Nader Maroufi is a practicing BC Kinesiologist who holds a BSc, MSc and Ph.D. in Physiotherapy (2005) and is a former University Professor at IUMS with over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, teaching and research in the field of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in Iran. Nader is specialized in TMJ/TMD therapy, managing musculoskeletal pain conditions and deformities (spine and extremities), and sports injuries rehabilitation, within the scope of practice of Kinesiology in BC (BCAK).
In 1989, Nader began his career as a Physiotherapist (Iran) working with clients suffering from musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. He continued his education, receiving his MSc in Physiotherapy (IUMS) in 1992. His contribution to academia began in 1990 at IUMS, where he was a Physiotherapy professor and instructor in electrotherapy modalities and electrophysiological testing, clinical biomechanics of the spine, orthopedics, manual therapy, exercise therapy, postural control & movement control at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Between January 2002 and May 2015, he trained more than 450 post-graduate specialists in the field of manipulative and exercise therapy in Iran. In his research capacity, he has supervised and contributed to numerous studies relating to the control of posture and movement in patients with musculoskeletal disorders, producing over 100 published studies in both English and Farsi. He is an outstanding practicing member of BCAK since 2016.
Since 2015, Nader started to teach hands-on and exercise therapy courses pertaining to the assessment and treatment of disorders of the spine and extremities, and the application of electrotherapy modalities in rehabilitation in B.C, which have been welcomed by a significant number of participants among rehabilitation professionals, practitioners and students, so far.