Can You Help with Long-Standing or Chronic Pain?

Absolutely — and I say that not just as a practitioner, but as someone who has lived it.

Chronic pain isn’t just a physical experience. It weaves its way into every part of your life — mentally, emotionally, socially. It’s the cancelled plans, the uncertainty, the constant recalculating of what your body can manage. It’s the sense of being let down by the very people who were meant to help.

And if you’ve been passed from specialist to specialist, told that it’s “just in your head” or that “there’s nothing more we can do,” I want you to know this: I see you. I’ve been there. And there is another way.

Why Soft-Tissue Therapy?

Soft-Tissue Therapy is particularly well suited to persistent pain because we don’t treat symptoms in isolation — we look at the whole picture. I won’t just prod the bit that hurts and send you home with a leaflet. I’ll assess how your body is actually functioning — how it moves, how it’s compensating, how it’s responding to pressure, stretch, and load. I’ll listen to your history, your frustrations, your gut instinct.

We’ll work together to calm down an overactive nervous system, to gently interrupt the pain signals that have been firing too long, and to give your body the input it needs to change.

This is not a generic sports massage. This is clinical, evidence-informed work that draws on a wide range of techniques — from neuromuscular work and myofascial release, to gentle mobilisations, deep tissue work, and targeted touch — all designed to support your nervous system and reduce your pain without forcing your body into more stress.

My Own Experience

I know what it’s like to feel dismissed. I’ve lived with a complex condition — TMJ dysfunction — that’s been treated with everything from prescription drugs to surgery, Botox, splints, teeth extractions, and more. Some of those things helped temporarily. Many made things worse. Not once was I offered Soft-Tissue Therapy. Not once was massage even mentioned. And yet, it’s the only thing that’s actually helped me feel better.

It’s frankly infuriating how effective this work can be — and how hard it can be to access, especially in the UK. Hands-on care has all but vanished from NHS pathways. Even in private healthcare, it can feel like you’re jumping through hoops just to get in the room with someone who might touch you. And even then, it’s pot luck whether you’re given ten minutes of hands-on care or just another set of exercises you’ll likely never find the time to do.

Again — I’m not anti-physio. There are some brilliant physiotherapists out there doing amazing work. But the training has shifted. The system has shifted. And hands-on care is often the missing piece.

Why You Haven’t Heard This Before

For years, pain research has been skewed by funding structures. If there’s no profitable drug at the end of the study, the research often doesn’t get done. Pharmaceutical companies don’t benefit from people being helped by touch, by movement, by non-invasive care. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.

Touch is one of the oldest pain-relieving tools we have. It’s primal. It’s intuitive. When you bang your elbow, what’s the first thing you do? You rub it. When your child scrapes their knee, you hold them and rub their leg. When you’re tense and your partner notices, what do they do? If they’re a good one — they rub your shoulders.

Touch calms. It soothes. It makes the nervous system feel safe.

And that’s what Soft-Tissue Therapy does — but with clinical precision, a deep understanding of anatomy, and a therapeutic relationship that puts you at the centre.

You’re Not Broken

If you’re living with chronic pain, please hear this: you are not broken. You are not imagining it. And you haven’t “failed” other treatments — they’ve failed you. It doesn’t mean you’re beyond help. It just means the right input hasn’t landed yet.

Soft-Tissue Therapy might be that missing piece.

Let’s work together to find a way forward — one that listens to your body, works with your nervous system, and gives you hope again.

You don’t have to live like this forever.
There is another way. And I’d be honoured to help you find it.