerous national and international manual therapy, pain science, and medical conferences. He

has authored and co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed articles related to spinal disorders and pain science. Adriaan completed his PhD on pain neuroscience education and is the Director of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Research Group–an independent collaborative initiative studying pain neuroscience. Adriaan is a senior faculty, pain science director and vice-president for Evidence in Motion.

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