An Outreach of Hands on Health Australia (HOH)

Founder

DR. PETER DERIG DC, DO, ND.

Peter graduated in Podiatry in 1964 then Osteopathy, Naturopathy and Chiropractic in 1966. Acupuncture followed in 1970 and he was a member of the team that performed the first birth by acupuncture in Australia in 1972 in Sydney’s Mona Vale Hospital. After completing studies in Kinesiology he opened the NSW College of Osteopathy and Naturopathy in Sydney in 1967, which later changed to"Health Schools Australia", one of the largest colleges of Natural Medicine of which he was principal for 40 years.

Currently he is the Director of Total Wellness & Longevity Centre on Hope Island (Queensland’s Gold Coast) and is the first to practice Painless Chiropractic (Koren Specific Technique, KST) in Australia. In 2000 he opened the Gold Coast branch of Hands-On-Health Australia (Matthew Talbot Centre), with a support team of chiropractors, masseurs, counselors and other volunteers, who continue to serve the local community from Struggle Street.
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