Chronic Back Pain

Pain, downregulated. Movement, restored.

Chronic back pain is rarely just structural. We address inflammation, nervous-system sensitisation, and movement compensation together — and most guests reduce pain meaningfully without medication.

Understanding

Eighty percent of adults will experience significant back pain at some point. Twenty percent will live with it for years.

Imaging often shows degeneration that doesn't correlate with pain. The most predictive factor is often nervous-system sensitisation — which is treatable.

You'll recognise these

  • Pain present for more than three months
  • Imaging that doesn't fully explain symptoms
  • Reliance on NSAIDs, opioids, or muscle relaxants
  • Pain that worsens with stress or fatigue
  • Avoidance of movement; deconditioning
  • Sleep disruption from pain

Our approach

A clinical sequence,
not a quick fix.

01

Full clinical assessment

Movement screen, MRI review, neural-tension test, inflammatory panel.

02

Down-regulate inflammation

HBOT, anti-inflammatory IVs, manual therapy, cryotherapy.

03

Re-train the nervous system

Pain neuroscience education, breath retraining, graded exposure.

04

Rebuild movement capacity

Daily 1:1 physiotherapy, strength foundations, take-home programme.

Testimonial

"Twelve years of chronic back pain. Two weeks at WellCube and I'm hiking again, off all medication."

James, 47 — Engineer

Frequent questions

What guests ask, answered.

We frequently work post-surgically. Bring your imaging and surgeon's clearance — we tailor the protocol around the hardware.

Only where structurally indicated, performed by our orthopaedic physician, with full consent.

Yes. We adjust manual therapy intensity and replace high-load exercise with disc-safe alternatives.