Meet Our Team



Dr Delsey Daruwalla

Founder/Chiropractor
Delsey founded Functional Health in 2014, 11 months after graduating from New Zealand College of Chiropractic, growing it from just her and James to a team of 13 serving hundreds of clients every month.
 
Her mission is to empower everyday people to make healthier and more impactful choices for the health, wellbeing and future of themselves and their families. Delsey achieves this by looking inward and challenging her own perceptions, stories and actions to lead by example and to push herself to be the best she can be and become the leader of change in the lives of her clients taking them beyond the status quo, challenging them beyond what they thought possible, allowing them to reach new heights and uncover new realities. 

She focuses on the entire mind/body system by using techniques that don't only attend to a person's physical health but also their mental/emotional wellbeing - which is Delsey's main passion. She primarily focuses on women & children. 

Dr James Neilson-Watt

Co-Founder/Chiropractor/Author/Podcaster/Coach
James founded Functional Health with Delsey, while pushing him self to personally overcome 20 years of severe chronic pain and anxiety that he has since he was a child. Through that journey he has discovered the secrets to business and personal success and now coaches health professionals, coaches, and trainers in over 14 countries to become better business people, better leaders and better clinicians through his books, podcast and training programs. James works with over 250 private practice owners and business leaders in his coaching program and has had over 10,000 people view his books and training programs. Currently James does not practice but can be seen in and around Functional Health helping his team take their skills and leadership to their highest potential so they can serve the people of New Zealand with more energy, passion and skill achieving greater results than they though possible. 

Dr Sheetal Singh

Chiropractor / Certified Yoga Instructor / Neuro-Emotional Facilitator
Sheetal practises holistically with the body as she looks at the emotional, mental, nutritional and physical aspects while working with you. She aims to enhance your body’s natural ability to regulate and heal to help you reach your goals, free from physical and emotional limitations. 

Sheetal works with a diverse range of people, from new born babies and mums to athletes; physical or desk workers; elderly; and also people experiencing anxiety or fatigue. 

She uses various techniques that work both with the physical body and the mind, working through layers of emotional and physical trauma. She is also one of the few Neuro-Emotional-Technique (NET) practitioners in New Zealand. 

Outside of practice you will find her enjoying time with family and friends; going on hikes; spending time in nature; cooking/baking; running and advancing her yoga practice. Passionate time is also used in deepening her understanding about the mind and body, further developing her skills and growing & evolving herself to be the best version of herself in order to serve the wider community at her best.

If you are ready to take yours and your family’s life to the next level, Dr Sheetal looks forward to working with you!

Dr Yohan Irani

Chiropractor
Yohan grew up on the East side of Auckland and participated in many sports like rugby, soccer, cricket and rowing amongst others.
This very active lifestyle had positively and negatively (due to injuries) impacted his body over time. He saw many health practitioners to rehab these injuries to no avail. Someone suggested he go see a chiropractor, so he did and the rest was history.
Yohan was always extremely passionate about the human body/performance and optimisation, so chiropractic just happened to be the perfect fit! After he began studies at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic he knew he was definitely in the right profession.
He loves seeing the progression of how well his client’s function and perform through receiving Chiropractic care. His mission is to aid and empower everyone that steps into the practice to be able to live life/improve/optimise and THRIVE at their absolute best through Chiropractic.
He very much looks forward to meeting all the amazing people in our community.

Dr Sydney Sanders

Chiropractor
Sydney is a graduate from the New Zealand College of Chiropractic. She grew up in sunny Nelson with her family then later moved to Auckland to study chiropractic and work.
She is passionate about helping to empower people about their health naturally. From a young age she developed Psoriasis (an auto-immune skin condition). This encouraged her interest in learning about the importance of a good diet, gut health, healthy mindset and frequent exercise when it comes to maintaining overall good health. Through this experience she has learned the importance of focusing on healing the underlying issue instead of addressing the symptoms.
Sydney wanted to take the information she learned from a young age and make it more than just a hobby. This spurred her interest in becoming a holisitc health care practitioner. She discovered chiropractic after enjoying watching her mum's horse being adjusted and learned it could also be used to help people function at their best as well.
She enjoys working with people from all ages to help them achieve their ideal health goals, however she is most interested in helping people perform better in the gym and healing underlying chronic health conditions.
In her spare time you'll find her in the gym challenging her body with weight training, listening to audiobooks, relaxing with meditation and yoga, doing mobility work or out on nature walks.

Dr Jaqueline McCaskie

Chiropractor
Dr Jaq's mission is to support and empower people to live vibrantly healthy lives, helping them to see more is possible, and she does this through Chiropractic. She loves that Chiropractic empowers you to be the hero in your healing journey, and that she gets to be your cool sidekick - adjusting and cheering you along the way. To do this she use a variety of gentle and effective techniques that are customised for your individual needs. Her curiosity around true health started as a child, a natural side effect of being raised by a naturopathic father, and mother who had regular chiropractic care to function at her best with severe scoliosis. This upbringing was an incubator for her passion about our body’s amazing ability to both survive and thrive through the ups and downs of life. Dr Jaq feels privileged to witness and assist this process in her clients lives today. When she is not adjusting wonderful people at Functional Health, you can find her at the beach, going for hikes in nature with loved ones, chatting to her family back home in Aussie, picking greens from her garden, researching all things health related, and generally making the most of life in beautiful NZ!

She focuses on:
- Helping people reach goals of greater health, happiness and resilience to stress.
- Adjusting beautiful growing families, from Chubby Bubs to Golden Gramps!
- Taking care of children, helping their brains and bodies optimally process their rapid growth and learning.
- Reconnecting people to their innate ability to heal, helping them to love their body again.
- Breaking the "go-go-go", fight/flight stress cycle by restoring balance to the nervous system and ease to the body.

Dr Adeela Afiz

Neuro-Emotional Facilitator
Dr Adeela Afiz provides a range of powerful and effective techniques to help you achieve complete mind and body wellness, help you up-level your mindset and break through blocks, past trauma or anxiety to help you create the health, wealth and happiness you have been looking for.

She is one of the few practitioners in NZ who specialises in Neuro-Emotional-Technique. She provides gentle and holistic body therapy and pairs this with life coaching and facilitation to help clear physical, mental and emotional blocks for all ages.

She is highly experienced and comfortable working with people of all ages and backgrounds including babies and children and loves working with and empowering clients with their mindset and health.

If you are searching for someone to truly understand, empower and help you on your wellness journey, Dr Adeela is looking forward to meeting you.

Tina Pritchard

Naturopath/Medical Herbalist
Tina is a Registered Naturopath & Medical Herbalist having completed her training at The South Pacific College in Ellerslie in 1990 and graduated in 1991, and has been in practice ever since.

She takes a gentle and caring approach to peoples’ health needs, addressing both the physical and emotional requirements - using Bach Flowers for things like fears, anxiety, depression, irritability, indecision etc.

Her special interests are in: Hormones, allergies, skin disorders, digestion, autoimmune disorders, arthritis, chronic fatigue, detoxification, stress, anxiety and insomnia

Tina is passionate about helping people get well and stay well.

Justin Gilbard

Massage / Sport's Therapist
Justin Gilbard has been practicing for 29 year’s, focusing in deep tissue and sports massage. He has extensive experience in treating elite athletes and has assisted with the rehabilitation of Tri-Athletes and Iron men competitors, Marathon runners, professional Rugby League and Rugby Union players and ballerinas. Justin also has extensive experience with amateur sports people who factor regular treatments into their training routine.
 
Justin has treated long term injury sufferers and has provided ongoing treatment to those who have been involved in car accidents and as a result experienced prolonged recovery times. This called for familiarity with pain management principles and techniques.
 
Justin is proficient in treating complaints as varied as whiplash, lower back pain, and general soft tissue problems and is highly effective in providing relief from muscular pain.
 
Office work causes continual stress and strain that can negatively affect your body – especially the neck and shoulders. The massage offered specifically targets these areas to maximise results, enhance performance and improve general health and wellbeing.
Our Techniques
Network Spinal Analysis
Neuro Emotional Technique
Cranial Therapy
Diversified 
Sacro Occipital Technique
Activator Technique
Spinal Decompression

Pregnancy / Webster Technique
Paediatric Care
Muscle Testing
Deep Tissue Massage
Sports Massage
Lymphatic Drainage Massage
PNF Stretching

Location


1/34 Cook Street, Howick, 
Auckland 2012

   Empower Yourself. 

Hours

Monday - Saturday
Late Evening Appointments
Available

ACC ® No Referral Required

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