Pain Science & Recovery Blog
Articles about chronic pain, recovery strategies, and the latest pain science research
Managing CPPS Flare-Ups: What Makes Pelvic Pain Different
If you've read our general guide to what to do during a flare-up, you'll have a solid foundation — the principles of not catastrophising, dialling down rather than stopping, breathing, moving gently, ...
Neuropathic Pain and Physiotherapy: What Can Actually Help?
If you've been told you have neuropathic pain, you've probably been given medication — gabapentin, pregabalin, amitriptyline, or something similar — and not much else. Maybe a leaflet. Maybe a suggest...
What to Do During a Flare-Up: A Practical Guide
If you've read our earlier article on what a flare-up is, you'll know that a flare-up is a temporary increase in pain — not a sign of new damage or lost progress. Understanding that is genuinely impor...
CPPS Recovery Time: How Long Does It Actually Take?
If you've recently been diagnosed with CPPS — or if you've been living with it for a while — this is probably one of the first things you want to know. How long until this gets better? Weeks? Months? ...
Can CPPS Be Cured? What the Evidence Actually Says
This might be the most important question you're carrying. And I want to answer it honestly — not with false promises, but not with unnecessary pessimism either.
Prostatitis and Physiotherapy: A Better Approach
If you've been diagnosed with prostatitis — or told that your symptoms might be prostatitis — you're probably confused. The term gets used a lot, but what it actually means, and what you should do abo...
Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
If you've been living with chronic pelvic pain, chances are you've already tried a lot. Antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, alpha-blockers, maybe even procedures. You've probably been told conflicting t...
What Is CPPS? Understanding Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
If you've been searching for answers about pelvic pain that won't go away, you've probably come across the term CPPS. As a specialist physiotherapist with over 25 years of experience in persistent pai...