Dr. Derek Griffin

Derek is a physiotherapy graduate of the University of Limerick with expertise in the management of patients with complex chronic pain disorders. He holds a first-class honours degree in Physiotherapy and in 2013 was awarded a PhD in the area of chronic musculoskeletal pain. This project was an investigation of the biopsychosocial influences on objectively-measured physical activity behaviour among people with chronic low back pain.

Currently he is working fulltime in private practice with much of his clinical caseload involving treating patients with complex, chronic pain disorders. Derek’s academic and clinical interests are primarily in the area of chronic pain with a particular interest in widespread pain disorders.

Derek is a strong advocate of evidence-based practice and has been involved in campaigns to help disseminate scientific knowledge within the public domain. He was recently involved in writing an educational piece on low back pain for the general public which was published in the Irish Independent and gained widespread publicity both nationally and internationally. Derek is passionate about the role of Physiotherapists in facilitating and encouraging heathy lifestyle choices and behaviours among patients and the general public at large.

In additional to his clinical work, he has lectured on the undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy programmes at the University of Limerick in the areas of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Pain Science. Outside of Physiotherapy, Derek is a keen long distance runner and has taken part in many marathons over the past number of years.