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Dr Giresh Kanji is a Musculoskeletal Pain Specialist and Researcher. He explored the sensory amplification of pain in his PhD including the role of the human stress response. He has presented in NZ, Australia, Tahiti, USA and Europe.
He is an honorary Associate Professor at Auckland University, the chairperson of the NZ Pain Foundation and editor of Australasian Musculoskeletal Medicine. He is the author of “Fix Your Back”, “Fix Your Neck Pain, Headache and Migraine” and the 2019 New Zealand Bestseller about insomnia, anxiety and depression – “Brain Connections: How to sleep better, worry less and feel happier”.
Dr Giresh Kanji is a Musculoskeletal Pain Specialist and Researcher. He explored the sensory amplification of pain in his PhD including the role of the human stress response. He has presented in NZ, Australia, Tahiti, USA and Europe.
He is an honorary Associate Professor at Auckland University, the chairperson of the NZ Pain Foundation and editor of Australasian Musculoskeletal Medicine. He is the author of “Fix Your Back”, “Fix Your Neck Pain, Headache and Migraine” and the 2019 New Zealand Bestseller about insomnia, anxiety and depression – “Brain Connections: How to sleep better, worry less and feel happier”.
For an appointment contact Dr Kanji’s rooms:
Phone: 09 9632037 / Mobile: 021835282
Email: info@gireshkanji.com
Address: Gilgit Road Specialist Centre. 15 Gilgit Rd, Epsom, Auckland
Dr Kanji was born in Wellington and grew up in Wellington attending Berhampore School, South Wellington Intermediate School and Wellington College. He has recently moved to Auckland. His parents Laxmi and Kanji Morar Patel were immigrants from the Gujurat state of India in the 1950s. His father was the first Indian immigrant to graduate at a New Zealand University in 1952. He has six siblings who live in New Zealand, Australia and the Phillipines. He is married to Sathna who is a pharmacist and has three children Ataya, Keelan and Jessica. Giresh enjoys cricket, hockey, staying fit and his main passions are travelling and learning.
Dr Kanji is mostly curious and likes to get to the bottom of the problem. He is an avid reader of medical papers and enjoys the odd novel when not reading medical papers. He enjoys nothing more than a good challenge, even if many have taken several years to solve. He enjoys a good laugh and good food (cooking and eating). He is a fan of the Bhuddist religion and believes in simplicity.
Dr Kanji graduated from Otago Medical School in 1990 He then studied at Otago and Massey University over the next few decades and finished his PhD titled “The sensory amplification of pain: The causation of headache disorders” in 2013. The thesis investigated why people develop headache, the role of the migraine gene and sympathetic nervous system in chronic pain disorders. A randomised control trial of sauna for chronic tension type headache was completed as part of his PhD. In 2013 he wrote Fix Your Back and in 2015 finished Fix Your Neck Pain, Headache and Migraine (both books are now available at Whitcouls, Paper Plus and bookshops throughout NZ). Over the past four years Dr Kanji has been writing his latest book “Brain Connections: How to sleep better, worry less and feel happier” that investigates the science and solutions for insomnia, anxiety and depression. This book will be released in June 2019.
After working at Wellington Hospital he worked in Melbourne for a short spell. He worked in General Practice for 10 years before becoming a specialist in Musculoskeletal Pain Medicine in 2002. Dr Kanji is the Chairman of the New Zealand Pain Foundation, a research charity. In 2015 he was appointed as the editor of Australasian Musculoskeletal Medicine Journal. He has given conference presentations in New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti, United States and Europe. His main interests are research and finding the source of pain and managing headache, migraine, fibromyalgia, spinal pain and tendon injuries. He is currently carrying out a randomised control trial of inversion for low back pain.
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“Dr Kanji has produced a superb book on lower back pain. He has clearly explained what causes lower back pain, the investigations that are useful and the solutions to reduce lower back pain. I have no doubt this will be a number one selling lower back pain book. The illustrations are amazing. Well done.”
“Dr Kanji has treated many of my patients for lower back pain, his straightfoward simple approach, is outlined in this exemplary book which should help the many people around the world who suffer from lower back pain”
“This is the book I have been waiting for to recommend to all my patients with lower back pain. A simple book that is easy to read”
“Congratulations on this well researched and cleary written book… it is a must read for anyone with lower back pain”
“Pain is very complex but Dr Giresh Kanji is a superb communicator and the layers of information are easy to understand and apply. It would not surprise me if Kanji becomes a household name in back and neck pain, much as McKenzie has been”
“I recommend this book to all my patients to ensure they understand their lower back pain and can self-manage their pain. The book is very easy to read and explains what the various radiological tests show with real images throughout the book. Three years in the writing, this has been worth waiting for.The finished product is superb.”