Health & Wellness Services
Dr Jo Abbott
Rebuilding pain care through movement, measurement and whole-person systems.
Clinical biomechanics, functional health, Back Pain Systems™ and HODA-A come together here to help people, clinicians and organisations understand pain, movement and health differently — and move forwards with clarity.
PhD
Research-informed clinical reasoning and movement assessment.
14k+
Real-world back pain data points informing Back Pain Systems™.
Global
Education, keynote speaking and clinician training.
“The body is not a collection of isolated parts.”
Pain, movement, perception, health and environment are connected. The work begins by understanding the system.
Start here
Choose the pathway that fits you.
Whether you are living with pain, struggling with your health, training as a clinician, or looking for research-led education and consultancy, this website is designed to help you find the right starting point.
For people in pain
For people with back pain, flare-ups, persistent symptoms, repeated treatment failure or a body that no longer feels predictable.
- Back Pain Systems™ App
- RESET™ recovery pathway
- Clinical appointments with Dr Jo
- Support for complex pain and movement problems
For people who are unwell
For people experiencing fatigue, gut symptoms, poor recovery, low resilience, health complexity or a body that feels difficult to understand.
- Whole-person clinical reasoning
- Functional health support
- Nutrition and lifestyle strategy
- Clinical care for complex presentations
For clinicians
For manual therapists, osteopaths, physiotherapists, massage therapists and movement professionals who want to train perception, touch and clinical reasoning.
- HODA-A Level 1 Certification
- Perceptual calibration training
- Mentoring and clinical education
- Manual assessment as measurement
For organisations
For universities, teams, clinical groups and organisations seeking research-led education, speaking, consultancy or movement health strategy.
- Keynote speaking
- Education and curriculum design
- Occupational health consultancy
- Research-informed MSK strategy
Back Pain Systems™
A digital recovery ecosystem for people stuck in the back pain cycle.
Back Pain Systems™ helps people understand, manage and rebuild from back pain using structured pathways for movement, strength, nutrition, lifestyle, nervous system regulation and relapse prevention.
The system is designed for real people living real lives — people who need more than generic exercises, isolated advice or another short-term fix.
RESET™
Release. Evolve. Stabilise. Exhale. Transition.
Yoga
Mobility, breath and movement confidence.
Fitness
Pain-smart strength and capacity building.
Food
Nutrition support for pain and recovery.
Drivers
Explore hidden contributors to symptoms.
Lives
Daily life strategies to reduce relapse.
Back pain is rarely just one thing. Back Pain Systems™ helps people see the whole system — and rebuild from there.
Perception
Training the clinician’s sensory attention.
Calibration
Reducing noise in the human measurement instrument.
Touch
Understanding active touch as a clinical process.
Measurement
Reframing hands-on assessment through validity.
Reflection
Improving reasoning through recursive learning.
Education
Building a new standard for manual assessment.
“Before we test reliability, we must stabilise the instrument.”
HODA-A Academy
Manual assessment is not just touch. It is measurement through a calibrated human instrument.
HODA-A trains clinicians to understand, refine and calibrate the perceptual processes behind hands-on assessment.
It brings together measurement science, neuroscience, active touch, clinical reasoning and reflective discipline to support a new standard in hands-on musculoskeletal care.
Clinical care • Research • Education
Work with Dr Jo Abbott.
Some people need a digital pathway. Some need a clinical conversation. Some need whole-person clinical care. Some organisations need research-informed education or a new way to think about movement health.
Clinical Care With Dr Jo
For people who feel unheard, stuck, dismissed or confused by conflicting advice. Clinical care with Dr Jo is designed to connect the dots between pain, movement, biomechanics, lifestyle and whole-person health.
Research, Speaking & Education
For universities, professional associations, clinical teams and organisations seeking keynote speaking, curriculum development, movement health education, HODA-A workshops or research-informed consultancy.
Where would you like to begin?
Start with the pathway that fits your needs today — pain support, health support, clinician training, clinical care, or research-led education.