For many people, social isolation and distancing are something new. For someone suffering chronic pain, they may already feel isolated. Social isolation and social distancing: these are terms that did not exist in our vocabulary untilRead More…
Injury is part of playing sport. No-one wants to be injured, but it is an accepted risk. For some people, recovering from an injury is more complex. The pain persists and returning to play is aRead More…
10 years ago I began my journey, pioneering Pain Coaching as a solution for chronic pain. Now that we are working from home, it has come into its own. Here’s the story… People suffering chronic painRead More…
Whilst coronavirus dominates the news, many people must continue to live with their existing conditions. Chronic pain is one of the largest health burdens affecting over 100 million Europeans and 100 million Americans. This massive problemRead More…
With many now working from home, how can we keep well? I often coach people suffering pain who have to think about their working life. The approach uses the working day as part of the wayRead More…
We are all coaches. We coach our teams, our kids, our colleagues, our families, our friends and people we don’t know. But, who do you coach the most? If you ever try to encourage and motivateRead More…
Your body keeps the score of every bump, bruise, emotion, thought, situation and trauma together with your genes. It’s one continuous story. It has take your whole life to get to where you are now. EverythingRead More…
We are born curious. Then it is drilled out of us by social conditioning. To find it again and to practice curiosity is wonderful. ‘”I’m curious. Tell me more”, he said. This is an invitation. AnRead More…
Encouraging physio students is not usually necessary. Their passion and purpose are both raw and visible. And I love tapping into it. Yesterday was no different as around 30 MSc and BSc physio students came along toRead More…
The brain is different if you have depression, but are these changes caused by the condition or do they precede it? It seems now that depression appears to affect brain structure. Before looking at this, aRead More…