Aarie hails from Dunedin New Zealand and has moved to London in September 2023 after travelling for 7 months.

He has always loved living an active life, playing high-level hockey in New Zealand as well as enjoying other activities like golf, surfing, hiking and triathlon.

Through this love and the rehabilitation of his own injuries, Aarie was drawn to physiotherapy and completed a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2019.

Since then Aarie has worked in private practices in New Zealand over the past 3 years working with a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions finding particular interest in the treatment and rehabilitation of hockey and running injuries.

In his spare time Aarie still plays hockey, enjoys running and plans to continue travelling to new and exciting places around the UK and Europe.