A Global Research Project on Back Pain
Over 700 Million Stories – And Yours Matters
Back pain affects over 700 million people worldwide, making it the leading cause of disability across the globe.
Why This Research Matters
Through the Back Pain Systems App, we’re launching an ambitious global research project to better understand how back pain impacts real lives.
How You Can Contribute
This project invites people everywhere to share their personal experiences of living with back pain — from how it affects daily routines and mental health to challenges with work, movement, and access to care.
Real Experiences, Real Impact
By gathering this data directly from those who live with pain, we’re creating one of the world’s largest collections of back pain stories and insights.
From Data to Change
Our goal is to build on what science already knows, but this time, through the lens of the people who experience it. By listening at scale, we aim to uncover patterns, needs, and barriers that traditional research may have overlooked — helping shape better care, more relevant solutions, and stronger global advocacy.
Testimonials
Kat & Penny
“PARs Defect (fracture of spine) 2006 was a summer of playing lots of tennis tournaments, many matches back-to-back. Kat’s serve was poor as her...
Services
Evidence-Based Research (PhD)
By volunteering as testers and participants in various experimental and inter-tester reliability studies allow you be a part of the latest clinical research in...
Products to use
2.5cm FASCIQ® Floss Band
£15.95Featured in Dr. Jo Abbott’s Back Pain Systems App (RESET) Floss bands are used with great success in...
doTERRA Deep Blue® Rub
£40.00Deep Blue Rub is blended in a base of moisturizing emollients that leave your skin feeling soft and not greasy. It is the choice...
Objective Screening Banner
£25.00Artwork Only This banner (pop-up or eyelets) has been designed for the Therapist wanting to reduce any perspective, parallax or subjective errors within their...
HODA-A Certification
Level 1: Introduction Certification
£495.00Understand the why behind HODA-A — and why it’s changing everything.
This short course gives you a...
Level 2: Foundation Certification
£1,750.00Build essential skills in touch perception, sensory calibration, and neurophysiological understanding.
This level lays the groundwork for...
Level 3: Practitioner Certification
£3,250.00Objective: Learn to perform defensible, repeatable assessments using HODA-A's validated methods.
At this stage, you’ll...
Level 4: Advanced Practitioner Certification
£3,250.00Objective: Master patient-specific calibration, refine your sensory training, and deepen your clinical reasoning.
Here, you’ll...
Level 5: Expert & Mentor Certification
£3,250.00Objective: Become a global leader in hands-on diagnostics and help shape the next generation of touch-based healthcare.
HODA-A Re-Calibrate Day
£195.00Refine your hands-on precision in the HODA-A Re-Calibrate Day—a dynamic, clinician-only session designed to refresh your calibration, boost diagnostic...
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