On back pain, what the back has to bear — and why it keeps coming back
“I’ve had an X-ray, an MRI scan, and seen two neurologists. Nobody found anything.”
“Physiotherapy helped me. For three weeks.”
“I’m afraid to get out of bed in the morning. But I’ve got used to it.”
I hear these sentences almost every week. And every time, it’s the last one that stops me in my tracks.
Getting used to it — that’s the most powerful trap
I understand where it comes from. When you’ve been going from doctor’s surgery to doctor’s surgery for years and no one can give you an answer, getting used to the pain is the easiest way to cope with it. It’s a defence mechanism. It makes sense.
It just has one flaw: it closes the door.
The moment your body says, ‘This is just how it’s going to be,’ it stops looking for a way out. And so, in my consultations, this is often the first thing I clear away — not the pain itself, but the decision that nothing can be done about it.
As I often say: we can live with pain. Or we don’t have to.
It started with my heel
A friend once treated my heel, which had been hurting so much that I’d stopped running. Within an hour, I didn’t know which heel had been troubling me for weeks. The pain disappeared. Without a touch. Without exercise. Without medication.
That was when I first heard the name ‘Yuen Method’. And I began to learn.
I’m writing this because I know how it sounds from the outside. For twenty years, I audited management systems myself — numbers, standards, evidence. I wasn’t the sort of person who would easily believe in this. I only believed it once it worked for me.
What the back actually carries
When someone comes to me with lower back pain, we rarely stop at just the lower back.
The body is a structure. The feet, knees, pelvis, spine, shoulders, neck, jaw. When one level loses its centre, the others have to compensate. And it’s usually the area that compensates the most that hurts — not where the problem started. That’s why an examination of the lumbar spine might come back clear, yet your back is still causing you agony.
Then there’s the second layer. The one that’s harder to talk about.
‘I’ve got too much on my back.’ Our tongue knows it before we do.
Almost every time I work on the lumbar spine, the topic of the weight we carry comes up. A family you’re left to look after on your own. A business that relies on you. A parent whom no one else looks after. Anger you’ve never voiced because there wasn’t time. The nervous system remains on high alert — and the muscles obey it.
That doesn’t mean you’re imagining the pain. It means the body is reacting exactly as it should. Just to something other than what we’re looking for on the scan.
And the third layer is the quietest: sometimes pain serves a purpose in our lives. It ensures rest. It legitimises ‘no’. It gives permission not to do something we can’t bring ourselves to say out loud. Nobody chooses this consciously — but as long as it’s there, the body will find a way to keep the pain.
We address this directly during the consultation. Without any guilt. We simply clear it away.
What happens during the consultation
No massage, no exercises, no manipulation. We sit, we talk, and I work with your energy field. In person or online — it works exactly the same way remotely.
At the start, you’ll rate your pain on a scale of 0 to 10. Then we’ll go through the entire structure — the nervous system, muscles, tendons, ligaments — and the layers beneath them. At the end, you’ll rate it again.
That figure is important. Without it, people often don’t even notice the changes, even when they’ve occurred.
For most clients, one to five sessions are enough. No lengthy processes.
When you should see a doctor first
| I must make this clear: energy work is not a substitute for medical care. Please see a doctor straight away if your back pain is accompanied by: -numbness in the perineum or inner thighs -loss of bladder or bowel control -weakness or paralysis in the leg -pain following a fall, injury or accident -fever, unexplained weight loss, or night-time pain that does not respond to a change in position -pain in a cancer patient or following a history of cancer The Yuen Method works best alongside good medical care. Not instead of it. |
Three things you can do today
Strengthen your core. The brain, spinal cord, sacrum and coccyx. When it’s strong, the body holds itself up. When it’s weak, it relies on muscle tension — and that causes pain. I demonstrate this in my correction videos on YouTube.
Stop getting used to it. Seriously. That’s the one thing I’d ask you to take away from this article.
Measure it for yourself. The number before and the number after. Whatever you try.
| 🎥 Korekce na YouTube ▸ Mazání bolesti — posílení pro celé tělo ▸ Bolest zad, chronická únava a špatný spánek — posílení struktury ▸ Střední linie: jak ji posilovat každý den ▸ Celý kanál: youtube.com/@pavlablackmoreYUENMETHOD Korekce si pouštějte klidně opakovaně. Fungují i ze záznamu. |
Frequently asked questions
Can the Yuen Method help with chronic back pain?
Yes — and chronic issues make up the majority of the problems people come to me with. We look for the root causes, not the symptoms. You usually feel a difference during the consultation itself. However, the method is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment.
Do online consultations work just as well as face-to-face sessions?
Yes. I don’t need to touch you. Many clients say that online sessions are even more profound for them — they’re at home, in their own space.
How many sessions will I need?
Usually between one and five. For long-term issues, I recommend tackling them layer by layer — first the body, then emotions, then relationships.
Why does the pain return even after physiotherapy?
Because physiotherapy works on muscle tension and function — but it may not address what is causing that tension. If the cause remains, the body will build up the tension again.
Does it hurt? Do I have to do any exercises?
No, not at all. The consultation is painless, non-contact and involves no homework.
In conclusion
You don’t need to know why your back hurts in order to do something about it. Figuring that out is my job.
But you must stop thinking that nothing can be done about it. I can’t do that for you.
Pain that keeps coming back has a cause. And causes can be addressed — gradually, thoroughly, and on all levels at once.
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