Katie Rothwell

I’ve worked as a Sports Massage Therapist and Craniosacral Therapist for over 12 years. I came to this line of work due to my own journey through chronic back pain. Whilst serving in the military, I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease and was in incredible pain that lasted years. I was led to believe that my spine was fragile and that I would no longer be able to do the active things I loved, such as sports, hiking and assault courses. I felt like my whole identity had been robbed from me. It wasn’t until I learned that my back pain had nothing to do with my discs, did I start to recover. This reduced the fear of movement, fear of further damage and gave me an alternative route forward and I started to claim my life back.

I am now pain free and living an active life once again. I’m ‘me’ again. Everything I have learned both on my own journey and helping others on theirs, I have incorporated into my BEAT pain approach. BEAT stands for Brain (Pain education and understanding the neuroscience of pain), Energy (Sleep and Nutrition), Activity and Therapy. I’ve had clients recover from neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, slipped disc, sciatica and more using this approach.