Still in Pain After Treatment? Explore What May Help You Move Forward
When pain or restriction keeps interrupting work, training or everyday life, you want to understand what may help. At our Shiremoor clinic, Sam uses functional neurology and P-DTR, with relevant testing, treatment and immediate retesting, to explore what may be contributing and guide your next step.
WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE US
18 years’ clinical experience | 5.0 on Google from 22 reviews | Diagnostic First Session | Free on-site parking | Shiremoor, serving Newcastle and North Tyneside
Does This Sound Familiar?
You may have tried rest, exercises or hands-on treatment. Some things helped, yet the problem keeps returning. Work takes more effort, training feels uncertain, or you find yourself planning around what your body might let you do.
You want more than another short-lived change. You want to understand what is relevant to you and feel more confident about the activities you value.
The painful area may be one layer of a wider picture. Your history, movement and relevant neurological responses help guide an individual assessment, without assuming that everyone with the same symptoms needs the same approach.
A Brain-Based Approach, Guided by Your Findings
Functional neurology and P-DTR use a brain-based approach. Sam selects relevant tests, applies an appropriate treatment input where indicated, then immediately retests the response. This may happen several times during a session.
When a finding changes on retesting, you and Sam can see that the specific response changed in the room. Lasting improvement in pain, confidence or activity needs follow-up over time.
Think of the process as peeling an onion. Findings guide the next layer to explore, then ongoing work, where appropriate, builds function, strength and capability around your goals.
The Breakthrough Method
Your history and goals guide a repeated process of assessment, treatment and retesting. Each step helps us decide what is useful to explore next.
Step 1
Understand the Pattern
We begin with what has been happening, your current care and the activities you want to return to. Appropriate neurological and movement assessment helps identify relevant findings to explore.
Step 2
Test and Treat What Is Relevant
Where appropriate, Sam uses treatment inputs selected for your findings. He explains what is being tested and compares the response, rather than applying the same routine to everyone.
Step 3
Retest and Build on Progress
Sam retests the relevant response after treatment. You can compare what changed during the session and discuss what it means. Follow-up reviews consider symptoms and the activities you can manage as well as assessment findings.
A useful change in assessment is a starting point. The wider aim is to build comfort, confidence and capability towards the things that matter to you. Progress and the need for further care are reviewed individually.
Who We Help
We work with people whose pain, restriction or movement difficulties are limiting the life they want to lead. You may be looking for another perspective after previous care, or want a clearer understanding of what could help you return to meaningful activity.
Pain That Persists:
- Chronic pain, recurring acute pain, pain that moves around, pain that flares unpredictably
- Back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, hip pain, knee pain, foot and ankle pain
- Headaches and migraines
Restriction and Tightness:
- Muscles that never fully release
- Range of motion that will not improve
- Stiffness that returns despite stretching and treatment
Performance Limitations:
- Athletes and active people with niggles that will not resolve
- Performance plateaus with no obvious cause
- Asymmetries and weaknesses that do not respond to training
Post-Injury and Post-Surgery:
- Recovery that has stalled
- Areas that healed but do not feel right
- Compensation patterns that developed after injury
Conditions We Treat
Back Pain
Lower or upper back pain, sciatica-type symptoms and discomfort that limits sitting, walking or training. Explore an individual assessment guided by your history and goals.
Neck Pain
Neck stiffness, pain affecting work or sleep, and accompanying shoulder or headache difficulties. Explore relevant movement and neurological findings.
Shoulder Pain
Shoulder pain, restricted overhead movement or difficulty returning to training. Start with your history and appropriate assessment of what is limiting you.
Hip Pain
Groin discomfort, lateral hip pain or aching with walking and sitting. Explore the movement restrictions and activities that matter to you.
Knee Pain
Knee discomfort with stairs, squatting, walking or returning to sport. An individual assessment helps guide an appropriate next step.
Foot or Ankle Pain
Foot or ankle discomfort, instability and difficulty walking or running. Explore relevant findings and your goals for movement and activity.
Headache or Migraine
Recurring headaches or migraines alongside neck, jaw or movement difficulties. Explore relevant assessment alongside your existing medical care.
Restricted Movement:
Loss of range that does not improve with stretching. Stiffness that returns despite treatment. Movement that feels blocked or guarded.
Chronic Pain
Persistent pain can affect work, sleep, relationships and confidence. Your experience, current medical care and meaningful activity goals guide the assessment.
Tight Muscles
Persistent tightness that massage cannot release. Muscles that keep re-tightening. Tension patterns that will not shift.
Performance Issues
Strength that does not match your training. Asymmetries between sides. Niggles that limit your sport. Plateaus you cannot break through.
Is This You
- Your pain or restriction has not responded to treatment despite trying multiple approaches
- You have been told your scans are normal but something is clearly wrong
- Your symptoms fluctuate unpredictably and you cannot work out what makes them better or worse
- You have tightness that never fully releases no matter what you do
- You have weakness or instability that does not improve with strengthening
- An old injury healed but the area still does not feel right
- You have adapted your life, work or training around limitations you have learned to accept
- You feel like your body is working against you rather than with you
If you recognise your experience here, a Diagnostic First Session gives us time to listen, assess what is relevant and discuss whether this approach is appropriate for you.
Google Reviews
Short excerpts from clients’ published Google reviews. These describe individual experiences and do not predict another person’s result. Read the original reviews on Google.
“His professional attitude and attention to detail is exemplary, so much so that he’s now also my calisthenics tutor.”
Osh Roberts, Google review excerpt
“I was impressed to see how the pain significantly subsided after having only 1 therapy session with Sam.”
From performance coaching to a stronger foundation: Marco came for performance coaching, with a shoulder limitation affecting what he could do. Assessment led to therapeutic work on pain and shoulder function before progressing with performance. Sam reports a rapid functional response in the first session and continued improvement in shoulder movement six months into working together.
Marco, Google review excerpt and Sam’s approved follow-up account
“Went to see Sam and there was a night and day improvement after one session.”
Rod, Google review excerpt
“I now run again! And I’m currently training for the Great North Run – I never thought I’d do longer distance running again.”
Rachel Halbert, Google review excerpt
About Sam
Sam Stocks brings 18 years’ clinical experience to helping people with pain and movement difficulties. His work uses functional neurology and P-DTR, combining relevant assessment, treatment and immediate retesting.
The focus is on understanding your history, explaining your findings in plain English and reviewing progress towards the activities that matter to you. Where ongoing care is appropriate, the aim is to build function, strength, confidence and capability.
Start with a Diagnostic First Session
Your £100, 60-minute Diagnostic First Session begins with your history, current care and what you want to get back to doing. Sam carries out appropriate neurological and movement assessment, with treatment and immediate retesting where appropriate and where time allows.
You receive one clear initial action or piece of guidance based on the assessment, a written report prepared following the session and provided before your Breakthrough Debrief, and an included 30 to 40 minute Zoom findings call.
The findings call gives you time to discuss your report, ask questions and consider the options. Further care is recommended only when appropriate for your findings and goals. There is no obligation to continue.
Practical Information
Location: 47 Dukesfield, Shiremoor, Newcastle, NE27 0DR, serving Newcastle, North Tyneside and surrounding areas.
Parking: Free on-site parking.
Your first step: A £100, 60-minute Diagnostic First Session, with your written report before the included 30 to 40 minute Zoom findings call.
Response: Sam responds the same day, usually within the hour, and aims to arrange sessions in the same week, subject to availability. Sending a request does not confirm an appointment or take payment.
Pain and Performance
Who Comes To Us?
People come to us when recurring pain, movement restrictions or uncertainty are getting in the way of work, family life, training or sport. Some want to explore a different assessment perspective alongside existing care. Others want to build confidence in activities they have begun to avoid.
Your starting point is your own history and priorities. We discuss whether a Diagnostic First Session is suitable and what a useful next step could look like for you.
Most people arrive with the same questions. Here are the honest answers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens at my first visit?
Your £100, 60-minute Diagnostic First Session begins with your history, current care and goals. Sam carries out appropriate neurological and movement assessment, with treatment and immediate retesting where appropriate and where time allows.
You receive one clear initial action or piece of guidance, a written report before your Breakthrough Debrief and an included 30 to 40 minute Zoom findings call.
Do you help chronic pain and new injuries?
Sam works with people experiencing persistent or recurring pain and movement difficulties. Suitability depends on your history and current needs. If you have a new injury or symptoms that need medical assessment, appropriate medical care comes first. Contact Sam to discuss whether a Diagnostic First Session is a useful next step.
Can I keep training while being treated?
This depends on your current capacity, findings and any advice from your medical team. Sam discusses relevant modifications and appropriate activity guidance with you. Your goals for training help shape the assessment and ongoing review.
Is it safe after surgery or with long-term issues?
Suitability is assessed individually. Tell Sam about your surgery, current care, restrictions and any advice from your consultant or rehabilitation team before booking. Assessment and treatment must be appropriate to your history and current capacity.
How quickly will I notice change?
A particular functional response may change during testing and retesting. That does not establish lasting pain relief or predict how quickly you will improve. Follow-up reviews consider your symptoms and what you can manage in daily life, with progress and further care discussed individually.
Where are you based?
We’re in Shiremoor and support people from Newcastle, North Tyneside, and surrounding areas.
There is free parking on site and easy access from the A19.
What makes your approach different?
Sam uses functional neurology and P-DTR, a brain-based approach guided by relevant neurological and movement assessment. Testing, appropriate treatment and immediate retesting can happen several times within a session, allowing you to compare the specific response.
This offers another assessment perspective alongside other appropriate healthcare. Progress beyond the session is reviewed through your symptoms, function and meaningful activities over time.
How many sessions will I need?
The amount of further care depends on your history, findings, goals and progress. Your Diagnostic First Session and included findings call help you understand the options. Sam recommends further care only when appropriate and reviews progress with you. There is no obligation to continue.
Do you treat children?
Please contact Sam before booking for a child so that he can discuss their age, difficulties and current care, and whether this service is suitable. Appropriate parent or guardian involvement and consent are needed. Existing medical or specialist care should continue.
Do I need a referral from my GP or consultant?
No. You can book directly without a referral.
If you are under the care of a consultant or other therapist, we are happy to work alongside them and, with your permission, share information that supports your progress.
Take the Next Step Towards Moving with Confidence
Tell Sam what has been happening and what you want to get back to doing. Your £100 Diagnostic First Session at our Shiremoor clinic gives us time to listen, assess what is relevant and discuss a useful way forward. Free on-site parking. Same-day response, usually within the hour.
