Treatment is personal

Get to know your therapist and his experience in the field

Personal information

Name: Randy Brown

Age: Born June 1982

Nationality: Dutch                                                                                               

Spoken languages: Dutch and English fluently. I hope to master Papiamento soon.

Vision on healthcare:  Healthcare must be delivered by qualified practitioners and evidence based care must be maintained at all times. Dedicated and caring professionals with the ambition to continuously improve their knowledge and abilities ensure optimal care.

Recent discovered interesting quote: “Those who think they have no time for exercise, will sooner or later have to find time for illness”. Edward Stanley.

Hobbies: Running, sailing and spending time with my family.

 

Education

  • Bachelors degree in Physical Education

  • Bachelors degree in Physical Therapy

  • Master in Advanced Studies Manual therapy

 

Current work and associated activities

  • Owner of BROWN Manual Therapy

  • Manual Therapist

  • Physical Therapist

  • Physical education teacher at Colegio Arubano, Oranjestad

  • Author of an online newsletter named: “Brown’s Healthy Update”

 

Past work and associated activities

  • Physical therapist and trainer at Fysiotherapie de Schans in Woudenberg, The Netherlands

  • Teacher at the Physical Therapy Institute Hogeschool Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  • Physical therapist, manual therapist and trainer at Fysio Topfit in Boskoop, The Netherlands

    • Mainly treating patients with spine and shoulder related problems, but also pre- and post operative rehabilitation and patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

    • Quality assurance role in charge of the development of a quality management system in order to obtain a quality certificate (HKZ-certificate)

    • Location manager in charge of general communication with primary care physicians and other primary caregivers. Also ensuring the quality of care with the use of internal audits of patient records;

  • Board member at Stichting Gezond Boskoop in Boskoop, The Netherlands. This is a foundation that strives to ensure local high quality and multidisciplinary care for people with chronic diseases

    • Participant in the diabetes work group

    • Participant in the Rheumatic work group

    • Participant in the Quality work group

  • Member of the “GroeneHart” Shoulder Network

    • Participant in the organization work group

    • Participant in the work group in charge of setting up local guidelines and protocols for treating clients with shoulder pain pre- and post-operation

  • Author of the frozen shoulder protocol (Dutch)

  • Physical Therapist and instructor with Fundacion Moviemento ta Bida

  

Subjects of recent education and training

  • Running biomechanics and analysis in general and common running injuries

  • Chronic pain in people with arthrosis

  • Recent insights in connective tissue

  • Diagnosis and treatment of cervical radiculopathy

  • Clinical reasoning in shoulder pain

  • Recent developments in low back and pelvic pain

  • Myofascial trigger-point treatment for movement dysfunction and complex pain

  • Clinical reasoning with neck pain and risk-benefit of manual therapy


Subjects of past (>year) education and training

  • Physical therapy with shoulder complaints

  • Movement program for COPD

  • Manual therapy and arthrosis of the hip

  • Back related leg pain (nerve root problems)

  • Examination and treatment of ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament

  • Examination and treatment of Complaints Arm, Neck and Shoulder (CANS)

  • Examination and treatment of shoulder instability

  • Examination and treatment of acute knee injuries

  • Course quality consultant