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Movement Therapy for Persistent Pain

If your body keeps breaking down despite training, effort isn’t the issue.

Most of the people I work with aren’t weak, lazy, or inactive.They train.They stretch.They “do the right things”.And they’re still in pain.That usually tells me one thing:the problem isn’t effort — it’s organisation.

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Why pain keeps coming back

 

Pain rarely appears out of nowhere.

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It builds when:

  • certain joints stop doing their share

  • other areas pick up the slack

  • load gets layered onto a system that isn’t ready for it

 

At first, the body copes.
Then it complains.
Then it breaks.

 

Most people respond by adding more:

  • more exercises

  • more intensity

  • more random training

That’s how you end up stuck in a loop.

Why random training keeps blowing things up

 

This is where most people go wrong.

 

They feel “a bit better” and decide to:

  • jump into a hard session

  • follow a generic workout

  • test themselves too early

 

The system hasn’t changed — only the pain signal has.

 

So they load it…
…and something gives.

 

Progress isn’t about doing more.
It’s about doing the right things in the right sequence.

 

Who this approach is for

 

This works best if you:

  • are active but frustrated

  • have pain that comes and goes

  • feel like your body isn’t doing what you ask of it

  • want to understand why things keep breaking down

 

It’s not for you if you:

  • want a quick fix

  • don’t want to change how you move or train

  • expect someone else to “fix” you while you carry on as normal

What I actually do

 

I don’t start by chasing symptoms.

 

I look at:

  • how you walk

  • how you squat

  • how you transfer weight

  • how you load and unload joints

 

I assess movement first, not pain.

 

That tells me:

  • where motion is missing

  • where load is being dodged

  • where you’re compensating without realising it

 

From there, we stop guessing.

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What “movement therapy” means in my world

 

It does not mean:

  • endless mobility drills

  • fragile rehab

  • avoiding hard work forever

 

It means:

  • restoring the movements your body is supposed to have

  • reintroducing load in the right order

  • building strength on top of that foundation

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The goal isn’t to keep you safe.
The goal is to make you resilient.

What working with me looks like

 

We start with an assessment that looks at the whole system.

 

Not just:

“Where does it hurt?”

But:

“Why is your body ending up here?”

 

From there we:

  • identify the biggest limiting factors

  • make the smallest number of changes that actually matter

  • rebuild movement first

  • then layer strength and conditioning back in properly

 

No fluff.
No random workouts.
No guessing.

 

How this shows up in real life

 

Pain often shows itself in one place, but the cause lives somewhere else.

 

That’s why you’ll see me talk about things like:

  • back pain driven by poor hip movement

  • knee pain linked to foot and ankle behaviour

  • shoulder pain that’s really a ribcage problem

 

These aren’t separate issues — they’re expressions of the same thing.

(Links to relevant blogs live here)

About me

 

I’m Dave Hedges.

 

I work with people who are fed up being stuck in pain and want their bodies to work properly again.

My background is in movement therapy, strength training, and Anatomy in Motion–based assessment.

 

I don’t sell hacks.
I don’t chase trends.
I help people stop sabotaging themselves and build something solid instead.

 

If this resonates

 

This page isn’t here to convince you of anything.

It’s here so you understand how I think, and whether that fits you.

 

If it does, you can explore working together, HERE
If it doesn’t, that’s fine too.

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