About Nic Lucas

Born in Sydney in 1970, his family moved frequently. The ’son of a preacher man’ he grew up in three different states of Australia, in both outback towns and coastal cities – and he attended 9 schools in 11 years of schooling.

A high school drop out – and rock star in the making – he went back to complete his high school certificate as an adult, and then continued to University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Masters degree in Health Science.

Being driven by a desire to understand the best approach to human health and illness he continued to study while he established his first business and completed a Master of Pain Medicine and Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology. He is currently undertaking research for his PhD through the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney.

He has studied at 5 Australian Universities, has lectured at 3, and is currently based at the University of Western Sydney.

In 1997, Nic started a scientific publication, and with his friend and colleague Rob Moran – and a host of writers and reviewers – developed this into an international publication that now has subscribers in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, the UK and the USA. In 2005, they received an approach from Elsevier, the worlds largest medical publisher, who offered to take on the publication of the journal. Nic and Rob continue to work with Elsevier as editors of the journal, which is now known as the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

In his role as a health professional, Nic consults people who primarily present with pain. Over the last 10 years he has developed effective strategies for identifying those factors in his patients lives that are the major contributors to their pain, and then helps them design strategies that modify these factors. Nic has helped hundreds of people to actively overcome persistent pain problems, and reduce their reliance on continuous, passive treatment.

Being emmersed in the fascinating study of pain – which covers many disciplines – Nic has emerged with a broader health education focus – where health education targets not only illness prevention and health recovery, but also skills that support the actualization of long-term goals, the development of a positve self-concept, and the ability to enjoy life.

One of the unique things about Nic is his application of technical concepts from public health, neuroscience, pain medicine, behavioral medicine, critical reasoning and logic – to everyday life, parenting, relationships, business and investing – and fun. He is fascinated by the fields of behavioral economics and behavior change, and uses knowledge from these fields to understand human problems and human ambition and the strategies for positive change.

Since 2000, Nic has been an active user of online technologies for education, professional and social communication and is an avid Health 2.0 educator. Nic is representative of a growing group of professionals who are leveraging their knowledge and expertise online using ethical Web 2.0 marketing strategies.

Nic spends his spare time with his family, Rhoda, Harley and Lara – and wishes there was more time for surfing, playing music, bashing tennis balls around, kicking the footy, sipping lattes and watching movies. He is physically based in Sydney, but is mentally surfing his webutary – contributing to the larger global consciousness.