The Pain Coach

The Pain Coach Helping you understand and overcome your chronic pain to live your fullest life Clinics at 132 Harley Street and 2 Lower Sloane Street. Online sessions.

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป?It might seem subtle.But this distinction can change how...
08/11/2025

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป?

It might seem subtle.
But this distinction can change how you understand your pain โ€” and how you move forward.

Catalysts (or triggers) are what bring pain to the surface:
โ€ข a movement
โ€ข an injury
โ€ข a thought

Theyโ€™re the spark. โšก๏ธ

Causes, on the other hand, live deeper:
โ€ข within your body systems
โ€ข in protective patterns youโ€™ve learned over time
โ€ข shaped by your experiences, beliefs, expectations, and even genetics

Theyโ€™re the structure โ€” the forest, not the fire. ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Often, we chase the trigger (โ€œwhat set it offโ€) and miss the terrain (โ€œwhatโ€™s really going onโ€).

When you start to understand the true causes of your pain โ€” the deeper reasons your systems are protecting you โ€” things begin to make sense.

Thatโ€™s when change can happen.

It doesnโ€™t start with fighting pain.
It starts with understanding it.
With curiosity.
With compassion.
With reconnecting to what matters most to you.

You transform your life to transform your pain.
And that begins with seeing pain for what it really is โ€” your body and mind asking for change.

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New programme:* pain medicine * pain coaching* rTMSFor chronic pain, depression, cognitive impairment. Join us to discov...
06/11/2025

New programme:

* pain medicine
* pain coaching
* rTMS

For chronic pain, depression, cognitive impairment.

Join us to discover the possibilities.

Email cpdevents@psychiatrycentre.co.uk to get your place.

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฃ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.Following on from yesterdayโ€™s postโ€” (If you missed it, g...
05/11/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฃ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Following on from yesterdayโ€™s postโ€”
(If you missed it, go check it out.)

Yes, the foundations of rehab are strength, mobility, function, and control.
But ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ?

The ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฃ๐˜€:
โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ
โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ
โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ (environment)

Theyโ€™re not extras.
Theyโ€™re ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด for recovery.

Letโ€™s start with ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ.

When someoneโ€™s in pain or recovering from injury, one common thread emerges in their story:
Disconnection.

From friends.
From teammates.
Even from themselves.

Their role in the group is unclearโ€”or itโ€™s gone.
And that feels threatening.
Weโ€™re wired to belong.

And rehab can feel like exile.

Itโ€™s no surprise that mood dips.
Withdrawal creeps in.
Sometimes ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ pull away.
Sometimes ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด donโ€™t know how to handle the change.

But hereโ€™s the thing:
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
Stress, isolation, and fractured bonds do the opposite.

Reconnection is part of rehab.
And often, relationship repair is needed along the way.

As rehab professionals, we can help clarify:
โ€ข Who matters?
โ€ข Whoโ€™s in their corner?
โ€ข How can those bonds be rebuilt?
ย ย 
Because ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต.
And connection is powerful context.

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธโ€”๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ.

Reach out. Letโ€™s talk about how to bring people back into the picture.

RS๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

New post from my Case Manager Chronicles.The 3 Overlooked Ingredients That Make or Break RehabilitationSign up is free. ...
04/11/2025

New post from my Case Manager Chronicles.

The 3 Overlooked Ingredients That Make or Break Rehabilitation

Sign up is free. Link in my bio.

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๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Itโ€™s ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.Theyโ€™ve invested their whole identity. So when inju...
03/11/2025

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.
Itโ€™s ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

Theyโ€™ve invested their whole identity.
So when injury hits, the pain cuts deeper than the body.
Because nowโ€ฆ they have time to think.

And what they focus on shapes how they feel.

Dan Ballard of Sunderland AFC put it powerfully in The Observer UK:
โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ.โ€

He added:
โ€œ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ.โ€

This is the part we often miss in rehab.
We focus on treatment, training loads, return-to-play protocols.

But when pain persistsโ€ฆ
When recovery doesnโ€™t follow the planโ€ฆ

We must look beyond the gym.
Because persistent pain isnโ€™t just a physical issueโ€”itโ€™s a whole-person experience.

The biomedical model breaks down here.
It searches for damage that often isnโ€™t there.

It ignores what ๐˜ช๐˜ด: the person, their purpose, their world.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต:
The time ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ of football, outside the clinic, matters just as much.

Where that time is spent.
How itโ€™s filled.
And who itโ€™s with.

Those hours between rehab sessionsโ€”
Thatโ€™s where true recovery can be won or lost.

Thatโ€™s why in my work with players, we look at the full picture:
โ€ข Rebuilding purpose
โ€ข Rekindling relationships
โ€ข Restoring confidence through guided reconnection
ย ย 
If youโ€™re a coach, physio, or performance director working with a player stuck in rehabโ€”
Letโ€™s talk.

Because sometimes the thing that helps footballโ€ฆ isnโ€™t football.

RS๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

๐Ÿฅ— The Lunch Huddle โ€” coming soonFor you if you work in sport, performance, coaching or teaching.Over the past few years,...
02/11/2025

๐Ÿฅ— The Lunch Huddle โ€” coming soon

For you if you work in sport, performance, coaching or teaching.

Over the past few years, Andy Thomas ๐ŸŒ and I have had countless conversations โ€”
about people, performance, and putting humans first.

Because players and athletes are people.
Not assets.

The Lunch Huddle is our new meetup and podcast โ€”
where we share ideas, insights and stories you can take straight into your work and world.

All built around the 8Cs โ€” the essentials for how we show up.

We were given the nudge by the excellent Essential Skills II gathering in Dublin this week, hosted by the excellent David Clancy โ˜˜๏ธ .

The 8 Cs:

โœ… Clarity
โœ… Connection
โœ… Communication
โœ… Collaboration
โœ… Community
๐Ÿ’™ Caring
๐Ÿ’™ Compassion
๐Ÿ’™ Culture

Because whatever your method, therapy or intervention,
๐Ÿ‘‰ itโ€™s your way of being that makes the difference.

At the heart of it all โ€” is your heart. โค๏ธ

If youโ€™d like to be part of this positive shift,
comment below with a โค๏ธ and weโ€™ll keep you in the loop.

RS๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

You have more influence over your pain than youโ€™ve been led to believe.Healing begins when you realise you have agency.Y...
27/10/2025

You have more influence over your pain than youโ€™ve been led to believe.

Healing begins when you realise you have agency.

You can choose your direction, your focus, your next step.

Even in pain, you have power.

Itโ€™s not about control.
Itโ€™s about influence โ€” shaping your experience through awareness, understanding, and action.

Pain Coaching offers you the skills and the know-how
to transform your pain
by living yourself better.

Self-determination is the quiet strength behind transformation.

If youโ€™re ready to take that next step,
Iโ€™m here to guide and support you.

Contact me via my bio link โฌ†๏ธ.

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Freedom can feel elusive.It can seem impossible.Yet itโ€™s already here.In our work together, you realise it.Force doesnโ€™t...
26/10/2025

Freedom can feel elusive.
It can seem impossible.

Yet itโ€™s already here.

In our work together, you realise it.

Force doesnโ€™t work.
Freedom does.

This is not new โ€” Iโ€™ve been saying this for over 20 years.

The current system doesnโ€™t deliver.
It doesnโ€™t focus on care or sustainable, positive change.

Pain Coaching does.
A not-new framework โ€” guiding you to live yourself better.

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Donโ€™t miss out. Pain Talkingโ€”a free newsletter lands in your inbox each week. I share my insights, ideas and practical s...
26/10/2025

Donโ€™t miss out.

Pain Talkingโ€”a free newsletter lands in your inbox each week.

I share my insights, ideas and practical skills from my work with people.

Pain Coachingโ€”guiding and encouraging you to transform your pain by transforming your life.

I am only interested in helping you make sustained changes so you live your best life.

No quick fixes or hacks hereโ€ฆwhy?

Because they donโ€™t exist.

Pain is not something to be gotten rid of, any more than hunger or thirst is to be gotten rid of.

They are all needs states.

Your pain is telling you something about you and your life.

Together, we clarify what that is so you can meet your needs and live yourself better.

The Pain Talking newsletter is designed to help you on your journey.

Sign up today via my bio link.

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The transformational power of listening deeply. That is why it is an integral part of pain coachingโ€”a way of being. Itโ€™s...
25/10/2025

The transformational power of listening deeply.

That is why it is an integral part of pain coachingโ€”a way of being.

Itโ€™s a different philosophy of living and relationships rather than a new method of therapy.

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You may like to try now. RS๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ
25/10/2025

You may like to try now.

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You are the witness. RS๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ
25/10/2025

You are the witness.

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