Principal Physiotherapist / Director / Physiotherapy Specialist
Clinical interest in complex musculoskeletal conditions.

Daniel Harvey is the principal physiotherapist and director of Sports & Spinal Physiotherapy. He is a proud Westie, who has lived in West Auckland for nearly 40 years and attended local schools.

Daniel has developed expertise in chronic lower back pain and shoulder pain. The diagnosis of shoulder pain was the subject for his Masters thesis. He has strong links with Auckland’s leading Orthopaedic, Medical and Pain Specialists and has developed a reputation for producing excellent post-surgical and chronic pain rehabilitation outcomes. Daniel is the former President of the New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapy Association, a former Council member on the New Zealand Pain Society Council and an executive committee member of the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Group. He is on many physiotherapy/health related reference groups and is a part time Senior Lecturer at AUT University. In 2023 he became a New Zealand Physiotherapy Board registered Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Specialists.

He is currently working towards his PhD at AUT University.

Qualifications: Master of Health Science via Thesis (Honours), Master of Health Practice (Distinction) in Rehabilitation, Bachelor of Health Science (Physiotherapy), Post Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy), Post Graduate Certificate of Health Science (Western Acupuncture).