I started The Chronic Pain Trainer™ to help anyone and everyone improve their health - fitness and wellbeing. To teach people a better way to move their body so they can get fit - strong and healthy - prevent injury - reduce pain and perform at their best. My services differ from my competitors because of my superior focus on pacing and graded exposure - my multi-faceted training methods - my unique skill set and my personal - lived experiences regarding chronic pain and injury prevention - allowing me to be able to genuinely empathise with my clients. Whether you’re in pain or not - I can help you become more aware of your body and movements. Teaching you the fundamentals - whilst accommodating for the natural technique and style unique to your own body - aiding in beneficial postural changes and improving your neuromuscular coordination. Check out my website www.thechronicpaintrainer.com.au if you'd like to know more - are conducting research - would like to collaborate - or are interested in any way. (Website is partly informational/educational) - You don’t have to buy/pay for anything!' I know how important finding good health - fitness and/or well-being professionals is - and how important it can be to get people on the right track & give them a Roadmap/Plan out that is Sustainable - Realistic - Affordable and Limits injuries/flare ups. So I offer up a lot of my time and put as much effort into your plans as I did and do with my own. I do this by listening and recording every piece of information both you and I deem relevant - completing a host of exploratory exercises - and then creating your individualised exercise & session plan & prescription. This will be tailored to your goals - capacity - health - sport - condition and/or pain levels - to sustainably improve your health - strength - fitness - mobility and/or pain - whilst reducing the likelihood of injuries and flare ups. This also includes a plan for outside our sessions/at home. I will also create your own - unique Goals & Tips sheet - provide check in’s - updates - education - monitoring and even questionnaires where necessary. The services I provide are suitable for absolutely everyone - but may provide the most benefit to those who are injury prone or not confident or interested in joining a gym. This can act as a bridge/conduit for people to access services in a safe - flexible - enjoyable and low-pressure environment. I can help you become more confident in yourself - your body - your movement and your coordination. The better you are at something the more likely you are to enjoy it and stick to it. So if you feel like you don’t know what you’re doing - don’t want to embarrass yourself - are lacking confidence - feel intimidated by gyms or just want a little help - I can help you become more confident in yourself - your body - your movement and your coordination - so you can feel yourself - whether in the middle of an activity or not. Regardless of the service - I can help you train with Longevity in mind and depending on your goals - can Manage & Improve your Pain Levels - Quality of Life - Functional Capacity - Neuromuscular/Motor Skill Coordination & Mental Health through Exercise - and/or help you to Prevent Injury - Lose Weight - Improve Muscular Strength - Endurance - Power - Speed - Agility - Mobility - Flexibility - Stability and Balance. I currently work with a small clientele - most of which are athletes and/or have health conditions - including; Parkinsons - Multiple Sclerosis - Ankylosing Spondylitis - Chronic Pain of all kinds - Arthritis - Autism - Bursitis - Fibromyalgia - Nerve & Bone Grafts and a range of other chronic health conditions; musculoskeletal or otherwise; although I’m able to help anyone - regardless of their health. Over their time spent with me - they’ve been able to make improvements in their activity and work capacity - strength - pain levels and quality of life - among many other metrics - both objective and subjective. Before starting my business - I completed my Strength & Conditioning practical hours and training through the University of the Sunshine Coasts Sports Clinic - where I worked with National and State level athletes ranging from BMX and Triathletes - all they way to AFL - NRL - MMA & Weightlifting athletes. I even had the pleasure to help train Australian Paralympian’s competing in Wheelchair Basketball. After which I was also the Strength & Conditioning Coach for prospective NRL referees with the NRL’s Emerging Academy Program. I’ve learnt a lot over these years - through my studies - my interactions with a wide variety of health & fitness professionals and my own personal - lived experience and research - and as such - I want to share my knowledge - experience and chronic pain journey to help prevent anyone from going through everything I went through - whether you currently have pain or not. Coupling this with my passion for sport and helping people - I’ll also help to teach people how to move and exercise in a way that’s both efficient and suitable for themselves and their goals - to not only improve performance - but prevent injuries and flare ups in the process. Whether your goal is to become a professional athlete or just simply to be able to perform any form of exercise at all - I will improve your technique - your neuromuscular coordination - prevent injury and help you become a stronger - happier and healthier individual who’s able to perform at their best - both during physical activity and throughout your everyday life. I’ve tried just about everything and seen countless health & fitness professionals - and overall was unimpressed by the lack of knowledge - compassion and understanding displayed. That’s not to say it’s their fault either. If you haven’t been through something yourself - it can be virtually impossible to properly comprehend. The importance of lived experience may be the single most important thing when it comes to being truly understood. I’m a very empathetic person - and there’s no way I would’ve been able to comprehend the difficulty of what I’ve been through before I actually went through it. In regards to Chronic Pain; Because I’ve been through and am currently going through it - I can be genuinely empathetic towards your situation. The fact there’s no one ‘FIX’ for chronic pain (like most things in life) - means I’ll always change and adapt my programs - exercises & methods to you - the individual - as opposed to thinking ‘mine or yours’ is the correct/only way. There’s nothing worse than someone who tells you how you feel or how to feel when they’ve never been through - or are living with something similar themselves.