Dr Nick Deris

Nick is an Advanced Sports Osteopath with a strong background in sports injury management, strength and conditioning, and performance rehabilitation. He holds a Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science in Osteopathy, a Master of Exercise and Sport Science specialising in Strength and Conditioning, and a Diploma in Football Medicine through FIFA — one of only 9 practitioners in Australia to hold the Advanced Sports Osteopath designation.

Nick has also travelled to Spain to study at Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid Universidad Europea, a university school affiliated with Real Madrid Football Club. During this experience, he was able to visit and learn from leading sports medicine, football rehabilitation and performance professionals within an elite sporting environment. This has shaped his approach to managing sporting injuries, tendon issues, knee pain, hip pain, back pain and return-to-training cases.

Nick works with a wide range of patients — from everyday gym-goers to field sport athletes — helping them recover from injury, improve strength and return to the activities they enjoy. His approach combines hands-on osteopathic treatment, exercise rehabilitation, objective strength testing and clear education, giving patients a structured plan rather than short-term symptom relief alone.

At Injury Active, Nick uses tools such as VALD handheld dynamometry to measure strength, identify asymmetries and track progress throughout rehabilitation. This allows patients to see objective improvements and feel more confident as they return to training, sport or daily life.

Alongside his clinical work, Nick is a clinical supervisor for 4th and 5th year osteopathy students at RMIT University. He also mentors Injury Active's graduate clinicians and runs the team's monthly professional development sessions, helping support a high standard of clinical reasoning, assessment and rehabilitation across the team.