Patient stories & physiotherapy advice
Real cases from the clinic. People who felt stuck, frustrated or exhausted by pain, and what actually changed things.
Why we publish these
These are real cases from the clinic, shared with permission. They are here because most people arriving at BetterMe have been somewhere else first, often several somewhere elses, and it helps to know you are not the only one.
What they have in common is not a technique or a magic exercise. It is that in each case something had been missed, and finding it changed the outcome. If any of these sound familiar, that is worth knowing.
“You Just Need More Exercises”: The Advice That Kept Laura in Back Pain for Years
Laura, 38, spent years being handed more exercises for back pain. Here is why that advice failed and what actually changed things.
Read the storyPersistent PainLaughed Out of a Pain Clinic: What To Do When Every Specialist Has Given Up
What to do when you have seen every back pain specialist and been told there is nothing more to be done.
Read the storyBack PainMoving House and Changing Your Car Because of Back Pain
When back pain starts dictating major life decisions, the advice to just live with it has gone too far.
Read the storyBack PainSix Physios, Millions of Exercises, One Irritated Back
Why doing more of the same was never going to work, and what changed when the approach did.
Read the storyWhole Person Care“It Really Feels Like You Are Being Listened To”
Why understanding the whole person, not just the injury, changes what treatment can achieve.
Read the story
“Josh quickly got to the root of my lower back pain that I had for years. He explained everything clearly and gave me a simple plan that actually worked.”
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