Drew Coverdale

Drew Coverdale is a physiotherapist in the UK and author of ‘The Pain Habit’ with 25 years of experience in treating patients with musculoskeletal conditions. He has a Master’s degree in manual therapy and has worked in the NHS, private practice and as a university guest lecturer at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

His special interest in persistent pain involves writing, research, clinical practice, and training therapists across the world on the subject. He is passionate about teaching patients and therapists how and why persistent pain develops and how to reverse the habits that have created that pain. He is currently involved in research with Teesside University investigating these techniques to add to the growing body of work in this field

He works in private practice in his hometown, Stockton-on-Tees, in the Northeast of England.

He is married to Jenny and has four children, Chloe, Ben, Jacob, and Sam. He is an all-around family man, and in any spare time, enjoys playing the piano and snowboarding (slowly!) holidays.