I was wondering what pain relief people are taking. For the past two weeks now, off and on, my lower back has been hurting. Some days it’s causing me to wince and curse. Other days it feels almost normal. Last week though, I spent most of the week taking Co-Codamol. Just to function efficiently at work. As I work in Steel Manufacturing in the finishing off department and quality control.

Can I show you something that will change how you see their back pain? Think of your body like a team. When everyone shows up - hips, glutes, core - the work gets split evenly and your lower back barely has to do anything. But the moment one person on that team stops doing their job, someone else has to pick up the slack. And that someone is almost always your lower back. So it ends up doing the work of three people, every single rep, every single step, every time you bend down to pick something up off the floor. Which is exactly why treating the lower back directly only ever buys you a few weeks of relief. You're giving the overworked person a break, but the person who stopped showing up is still not showing up. So nothing actually changed. This is also why I never ask to see anyone's scans. They confirm the lower back is under stress. They tell me nothing about what's causing it. If you're about to start the back pain protocol — or you've already started and something feels off — check out Wrong Reps in the classroom or click here. It's the thing you read before day one so you don't spend 30 days missing the point. It walks you through exactly which part of your team is going missing and what to do about it first. And if you just want to talk it through - drop a comment below. I read all of them.

I was just wondering if anyone else dealing with physical issues has really struggled with the mental side of it all? I know Ania added a great post about being addicted to pain but was wondering how other people deal with it, I know it consumes me way to much even when I'm feeling good I feel like I'm living in fear constantly waiting for it to return. I've started looking into trying to control my nervous system better as I feel this is often the trigger. I'd be very interested if anyone has experienced this and any tips on getting on top of it?

No idea where to start? → Take the free assessment Answer a few questions and find out exactly which pattern is keeping you stuck. Ready to understand and start fixing your back pain? → Back Pain Protocol ($29) 30 days to identify the movement habit your body keeps running automatically and start retraining it. Want the full method? → 3-month Movement Mastery ($297) All three phases. Identify, retrain, and own it. Built for people who are done guessing. Want me in your corner the whole way? → 1:1 Movement Mastery Fully personalised. I watch how you move, adjust as we go, and make sure you never need to depend on anyone else again. Speak soon, Ania

Hi all I thought I'd give an update and my thoughts on the back pain protocol and the pattern decoder programs I recently purchased. As someone who has been experiencing back pain on and off for the last 10 years plus, has purchased every latest gadget, spent a fortune on every specialist i could find and bought countless mobility and strengthening programs I was reluctant to invest again but when I saw Ania's posts on instagram they really resonated with me. I can honestly say this has been the best investment I have made in trying to fix myself, not because I'm healed or even close at this point but I finally believe I've found the right path, what I've learned so far is the key to finally getting to the root of my issues is learning where and what is actually causing the disfunction. I've spent so long just following generic stretching routines which can give relief but never addresses the cause, now I'm just going over and over the protocol trying to find where it is all coming from rather then just ticking the boxes to say I've completed all the movements. If you're anything like myself I really struggled to connect with each movement I'd thoughrly recommend the pattern decoder, I use this to guide my through each exercise to really feel what I need to. I am not in a position to work with Ania on a 1 to 1 basis but she has been very generous with her time, answering questions for me and giving me advice, for which I'm grateful for. I see this as less of a program to follow more as a method to use to heal myself and finally take ownership of my own body rather than getting someone else to solve it for me. Hope this might be helpful to anyone, I'd also be interested in hearing other experiences on the program, here's hoping we all get better!