19Jun/19

My experience of talking at DisruptHR

June 19, 2019Back pain, Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Uncategorizedbusiness, Chronic back pain, chronic pain, Pain Coach, pain education, stress, Wellnessrichmondstace

Standing in a marked box, microphone in my left hand held close to my chest, screen to my right and just behind (meaning that I cannot see the current slide unless I turn), twenty loaded slidesRead More…

04Jun/19

Persistent pain and injury in football

June 4, 2019Chronic pain, Chronic pain in sport, Chronic sports injuries, Football injuries, Hamstring injury, Pain Coach, Sports Injuries, Sports medicine, Tendinopathy, Tendon pain, understand pain, UP, upandrunchronic pain, Football injuries, pain, Pain Coach, pain education, pain in sport, physiotherapy, sports injuries, stress, understand pain, UPrichmondstace

Persistent pain and injury in football ~ better outcomes needed We know that professional football commands an enormous amount of money. Lesser known is the huge cost of persistent pain and injury in football — theRead More…

09May/19

5k runner to ultra marathons

May 9, 2019Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, understand pain, UP, upandrunchronic pain, pain, understand pain, upandrunrichmondstace

5k runner to ultra marathons There is one important reason why the transformation from 5k runner to ultra marathon happened. Purpose. In 2015 I co-founded Understand Pain with a then patient, Georgie, who was suffering CRPSRead More…

15Apr/19

#upandrun moves on to the Isle of Wight Challenge

April 15, 2019Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, UP, UP | Understand Pain campaign, upandrunchronic pain, pain, Pain Coach, understand pain, UP, upandrunrichmondstace

It’s been a great weekend in Brighton, but now it’s straight back into training to be ready for the Isle of Wight Challenge at the start of May. That means a 20k trot today. The routeRead More…

11Apr/19

#upandrun Pain Points series

April 11, 2019Chronic pain, CRPS, understand pain, UP, upandrunchronic pain, pain, Pain Coach, pain education, understand pain, upandrunrichmondstace

Pain Points series this week In the build up to the Brighton Marathon, I have been posting daily Pain Points. These are the based on the last east understanding of pain, addressing one of the majorRead More…

14Mar/19

Pudendal neuralgia is not just about the nerve

March 14, 2019Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Pain Educationchronic pain, pain, pelvic pain, Pudendal entrapment, Pudendal neuralgia, Pudendal neuropathy, The Pain Coach, understand painrichmondstace

This is a brief post about one aspect of addressing pudendal neuralgia (PN), often a very troubling and painful condition. I see this in men and women (see Sanjay’s story here). Here I tap into someRead More…

12Mar/19

Missing out on touch

March 12, 2019Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coachchronic pain, pain, Pain Coach, touchrichmondstace

Are you missing out on touch? Recently I was re-reading ‘The science of interpersonal touch’ by Gallace and Spence (2010) and several thoughts struck me. This excellent review considers the importance of touch for emotional wellbeing, childRead More…

14Jan/19

Stubborn knee pain

January 14, 2019Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Pain Education, Sports Injuriesanterior knee pain, chronic pain, Joint pain, Knee pain, pain, patellar pain, patellofemoral painrichmondstace

Knee pain is a common problem across the population. The people who come to see me have been suffering stubborn knee pain, sometimes for years prior to starting The Pain Coach Programme.  Currently I am writingRead More…

04Oct/18

Can my brain cure my back pain?

October 4, 2018Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Pain Education, understand pain, UPback pain, chronic pain, overcome pain, pain, Pain Coach, placeborichmondstace

Tonight Horizon on BBC2 features, Can my brain cure my back pain?, presented by Dr Michael Mosley. Back pain is one of the most costly conditions, both in terms of the economics and personal suffering. SomethingRead More…

24Sep/18

Getting the best of athletes at the ACPSEM Symposium 2018

September 24, 2018Chronic pain, Mindfulness, Pain, Pain Coach, Pain Education, Sports Injurieschronic pain, mindfulness, pain, Pain Coach, pain in sport, self-coaching, strengths based coachingrichmondstace

Getting the best of athletes Yesterday I was excited to speak at the ACPSEM Symposium 2018 at The Imperial War Museum — an inspiring place to inspire our best selves! Having been asked to talk about sensorimotorRead More…