Dr Daniel Kirkbride on stage in front of a packed venue
Dr Daniel Kirkbride · CYORA

Your biology is
not broken.
It hasn't been
properly measured.

CYORA is a precision biological advisory firm. We test deeper, decode what others miss, and build clinical protocols from your individual data. One clinician. Everything connected.

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TEST · DECODE · OPTIMISE · COMPOUND
5,000+
Biological Profiles
10+
Years Clinical
Multiple
World Champions
AHPRA
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Dr Daniel Kirkbride on stage in front of a packed venue
Dr Daniel Kirkbride · AHPRA Registered Osteopath
Who We Are

Not a GP. Not a Naturopath. Not a Coaching Program.

CYORA is a precision biological advisory firm. CYORA brings clinical medicine, functional medicine, longevity science and elite performance together into one system, run by one clinician. Nothing handed off. Nothing lost between practitioners.

Dr Daniel Kirkbride is an AHPRA-registered osteopath, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Functional Medicine Practitioner, with over a decade of clinical experience. He has personally reviewed more than 5,000 biological profiles, across elite sport, founders and executives.

CYORA isn't a wellness brand. Not a supplement company. Not a generic coaching program. It's a clinical operating system built from your individual biological data, where every recommendation is traceable to a specific biological finding.

AHPRA Registered Osteopathic Medicine Functional Medicine Longevity Science Strength & Conditioning
The Foundation

The Biological Hierarchy

Fix Upstream First.
Every Time.

Every system in the body is downstream of the one above it. When a protocol starts with surface symptoms - back pain, fatigue, stubborn weight, low libido - it treats the smoke instead of the fire. CYORA works the six tiers in order, top to bottom, every time.

01
Nervous
The conductor. Everything below is downstream of this.
A dysregulated nervous system impairs downstream recovery. Sympathetic dominance, poor HRV, and disordered cortisol suppress digestion and stall protocols.
HRVResting HRCortisol curveDHEA-SSleep architectureBreath rate
Dysfunction
Wired and tired. Poor sleep. Can't switch off. Recovery stalled. Adrenal output disordered.
Focus
Sleep, circadian rhythm, breathwork; nervous system regulation precedes all else.
02
Gut-Immune
The interface. 70% of the immune system lives here.
The gut barrier, microbiome, and mucosal immunity function as one integrated system. Pathogens, dysbiosis, and barrier dysfunction cascade into mood, hormones, inflammation, energy, and skin.
ZonulinsIgACalprotectinPancreatic elastasePathogensWBCNLR ratio
Dysfunction
Pathogens. Dysbiosis. Leaky barrier. SIBO / SIFO / IMO. Frequent infection or autoimmune activity.
Focus
Remove phase then Rebuild phase; identify Th1/Th2/Th17 phenotype before antimicrobial intervention.
03
Lymphatic
Clearance and drainage. Where waste exits.
Liver, kidneys, bile flow, and lymphatic transit eliminate hormones, toxins, microbial debris, and metabolic waste. Impaired clearance causes systemic backup affecting oestrogen, toxin burden, inflammatory load, and cognitive function.
ALTASTGGTALPBilirubineGFRCreatinineUrea
Dysfunction
Slow clearance. Backed up oestrogen. Bile sludge. Lymphatic stagnation. Puffy under-eyes. Poor detox tolerance.
Focus
Hydration, bile flow support, NAC, TUDCA, glutathione, movement, lymphatic drainage.
04
Cardio-Metabolic
Mitochondria, glucose, lipids, vascular tone.
Cellular energy production, insulin sensitivity, lipid handling, and cardiovascular performance depend on nervous regulation, gut integrity, and clearance. Most energy deficits resolve once upstream tiers are optimised.
Fasting glucoseHbA1cInsulinTriglyceridesApoBhsCRPHomocysteineVO2 max
Dysfunction
Insulin resistance. Stalled metabolism. Low VO2. Elevated ApoB. Mitochondrial fatigue.
Focus
Zone 2 base building, strength training, glucose discipline, lipid management, mitochondrial cofactors guided by lab data.
05
Endocrine-HPA
Hormones run on what the four tiers above deliver.
Thyroid, sex hormones, growth axis, and HPA function depend on upstream nervous regulation, gut health, clearance, and metabolic integrity. Optimising hormones first addresses symptoms rather than root causes.
TSHFT3FT4rT3Total + Free TestosteroneEstradiolDHEA-SIGF-1Cortisol pattern
Dysfunction
Low T. "Thyroid issue". Cycle disruption. Low libido. Often resolves once the four upstream tiers are stable.
Focus
Never first; calibrate hormones only after Nervous, Gut-Immune, Lymphatic and Cardio-Metabolic are dialled in.
06
Musculoskeletal
Output. The signal everyone notices.
Strength, posture, joint integrity, pain patterns, and body composition reflect dysfunction in all upstream tiers. Treating joints without addressing upstream drivers creates endless cycles.
DEXA compositionBone densityGrip strengthVO2 maxFunctional movementPain mapping
Dysfunction
Stubborn pain. Slow recovery. Plateaued strength. Lost muscle. Bone density loss.
Focus
Progressive strength and load, movement quality before intensity; resolve upstream drivers before targeting joints.
What We Do

We Measure. We Decode. We Build.

A standard panel measures roughly 30 markers against population reference ranges, ranges skewed by a population where 61% already live with at least one chronic condition. CYORA tests 80 to 150+ markers across six diagnostic categories and interprets them against functional optimal ranges, not "not yet sick."

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, analysis of the ABS 2022 National Health Survey.

01

Advanced Blood Analysis

150+ markers covering hormones, inflammatory biomarkers, metabolic function, cardiovascular risk, micronutrients, and thyroid. Well beyond a standard 30-marker panel.

02

Gut Microbiome Analysis

Comprehensive stool testing identifying gut pathogens, bacterial diversity, inflammatory markers, and intestinal permeability. The gut drives immunity, hormones, and brain function.

03

DNA Methylation Analysis

92 genetic variants across detoxification, methylation, neurotransmitters, cardiovascular risk, and longevity. Your DNA doesn't change; how you respond to it can.

04

VO2 Max Testing

Gold-standard cardiovascular fitness assessment. One of the strongest predictors of long-term healthspan and all-cause mortality. Measured, not estimated.

05

DEXA Body Composition

Precise measurement of muscle mass, body fat percentage, bone density, and visceral adiposity by region. Far beyond what a scale or BMI reading can tell you.

06

Personalised Protocols

Every recommendation, nutrition, training, supplementation, lifestyle, is built from your data. Nothing templated. Nothing guessed. Everything traceable to a biological finding.

Disease Medical Normal Biological Optimal
Standard Care Stops Here
Built to catch disease
CYORA Targets Here
Optimises for performance

Between "not diseased" and "biologically optimal" is the gap where your energy, cognition, body composition, and longevity are being decided.

Our Method

The ROPE Protocol

Six progressive clinical phases. Biology has an order, and most approaches jump straight to performance without restoring the foundation. Every CYORA client moves through this framework, paced by their individual data. You can't optimise a broken system.

Stage 01 · Months 1-6
R
Foundation Phase
You can't build on a broken foundation. Every upstream driver is corrected first. This is where most approaches skip ahead. We do the upstream work first.
Phase 01Restore8 wks
  • Identify and correct key deficiencies driving your symptoms
  • Calm the inflammatory load and stabilise energy, mood and sleep
  • Build the clinical supplement foundation your body actually needs
  • Align nutrition and lifestyle to what your labs are telling us
Phase 02Remove8 wks
  • Eliminate what does not belong. Pathogens, overgrowths and toxic load
  • Break down protective biofilm before antimicrobial protocols begin
  • Rotating elimination approach to clear the gut without resistance
  • Binder and clearance protocol to safely manage the detox process
Phase 03Rebuild8 wks
  • Repair the gut lining and restore the mucosal immune barrier
  • Reseed the microbiome with the strains your data shows are missing
  • Reintroduce foods in a structured sequence as tolerance improves
  • Gut resilience locked in before the body is ready to optimise
24 weeks total
Stage 02 · Months 7-9
O
Optimisation Phase
Normal isn't optimal. With a clean system underneath, we now dial in your biology precisely. Every lever pulled is based on your data.
Phase 04
12 weeks
Cellular Energy + Metabolism
  • Restore cellular energy production at the mitochondrial level
  • Recalibrate metabolic function, insulin sensitivity and glucose control
  • Optimise cardiovascular markers for long-term heart and brain health
  • Supplement stack refined to your genetic blueprint and lab results
Endocrine + Body Composition
  • Endocrine markers reviewed and tracked against your functional range, with onward referral where clinically indicated
  • Body composition retested. Targets set for muscle, fat and visceral load
  • Nutrition, training and supplementation refined as the data supports it
  • Biological age measured and compared to your baseline from Month 1
Stage 03 · Months 10-12
P
Performance Phase
This is where the work compounds. Brain, body and longevity firing together. Not average output. Durable output, paced by your data.
Phase 05
12 weeks
Cognitive + Physical Output
  • Sustained peak cognitive output, focus and mental sharpness
  • Elite physical capacity, strength, power and cardiovascular fitness
  • Sleep architecture, HRV and recovery operating at their ceiling
  • Cardiorespiratory and body composition targets reached
Longevity + Resilience
  • Cellular longevity protocols layered in once the system is ready
  • Nervous system regulation and stress resilience fully locked
  • Every system: nutrition, training and supplementation at its peak
  • Year 2 roadmap built from your results and what the data shows next
Stage 04 · Year 2+
E
Evolve Phase
This isn't a program you finish. This is the long game. Your biology keeps changing. Your protocol evolves with it. The aim is gains that hold and build over time.
Phase 06
Ongoing · Year 2+
Ongoing Optimisation
  • Comprehensive blood and stool testing every quarter
  • Body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness retested every 6 months
  • Biological age tracked year on year against your own baseline
  • Protocol updated every cycle based on what the new data shows
Advanced Longevity
  • Cellular longevity protocols cycled in as the science evolves
  • Supplement and lifestyle strategy refined to your current phase
  • Sleep, stress, environment and lifestyle dialled in at precision level
  • The highest performers in the world never stop optimising. Neither do you
We don't guess. We test. We decode the signal. We refine what the data points to. The aim is gains that hold and build over time.
Why This Exists

The System Was Built to Find Disease. Not Optimal.

Most people with declining energy, cognitive fog, or body composition changes are not sick by conventional standards. They are operating far below their biological ceiling, and every practitioner they see treats one piece in isolation.

Standard Care
  • A standard panel of roughly 30 markers, read against population reference ranges
  • Designed to detect and manage disease, not to optimise
  • Often reads as normal even when you do not feel well
  • Rarely includes gut, DNA, cardiorespiratory or body composition testing
  • General guidance rather than a personalised, tracked protocol
CYORA
  • Tests 80 to 150+ markers against functional optimal ranges
  • Looking for optimal, not just absence of disease
  • Shows exactly where biology is silently underperforming
  • Blood + gut + DNA + VO2 + DEXA all cross-referenced
  • Personalised protocol: training, nutrition, supplements, lifestyle, connected

The real problem isn't any single practitioner. It's fragmentation. A GP, a naturopath, a trainer and a nutritionist, each doing good work on one piece, with nobody connecting them. CYORA is one clinician, one integrated system, every recommendation built from your data and connected to a biological finding.

How We Help

Which Situation Describes You?

CYORA works with two distinct groups. Both require advanced diagnostics. The clinical pathway depends entirely on where you are starting from.

Path A · Restore

"Something feels off. No one has been able to find it."

You're not imagining it, and standard testing doesn't always capture what you're feeling. You've tried everything and you're exhausted from the search.

  • Brain fog, low energy, or chronic fatigue
  • Bloating, gut issues, or food sensitivities
  • Unresolved hormonal disruption or cycle irregularity
  • Unresolved autoimmune or thyroid-related symptoms
  • Told your bloods are "normal" but you feel anything but
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Path B · Optimise

"I'm performing well. But I know there's more in the tank."

You're not sick. No red flags. But you're a high performer and you know you're not operating at your ceiling. You want to close that gap.

  • Founder, CEO, executive, or elite operator
  • High-stakes decisions daily on suboptimal biology
  • Cognitive sharpness declining despite doing everything right
  • Silent inflammation or hormonal shift you can feel but not quantify
  • Top 1% in business. Want biology at the same standard.
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What Working With CYORA Looks Like

One Clinician. One Connected Picture.

You start from your own diagnostics, across blood, gut, DNA, VO2 max and body composition, read together rather than in isolation. One clinician holds the full picture from your first result through to every review, so nothing is handed off and nothing is lost between practitioners.

80 to 150+
Markers measured, then read against your own baseline
6 in 1
Diagnostic categories, decoded into one connected protocol
Functional
Reviewed against functional ranges, not population averages
Dr Daniel Kirkbride, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
The Clinician

Dr Daniel Kirkbride

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine · Functional Medicine Practitioner · Longevity Coach

Founder of CYORA. Creator of the Peak Performance Protocol. AHPRA-registered osteopath, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Functional Medicine Practitioner, with over a decade in clinical practice.

Daniel built CYORA after his own health decline wasn't explained by standard testing. He took a data-driven, root-cause approach to his own biology, then built the system he wished had existed so others could be investigated the same way.

He has personally reviewed more than 5,000 biological profiles, from World Champion athletes to founders and executives, and extensive postgraduate training across functional medicine, longevity science, and performance.

5,000+
Biological Profiles Reviewed
Multiple
World Champions & Olympians
500+
Practitioners Mentored
10+
Years Clinical Practice
Common Questions

What People Ask First

CYORA is a precision biological advisory firm, not a GP clinic, not a naturopathy practice, not a coaching program. We use advanced diagnostics that go well beyond a standard medical panel, interpret results against functional optimal ranges (not "normal"), and build personalised protocols across training, nutrition, supplementation and lifestyle, all through one clinician who manages the full picture. Standard care is built to catch disease. We're built to find where you're underperforming while your results still read normal.
ROPE stands for Restore, Remove, Rebuild, Optimise, Perform, and Evolve, six progressive clinical phases built on the understanding that biology has an order. Most programs jump straight to phase four (Optimise) without addressing the foundational layers first. CYORA works through each phase sequentially, guided by your individual biological data, so that performance is built on a genuinely restored and optimised foundation.
A focused 15-minute conversation. We learn about your situation, your history, and what you're trying to solve or achieve. If it's the right fit, we map out your next steps. If it's not, we'll tell you honestly.
No. The majority of our clients are remote, across Australia and internationally. Testing is fully coordinated wherever you are. All consultations are conducted via Zoom. Our team handles every logistic.
We offer a one-off diagnostic and consultation, and a 12-month clinical partnership for those who want ongoing management. We walk through the options, inclusions and pricing that best fit your goals on your discovery call, with payment plans available where helpful.
Most of our clients have seen GPs, specialists, naturopaths, PTs, and nutritionists, each treating one piece with no one connecting the dots. CYORA is the only program where one clinician manages the complete picture: diagnostics, protocols, training, nutrition, supplementation and lifestyle, all connected and all informed by your individual biological data.
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