Stop doing this alone between appointments.
When pain won’t go away, most people are left trying to figure it out alone. There is a steadier way forward.
1 in 5 adults worldwide live with chronic pain.
Bigger Than Pain is a digital recovery platform that helps you understand pain, rebuild confidence, and restore movement — built by someone who understands it from both sides of the experience.
Move forward without it running the show.
For all body areas. Grounded in 150+ published studies. Shaped by people living with pain.
Full platform access opens Summer 2026.
Trusted by 150+ people recovering from persistent pain
You're not the only one who felt stuck.
Real feedback from people navigating persistent pain.
““For the first time, I felt like the whole picture finally made sense.”
““For the first time, something actually connected the dots for me.”
““After years of trying different treatments, this was the first time the whole picture made sense.”
““I finally felt listened to and validated instead of being given another one-size-fits-all solution.”
““I now understand my pain much more clearly — and what to do about it.”
““This gave me confidence in my body again instead of feeling like I just had to live with it.”
““For the first time in years, I felt hopeful about the path forward.”
You’re not broken.
It’s the system that is.
And it’s not your fault.
The healthcare system is built to treat injuries that heal quickly. Persistent pain requires something different — not more trial and error, but a structured path that connects what you learn with how you move, and adapts as you progress.
Low back pain is the single leading cause of disability globally. A 2025 European systematic review found chronic pain prevalence of 21.5% across 16 countries, with work disability affecting 11–49% of sufferers. Three of the top ten causes of years lived with disability are chronic pain conditions.
You’ve done the exercises.
Sat through the appointments.
Googled more than you’d like to admit.
And you’re still here.
Not because you haven’t tried hard enough.
Because nobody joined the dots for you.
Pain education in one place.
Movement somewhere else.
Conflicting opinions about what’s “really” going on.
It’s exhausting.
You’ve probably met well-meaning clinicians.
Got completely confused by the massive range of opinions about what’s causing your pain.
Listened to people who sounded confident — but you were never quite sure if it was right.
So you tried what made sense at the time.
And somehow ended up back at the drawing board.
Most approaches focus on pieces of the problem — exercises, explanations, techniques.
What they don’t give you is a coherent structure to connect everything.
And crucially, to personalise it to your life.
Something that supports you outside clinic walls.
That understands your patterns.
Adapts daily.
Evolves over time.
That’s the gap.
And that’s what Bigger Than Pain was built to solve.
This is how change actually happens.
Clarity
Pain becomes less distressing when it starts to make sense.
Bigger Than Pain helps you understand what's driving your pain — replacing outdated, harmful perspectives with evidence-based explanations and practical tools.
Not blind optimism.
Not scientific jargon.
Clear, structured guidance that reduces fear and helps you build real evidence of safety and ability.
Your understanding deepens as your picture becomes clearer.
Progress
See what's actually changing over time — not just how you feel today.
We extract and reflect your patterns back to you, highlighting what's improving, what supports you, and where your capacity is expanding.
So you're not relying on memory, guesswork, or “good days vs bad days.”
You can see your progress, clearly.
Small wins become visible — and repeatable.
Freedom
A body you trust.
A life that feels open again.
The quiet confidence to handle what comes.
Chase after your kids.
Return to training.
Say yes without hesitation.
Pain no longer decides. You do.
Movements feel safe again.
What we don't do
- We don't diagnose you or replace your clinician.
- We don't push you to ignore symptoms or "power through."
- We don't reduce complex chronic pain to a single approach and call it comprehensive.
- We don't sell, share, or monetise your data.
Every suggestion is evidence based - so support stays safe, grounded and responsible.
Trust isn't a feature. It's the foundation everything else is built on.
Your data stays yours
Your data is encrypted on your device and in transit. We never sell, share, or use it for anything other than your care.
From fragments to a system
Pain is complex. Your care should be connected.
Fragmented tools
Most pain tools focus on one piece.
Some help you track symptoms.
Some deliver exercise plans.
Others offer education or relaxation practices.
But pain isn't lived in pieces.
Bigger Than Pain was built as a coherent support system — where everything connects, adapts, and evolves with you.
One coherent system
When everything feels noisy...
Wayfinder
From confusion to structured clarity.
When you're living with pain day on day, it's not just the symptoms that wear you down.
It's the noise.
Conflicting advice.
Second-guessing your last session.
Not knowing whether to rest, move, or reach for medication.
Not knowing what today should look like.
Wayfinder is where everything comes together.
It reduces chaos into calm, structured action.
It helps you clarify what's happening, track what's changing, and choose the right next step — without overthinking it.
It also helps you do enough, without doing too much.
No boom-and-bust cycles.
No pushing through and paying for it tomorrow.
Just steady, adaptive guidance that adjusts to flare-ups, energy shifts, and real life.
Structured support that adapts to you, remembers your context, and keeps things steady.
Built around how you feel today — not a generic template. You don't have to figure this out alone.
Wayfinder
One clear step to move forward today.
A quick check-in helps us find the right direction.
Mild
Pain Level
Auto-suggested from last entry
A quick check-in keeps things clear.
Keep it steady today — small wins count.
Demo version of the in-app experience
When stability matters most
Flare Support
Before we move forward, we run a quick safety check.
When things don't go to plan, we've got your back.
Guided regulation practices to calm your nervous system.
Flare-safe exercises for every body region — selected by the clinician who built Bigger Than Pain.
Always available at the push of a button.
This is what most people don't have — a plan when pain spikes.
In-app view
You shouldn't need to decode academic papers to understand your own body.
Vault
Removing the barrier between science and you.
Most people living with pain never see the research that guides their care. And even if they did, it isn't written to be easily understood — or applied.
The Vault exists to change that.
Every explanation, tool, and recommendation inside Bigger Than Pain traces back to published evidence.
But we don't hand you studies.
We translate them into something practical, accessible, and usable.
Clear summaries.
Practical meaning.
What it actually implies for your day-to-day life.
Research you can trust.
Guidance you can use to rebuild confidence in your body.
The science has been there for years. What hasn't existed is a system that brings it together — and makes it yours.
David Mc Gettigan
Built by someone who's lived it — and treated it.
I started living with chronic pain in my early teens.
It stayed with me into my mid-twenties.
Years of trying to make sense of it.
Years of appointments, explanations, and half-answers.
I later trained and spent the next 16 years working with people living with complex, persistent pain.
For part of that time, I was both clinician and patient.
I know what it feels like to sit in appointments trying to piece together conflicting advice.
To understand parts of the science — but not know what to actually do with it.
To quietly worry about the future.
Bigger Than Pain wasn't built from theory.
It was shaped by thousands of client-facing hours in clinic — and by my own experience of needing something more coherent.
Not a miracle.
Not a shortcut.
A structure.
Something steady.
Something grounded in evidence.
Something I genuinely wish had existed when I needed it most.
— David Mc Gettigan
BSc. Sports Rehabilitation & Founder
What this looks like over time
A body you trust.
A life that feels open again.
The quiet confidence to handle what comes.
Not extreme goals.
Ordinary ones.
Cooking without calculating the cost.
Driving without gripping the wheel.
Sitting through a film.
Sleeping through the night.
Getting down on the floor with your kids — and getting back up again.
Moving without second-guessing.
Planning without bracing for tomorrow.
Saying yes without hesitation.
Pain no longer decides. You do.
Common questions
“Everything inside Bigger Than Pain is grounded in published research and evidence-based care.”
Don’t do this alone.
You’ve waited long enough for something that actually fits your life. This is where it starts.
Most people with chronic pain are still figuring it out alone. That can change.
Full platform access opens Summer 2026. Founding members receive reduced lifetime pricing.