Pain Rewired
About

I lived with the pain.
Then I found the way out.

Abstract illustration of a glowing brain and nervous system

For eight years, my lower back ran my life.

I tried everything the medical world offered — physiotherapy, chiropractors, MRIs, injections, posture training, expensive mattresses, every supplement on the shelf. Some helped for a week. Most did nothing. None of it lasted.

What finally changed everything wasn't another protocol. It was discovering the work of Dr. John Sarno and a syndrome called TMS — the recognition that most persistent chronic pain isn't a structural problem at all. It's a learned pattern in the nervous system, kept alive by fear and belief.

When I understood that, and began doing the inner work to prove it to myself, the pain I had carried for nearly a decade dissolved. Not overnight, but completely.

That experience is whyPain Rewiredexists.

I now coach people through the same process — gently, methodically, and with the kind of patience and belief I wish someone had offered me sooner. If your pain hasn't responded to the usual treatments, there's a real chance you're in the same place I was. And there's a real way forward.

Credentials

Training backed by real certification.

I'm an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, which means the movement and somatic work we do together is grounded in recognized, professional standards — not just personal experience.

ISSA Certified Personal Trainer certificate for Jake Murphy
What guides this work
Honesty

I'll never tell you what you want to hear. I'll tell you what's true.

Patience

Healing isn't linear. We move at the pace your nervous system trusts.

Belief

I've sat where you sit. I know recovery is possible — and I'll hold that for you until you can.