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Where pain comes from and why it rarely lives where we feel it

This webinar takes a deliberate step away from the comforting fiction that pain lives neatly in damaged tissues. Pain is not a property of structures. It’s an output of a lot of systems that are dynamic, predictive, adaptive, occasionally mischievous, but which have evolved to keep us alive, however uncomfortable.

The central idea is simple but disruptive: tissues don’t feel pain; nervous systems decide it. And they do so using far more information than nociception alone.

We’ll unpack how pain emerges from the interaction of multiple systems:

  • the nervous system (central and peripheral)

  • immune and inflammatory factors

  • endocrine and stress responses

  • past experience, learning, and expectation

  • the social and cultural context in which a person lives

This isn’t an argument against anatomy but about overly relying on it. Structure still matters—but as one voice in a noisy committee, not the chair of the board.

For therapists and movement professionals, this is a profoundly important and practical shift is. Assessment changes, language changes, even treatment goals change. The question moves from simply “What’s damaged?” to “What’s driving the need for protection in this system right now?”

Pain seen this way, becomes less of a mystery and more of a conversation—one that can be influenced, educated, calmed, and often gently altered.

In the next layer of this work, we can start asking what effective intervention looks like when the target is a system, a behaviour or a thinking rather than just a structure.

That’s where things get REALLY interesting!

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We can experience pain without damage and damage without pain.


So where is pain if it's not where we think it is and how can we change our thinking

That’s the conversation we’ll start here.

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR

Pain — Where pain comes from, rather than where it lives

This webinar is for therapists, movement teachers, and curious practitioners who want a clearer, more realistic way of thinking about fascia — without chasing myths or techniques that promise quick fixes.

In thiswebinar we'll explore;

  • How nociception is not the same as pain

  • Why increased pain sensitivity is a state rather than a diagnosis

  • How Pain is produced by the nervous system, not felt by tissues

  • Why structural problems often don’t explain pain (and pain often exists without damage)

  • How pain changes when the system changes — through context, perception of safety, and load

  • How the brain can amplify or dampen pain signals

  • Why fear, uncertainty, and meaning change pain far more reliably than biomechanics

Format & access

Online webinar (approx. 60 minutes)

Access available via the
Webinar Collection Membership

Webinar Schedule

16 March - Knee Pain. New thinking, better outcomes

30 March - Adhesions vs scars. What's the difference?

13 April - Fascia in the ageing body

27 April - Shoulders aren't ball and socket joints

11 May - Spines negotiate rather than collapse

Previous Webinars

February - Fascia and Load

Pain. Systems not structures

Forward head posture. The new smoking?

ABOUT JULIAN

JULIAN BAKER

Bowen and Functional Anatomy Specialist

Julian Baker teaches anatomy like no-one else, showing you what’s not in the books and making it relevant to the work you do with your clients. Julian joins up the parts of the body xxxx

His approach gives you the ability to apply your anatomy knowledge confidently and expertly within your practice, whatever that may be. We guarantee our classes will get you questioning, reflecting and inspired. It’s the CPD you’ve always wanted.

READ SOME REVIEWS

Don't just take our word for it...

"To 'see' the soft tissue we as therapists think we influence is a privilege. Julian Baker makes all the right connections between the 'tissue' and considerations for therapeutic intervention. Functional Anatomy is a must for all 'hands on' therapists. It is also a must for the 'hands off' body of therapists! Seeing is believing.."

"Captivating, often bizarre and incredible insights into the human body like you have never seen before. Always life changing sessions, questioning the “norm” as we are taught it and bringing new dimensions to your practise.

If you attend one of Julian's classes your working brain will be changed forever - for the better and you will only want to see more!! His humour is also legendary!!"

"I have just participated in the scar tissue dissection course. This is an incredible lesson in anatomy. Julian takes you on a journey thru a human body like you've never been before. It is amazing to see how a human body is really built, how strong, how resilient. Eye-opening and educating. Thank you.

I will be back for more."

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