Category Archives: understand pain

23Jan/21

Pain story: Dave Grohl

January 23, 2021Pain, Pain and brain, Pain narratives, understand paindave grohl, foo fighters, injury, pain, thepaincoach, understand painrichmondstace

I look out for a good pain story to help people understand their pain. Here is one from Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters I was watching the Foo Fighters in the car with James Corden,Read More…

11Nov/20

Rolling with it

November 11, 2020CRPS, Pain Coach, understand painpainrichmondstace

Yesterday I was listening to a person who is moving onwards and now has insight into his progress. He is rolling with it. The most powerful learnings always come from listening to the person in frontRead More…

15Jul/19

10 reasons why I run

July 15, 2019Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, understand pain, UP, upandrunchronic pain, ultramarathon, ultrarunning, UP, upandrunrichmondstace

There are many, but here are 10 reasons why I run ultramarathons: 1. Day to day clarity of thought. 2. To be and feel fit. 3. To build on the attitude of ‘I can’. 4. ToRead 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…

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…

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…

31Aug/18

Fibromyalgia causes Kirsty Young to take a break

August 31, 2018Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Pain, Uncategorized, understand pain, UP, upandsingchronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Kirsty Young, overcome painrichmondstace

Fibromyalgia is a painful condition that may affect more people than is realised It is unusual to see chronic pain hit the front pages, but today Kirsty Young announced that she is to take a breakRead More…

27Aug/18

Why coaching?

August 27, 2018Pain Coach, understand painchronic pain, pain, Pain Coach Programme, Pain Coach Workshops, pain coachingrichmondstace

I am often asked why coaching? And why coaching to overcome pain? So in this blog, I’ll tell you why coaching has become the main way in which I help people to ease their suffering and overcomeRead More…

07Mar/18

The toll of persistent injury

March 7, 2018Anterior knee pain, Chronic pain, Chronic pain in sport, Chronic sports injuries, Knee pain, Sports Injuries, Sports medicine, understand painchronic pain, Knee pain, rugby injuries, sports injuries, understand painrichmondstace

Rugby player Dave Attwood talked about the toll of persistent injury in The Guardian today. This is likely to be one of the greatest fears of any sports person, particularly for professionals with a career atRead More…