Jacqui Koep is a clinical physiotherapist and teacher in the fields of pain and health management. Her clinical work is focused on combining healthcare management and rehabilitative exercise skills to empower patients and get them moving.
She is a founding director of the non-profit organisation Train Pain Academy, formed to provide collaborative pain education and skills-training to health care professionals managing acute and chronic pain in normal clinical practice. She obtained her MSc in Pain Management through Edinburgh University in 2013 and has additional qualifications in Healthcare Communication and Motivational Interviewing.
Jacqui has extensive experience doing medico legal assessments and appreciates the opportunity it provides for her to interact with individuals from all parts of South Africa as this deepens her understanding of the challenges faced by people with ongoing pain and disability.