Truly fix your pain and injury
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Back pain can quietly take over
What is involved
Targeted rehabilitation
The BACK LAB method - how we do it
What is involved
Specialist Assessment
The Rehab Programme
Ongoing pain and injury
the back Lab method - how we do it
The best of all worlds
A modern approach to rehabilitation
integrates advanced clinical physiotherapy assessment, structured rehabilitation, biomechanics, movement science, deep stabilization, progressive strength-based re-training and nervous system regulation into a single, carefully guided, progressive recovery system.
Fast track formula
Using modern concepts of exercise and pain science, our programmes only contain the best exercises for your condition. Our formula of 3 x a week, re-activates the system faster and creates neurological (brain to body) new habits that are frequently reinforced.
Phased rehabilitation
Every phase is strategically progressed to help you:
1.Reduce pain and regain control
2.Rebuild stability and movement quality
3.Correct dysfunctional movement patterns
4.Increase strength, resilience, and physical confidence
5.Prevent recurring flare-ups and long-term breakdown
Targeted
All patients attend for detailed pre-testing. This allows the entire programme to target your exact issues.
"This is not generic rehab.
This is precision-based rehabilitation designed around your body"
Exceptional monitoring
Using our knowledge of injury rehab we can identify at speed, how you body may compensate and incorrectly perform the exercise. This means that you don't waste any time and confidently not aggravate your system with faulty movements.
Collaborative care model
Too often, treatment takes place in isolation - without a coordinated plan there is no one overseeing the entire recovery journey.
We believe rehabilitation should never feel fragmented. It should feel connected. And patients will achieve the best outcome.
Our practitioners work as one team, not as separate services. Every patient benefits from shared clinical reasoning, clear communication and coordinated decision-making throughout their recovery.
Daily integration
One of our priorities is passing you on knowledge so that you can incorporate all teachings into all aspects of your life. Without doubt, this speeds up the process of transforming how you exist.
Goal orientated
From the outset we are working towards achieving your goal, so every exercise and teaching has a direct effect on improving the quality of the life that you want to live.
Long term approach
The results of the Boot Camp don't stop when the programme has ended. We want you to continue to improve and not suffer pain in your future. We build in continued strength through maintenance programmes and through knowledge, make you into your own physiotherapist when it comes to your body's movement, strength and long term resilience.
Your Programme Includes:
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Advanced Physiotherapy assessment*
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Comprehensive condition-specific
rehabilitation planning
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Individually prescribed progressive
exercise therapy*
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Dedicated one-to-one rehabilitation
sessions over 3 weeks x 10*
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A fully tailored home recovery
programme
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Full clinical re-assessment and progress
tracking
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Long-term maintenance planning for
lasting results
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Continuous expert guidance and clinical
oversight
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One 60-minute full-body massage to
optimise recovery and muscle function*
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Access to an exclusive rehabilitation
class to accelerate results*
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Post-programme re-testing to evaluate your progress and set up your maintenance plan*
* = requires you to be at the clinic
What makes this programme different
We work to give you essential muscle strength where you need it. And transform how you use your body, to put a stop to long standing faulty overloading of your joints - which has led to your injury, which will offload your injury and allow you to fully recover .
After the testing stage, we build your personalised Structured Rehabilitation Pathway: a start-to-finish recovery system delivered by our Lead Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation Specialist, and Clinical Massage team.
The lead physiotherapist has spent decades designing the programme and ensures all vital components are delivered to you in a intensive and seamless package for the best outcome. This includes:
Stage II-The Programme
Structured Rehabilitation
Course
We provide:
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Complete testing. We provide all the answers to fixing your individual issue
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Complete rehabilitation. We don't provide short term ineffective treatments
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We don't just provide the beginning or just the end components of function and strength, we guide you all the way through
The end result
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To finally, get fully better and live your life without pain
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To finally understand how to use your body the way it is designed to and put strength in the right places
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The comprehensive assessment give you all the answers to your long standing questions - with a skilled and expert professional who has seen your condition hundreds of times
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To receive a dedicated, thorough plan of action
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To receive the most attentive rehabilitation that targets and focuses in, on exactly what problems you have with the targeted goal of resolving your problem
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Use a framework that combines the best of multiple proven concepts rather than generic exercise
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To have a friendly, warm and compassionate team working around you, passionately working to reach your goal
Call us today, we're looking
forward to meeting you :)
Ongoing pain and injury
The end result
And finally give your spine the support it needs
our approach
Structured Rehabilitation
The back lab method - our approach
A more complete
approach to recovery
A 3 week, one to one, bespoke designed rehabilitation programme to fix pain and injury
Rather than isolated treatments or short-term relief, we guide you through a structured rehabilitation process designed to restore strength, control, confidence and long-term resilience
Rather than isolated treatments or short-term relief, we guide you through a structured rehabilitation process designed to restore strength, control, and long-term resilience
The team of Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation Specialist and specialized massage therapist will be working with you the whole way through.
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Pre-testing assessment
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Exercise session formula: 3x a week
for 3 weeks for 10 sessions
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Post testing assessment
+ 60 min clinical massage
+ Trial of a small group class
+ Posture class
A seamless package of care to see you all the way through, to being back pain free
The 3 week fast-track programme
The 3 week
fast-track programme
A 3 week, one to one, bespoke designed rehabilitation programme to fix pain and injury
We provide an intensive and fast track rehabilitation programme, carried out over 3 weeks. Led by a specialist Physiotherapist and team of Rehabilitation Specialist and Massage therapy. All the attention that you receive is aimed at correcting all faults found at the testing stage.
Everything you need in one programme.
Intensive Rehabilitation
at The Back Lab
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If your back pain:
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Keeps returning
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Never fully settles
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Previous treatments have failed or you've been told that you need surgery
this approach is designed for you.
Ongoing pain and injury
the back lab method - our approach
We uncover exactly which parts of the body are failing, this process allows us to create a rehabilitation pathway that is specific, structured, and tailored to how your body moves and functions.
At this testing stage we find out what is your real problem.
Dual Diganoses
Most people with persistent back, hip or knee pain are told what they have at the site of the pain — a disc issue, degeneration, sciatica, instability, tightness — but very few people are ever shown why their body reached that point in the first place. Finding the answer to this is key to recovering fast and long term. You can have a "disc problem" but the real problem could be widespread muscle imbalances causing pressure to be exerted onto the disc.
The spine, hip or knee is only one part of a connected mechanical system, and when other areas of the body stop functioning correctly, abnormal load is transferred into the affected area again and again until damage occurs.
The extended Physiotherapy assessment gives us a complete blueprint of how your body is functioning — and exactly what needs to change.
Advanced Physiotherapy Clinical Assessment
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Spinal alignment and posture
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Muscle weakness, tightness, control, and activation deficits
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The way your body breathes, moves, walks, sits, and functions daily
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How your nervous system is amplifying pain and tension
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Genetic and physical predispositions contributing to chronic back pain
See our specialised testing and rehab plans
Pain and injury can take over your life
A more complete approach to recovery
Everything you need in one programme.
Many patients say they should have started this years ago - understanding their body and how to stop hurting themselves, unknowingly.
Assessment → targeted treatment → progressive rehabilitation → strength → independence
We work to give you essential muscle strength where you need it. And transform how you use your body, to put a stop to long standing faulty overloading of your joints - which has led to your injury, which will offload your injury and allow you to fully recover .
Back Pain Boot Camp
Find the problem. Target the rehab. Get your solution
Don't just treat it, rehabilitate it
As we are a highly experienced spinal clinic providing advanced Physiotherapy and a team approach, we are able to fix complex issues that have failed to improve simply on their own or through other methods of therapy.
Many approaches to pain stop at just symptom relief or provide fragmented rehabilitation. But lasting recovery depends on more than that.
Rather than a series of disconnected, isolated appointments or short term relief, we focus on:
-Diagnosing why your pain is persisting - with expert in-depth testing and diagnosis, to define what your body needs to move forward.
-Guide you through a tailored and targeted, start to finish, structured programme with our team of Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation Specialist and Specialised Massage Therapist.
Our Back Lab Boot Camp is a complete, intensive and fast track rehabilitation programme for persistent back pain, sciatica and recurring problems.
Not sure whether you need Physiotherapy or Boot Camp? We can help you choose.
Find the problem. Target the rehab. Get your solution
A seamless approach to recovery
Intensive Rehabilitation at The Back Lab
The answer to your problem
If you feel pain in your back - something isn't quite right. In the early stages - basic treatment can suffice (a one off massage), but you do a have a weakness.
With reocurring symptoms, one-off treatments no longer work and the underlying issue ie weakness will be worsening. The pain and injury will be worsening.
Your body needs testing to find out the real issue. Then targetted attention to fix the real issue.
The issue will have always been there, (your body does let you know by little messages of pain) but by the time your body stops working is usually when people are ready to really dig in - and sort their problem out for good.
If you are interested in fixing ongoing, persistent pain, please read further.
As we are a highly experienced clinic providing advanced Physiotherapy and a team approach, we are able to fix complex issues that have failed to improve simply on their own or through other methods of therapy.
Why recovery can stall
Specialist Physiotherapy for
Spinal disc conditions, sciatica and more..
Ongoing or unresolving pain, whether it is back pain, hip and knee injury can affect how you move, work, sleep - and over time, how much you trust your body. For many people, it becomes something to manage...rather than something that truly improves.
It doesn't have to stay that way.
Hidden weaknesses
Your pain isn’t random and rarely the real problem. It is the warning sign of a body that has been overloaded and compensating for years.
Behind most persistent back pain, sciatica, disc injuries, spinal degeneration, hip and knee pain are hidden weaknesses that continually drive stress into the same vulnerable areas. This forces individual discs or nerves to bear excessive mechanical stress and eventually fail under the pressure.— until pain becomes impossible to ignore.
These weaknesses, causing spinal overload are ultimately caused by these examples; poor biomechanics and motor control (how the brain instructs the body to move) muscle imbalances, or structural weaknesses.
Whatever your issue is, we aim to uncover any triggers behind your condition and explain in detail what you can do to fix these, for good.
The testing that you need
1. Standard assessment and testing
There may have been a lack of thorough assessment and testing. Issues may be presented on an x ray but not offer in-depth explanation. Your whole body may not be considered. Your genetics may not be highlighted. Your function - the way you move, breathe, exercise and work may not have been analyzed. The influence of how busy your nervous system is, may not have been discussed.
It's important to connect all of the dots to be then be able to give you answers and importantly, provide the information necessary to design an effective rehabilitation plan.
The Rehab that you need
Inefficient rehabilitation
If you don't receive thorough testing, the rehabilitation plan may not incorporate all the required elements to fix you.
Rehabilitation also can be too fragmented. Too basic exercises may be provided, not followed through with your practitioner or exercises may be too high a level and aggravate symptoms. Posture may be discussed, stretches may be shown, breathing work practiced but not delivered to you in a fluid manner from start to finish.
Occasional treatments may relieve symptoms temporarily but often do not rebuild the strength and resilience required for lasting recovery.
And Finally, An Effective Strategy
Our patients have tried:
Massage therapies
Past Physiotherapy
Osteopathy and Chiropractor work
Generic home exercises
Basic rehab exercises
Too advanced gym work
Pilates
Pain medications
Injections
Surgery
Ultimately, there is often a gap between what your body needs most and receiving an effective strategy.
Our role is to close that gap — safely and progressively.
Are you ready ? We're here for you, with passion to fix your true problem for the long term. Come along and book an assessment to finally understand what your body is telling you and how to find your way out of pain.
do you know what you really need?
Pain not improving?
why recovery can stall
Rather than isolated treatments or short-term relief, we guide you through a structured rehabilitation process designed to restore strength, control, and long-term resilience.
Hypermobility
Intensive Care
for Chronic conditions
Persistent back pain
Recurring flare-ups
Spinal stiffness
Back pain related to compensation and injuries of the foot, knee and hip
Children and teenagers
Our system is also successful with:
The
anatomical specialists
Specialist spinal rehabilitation
for persistent back pain
Returning you to a life of confident movement
in-depth knowledge
premium Rehabilitation
Low Back And Neck
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Spinal disc:
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Slipped/bulge/
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herniated/compressed
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Sciatica
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Spinal degeneration
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Problem posture
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Pre/ post-op recovery
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Pre and post natal
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Persistent back pain
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Recurring flare-ups
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Spinal stiffness
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Back pain related to compensation and injuries of the foot, knee and hip
Spinal: Low back and neck
We also
run successful programmes for:
Knee injury:
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Degeneration
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Arthritis
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Meniscus (cartilage) damage
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Generalised knee pain
Hip pain:
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Degeneration
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Arthritis
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Labral tears (cartilage)
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Tendonitis
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Bursitis
Children and teenagers
Musculoskeletal pain can start earlier for some and we have specially designed programmes to maintain engagement to make the process fun whilst still achieving a pain-free body. Educating at this age provides a head start for life long understanding.
Hypermobility
You may find that multiple joints hurt which may include:
Feet, bunions, calves, knees, hips, lower back, neck, shoulders...
As we treat the body as a whole system, we are also effective in helping those suffering from multiple joint aches and injury.
Conditions we
Commonly see
who we help
We help people fix
pain when
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Your problem isn't improving
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You've tried multiple treatments
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You try to exercise it better but instead aggravate the problem
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Told you need surgery
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You feel weak or mal-aligned and don't know where to start
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Multiple joints hurt
You know of, or have heard that you have faulty aspects to your body but no one has been able to help you connect the dots or has shown you a 'start to finish' way of finally resolving your problem
Do you have any of these conditions?
intensive rehab for chronic conditions
does this sound familiar?
ARE YOU?
Recently Injured
You've hurt your back lifting, exercising or through everyday life and want to recover properly.
Suffering From Persistent Back Pain
You've had pain for months or years and nothing seems to keep it away.
Returning To Exercise
Your pain has improved, but you don't trust your back and want to become strong again.
'Back Pain can take over your life'
does this sound familiar?
ARE YOU?
Suffering from ongoing or unresolving pain? whether it is back pain, hip and knee injury - it can affect how you move, work, sleep - and over time, how much you trust your body. For many people, it becomes something to manage...rather than something that truly improves.
Back Pain and injury can take over your life
does this sound familiar?
Is your pain...
Continuously returning or isn't resolving
Travelling into your leg or arm
Hurting when sitting, standing or walking Creating morning stiffness
Flaring up for no obvious reason
Lasting weeks, months or years
Making you feel weak or maligned
Back Pain and injury can take over your life
does this sound familiar?
Are you...
Worried that your back is getting weaker
Scared of making it worse
Reducing the amount you move or exercise
Tired of constantly thinking about your pain
Back Pain and injury can take over your life
does this sound familiar?
Have you...
Been told that you needs scans, injections or surgery but you're still not right
Tried multiple treatments, exercises or approaches but not yet feel fixed
-Many of our patients have already tried physiotherapy, chiropractic treatment, osteopathy, massage, injections, or simply rested and hoped things would improve.
Back Pain and injury can take over your life
does this sound familiar?
Have you...
Heard that you have faulty aspects to your body such as posture, weakness, tightness, a bulging disc, scaitica...but no one has been able to help you connect the dots or has shown you a 'start to finish' way of finally resolving your problem.
Back Pain and injury can take over your life
And finally, if...
You're nodding whilst reading this, you're in the right place. And you are exactly the type of person we help. At The Back Lab we specialise in persistent and complex back pain.
Back Pain and injury can take over your life
Do you want a path out of pain?
Who we help
See our specialised testing and rehab plans
We understand bodies. Our expertise goes beyond treating symptoms — we specialise in understanding how the body moves, why problems develop, and how to rehabilitate even complex and persistent conditions.
That same depth of knowledge runs through everything we do. Whether you come to us for specialist physiotherapy, our complete Back Pain Boot Camp, reformer Pilates or massage therapy, you’ll receive thoughtful, highly skilled care from a team that truly understands the body.
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If you would like to find out more about how we fix long term, ongoing pain please continue to read below.
Do you want to see an expert specialist Physiotherapist for treatment, that has 30 years of experience, provides an immediate diagnosis and delivers highly effective treatments?
Do you have ongoing back pain, tried out lots of treatments, but still feel the same? and finally want a seamless programme, see our complete rehab programme, to see you all the way through to being fixed?
Do you want to book an exceptional massage whereby clients say, "this is the best massage i've ever had"?
Do you want to book a Pilates reformer class that is small enough to give you the right attention and run by an expert in bodies so that you get the most effective workout and a closely supervised class that is run safely?
You have arrived at the right place!
