Back pain, self-care, food & recovery

Understand your body. Help it feel better.

Back Pain Exposed brings together more than 40 years of work, lived experience and continuing curiosity about pain, movement, breathing, the nervous system, food and recovery.

Practical guidance, careful thinking and useful things you can actually try. A simple, private doorway into the work.
Private Sessions

Private sessions, one to one.

Private sessions are available both in person and online. Choose an available time through the private booking calendar. The calendar will always reflect current availability, travel and time away.

In personOne-to-one sessions when in-person appointments are available locally.
OnlinePrivate sessions from wherever you happen to be.
A self-care method Stephen created

A practical system for helping yourself.

The basic progression

Calm. Release. Retrain.

BreathingBegin by reducing threat and helping the nervous system settle.
ReleaseUse slow, sustained myofascial pressure rather than aggressive rolling or forcing.
MovementReintroduce controlled movement progressively, with breath and confidence.
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Developed first for his own use and later taught to others, the Backhealer method brings together breathing, gentle sustained myofascial release and progressive movement retraining, giving people practical things they can do for themselves. It is one self-care tool within a much larger body of work.

Books & Science Library.

The written side of the work: books, companion material and the scientific reference series.

Books, science and guides from this work are published through Unshackle House.

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Unshackle House · Book

Sciatica Secrets

A practical exploration of sciatic symptoms through breathing, release work, movement and patterns of front-body compression.

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Unshackle House · Companion Journal

90-Day Reset Journal

A companion journal for tracking breathing, movement, release work, symptoms, patterns and progress over time.

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Unshackle House · Science Library

Three scientific reference documents.

The reference series goes deeper into the research behind the progression: breathing and autonomic regulation, fascia and myofascial release, then movement, motor control and integration.

Scientific Reference Series · 1 of 3Breathing & Autonomic Regulation
PDF · Back Pain Exposed

Breath-First Recovery

Research on breathing mechanics, autonomic regulation, pain modulation, diaphragm function and the breathing-first foundation of the method.

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Scientific Reference Series · 2 of 3Fascia & Myofascial Release
PDF · Back Pain Exposed

Why Front-Body Release Matters

Research and reference material on fascia, myofascial continuity, sustained pressure and the front-body release component of the method.

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Scientific Reference Series · 3 of 3Movement, Motor Control & Integration
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Movement M1 → M2 → M3

Research on graded movement, motor control, variability, load tolerance and the progressive movement phase of the method.

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Four decades of working with the human body.

The work has developed across decades of living with structural back problems, working directly with people, doing myofascial and energy work, teaching yoga and movement, studying breathing, fascia and nervous system regulation, and paying close attention to what helps in the real world. The self-care method described above is one tool within that larger toolkit.

This is not a museum of old ideas. The learning, questioning and testing continue, with useful information connected across disciplines. Back Pain Exposed is where that ongoing work comes together.

The goal remains practical: help people understand more about what they are experiencing and give them intelligent, manageable things they can use in their own lives.

Observe carefullyPatterns matter more than slogans.
Keep learningGood work changes when better information arrives.
Make it usableIf an idea cannot survive real life, it is not very useful.
A quieter way to work

More private. More independent. Less complicated.

The aim is to reduce unnecessary platforms and keep communication, scheduling and personal information as private as practical, while still making it easy for people who genuinely need help to find the work.

Clear information.
Simple ways to connect.
Fewer unnecessary layers.