You've tried everything. The pain keeps coming back.
Most back pain treatment focuses on the symptom. Dan Winter's approach addresses the patterns underneath — so you can stop managing pain and start leaving it behind.
Why back pain keeps returning
Most back pain isn't caused by a single injury or a structural problem that needs fixing. It's maintained by a cycle — pain leads to guarding, guarding changes how you move, changed movement creates more load in the wrong places, and the pain comes back.
Treatments that only address the pain itself — massage, manipulation, medication — can provide relief. But without addressing the underlying movement patterns and the nervous system's role in maintaining the cycle, the relief doesn't last.
That's not a failure of the treatment. It's a sign that the approach needs to go deeper.
A different approach
Understanding the full picture
Before anything else, we take time to understand your history — what's been tried, what helped, what didn't, and what patterns have developed over time. This shapes everything that follows.
Hands-on work that creates space
Remedial massage, myofascial release and Zenthai Shiatsu to reduce the tension and guarding that's been building up. Not just symptom relief — creating the conditions for better movement.
Rebuilding from the foundations
Breathing, core connection, load management. The fundamentals that pain disrupts and that most rehab skips over. Without these, the same patterns keep reasserting themselves.
A clear path forward
You leave each session with a practical plan — not a long list of exercises, but the two or three things that will make the most difference for you right now.
What becomes possible
- Waking up without bracing for the first movement of the day
- Sitting, standing and moving without constantly monitoring your back
- Getting back to the activities you've been avoiding — sport, gardening, travel, lifting your kids
- Understanding what's actually going on, so you're not at the mercy of the next flare-up
- Confidence that you're building something lasting, not just managing symptoms
This is for you if
Ready to break the cycle?
Book a 90-minute session in Hobart. We'll spend the first part understanding what's actually going on — and the rest building a clear path forward.