Self Care Sunday
A gentle weekly reset.
Breathing, nervous-system regulation, body awareness, rest and small practices that can make self-care easier to keep using.
Explore Self Care Sunday →Sciatica Secrets.
Now available digitally in English and Spanish.
Stephen was born with a seriously damaged spine and spent decades searching for a way out of pain. What finally changed his own body became the foundation of work he has since shared with thousands of people. Sciatica Secrets explains why the forces driving sciatic pain often begin at the front of the body, why treating only the back so often fails, and how to release those forces, rebuild support and help your body move toward lasting relief.
Paperback released November 2025
The tools used in the book
Pressure with purpose.
One kit for broad release, focused hip work and precise pressure. Use the Backhealer set or another suitable ball you already own.
Get the Ball & Strap Set Now!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.
Scientific references · English PDFsBreathing and autonomic regulation Download PDF ↓Fascia and myofascial release Download PDF ↓Movement and motor control Download PDF ↓
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.
More ways to help yourself.
Three ongoing resources, each with a different job: weekly self-care, practical food ideas, and immediate guidance when a back spasm hits.
Weekly self-care
Food & recovery
Food for Back Pain
Real food, made useful.
Ingredients, food ideas and practical ways to support recovery without turning eating into another complicated program.
Explore Food for Back Pain →When it suddenly locks up
BackSpasmRelief.com
For the moment your back says no.
A focused resource to keep close for the acute moment when your back suddenly tightens, spasms or feels difficult to move.
Visit BackSpasmRelief.com →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.
Simple ways to connect.
Fewer unnecessary layers.