ADVANCED BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF YOUR MOVEMENT
Why Does Your Pain Keep Coming Back? Let’s Talk About Your Body’s Patterns
We hear it all the time:
“Why does my pain keep coming back?”
“I’ve been told this is just the way I am.”
“I must be doing something wrong to feel like this.”
“It’s just my stupid body.”
Here’s the thing—it’s not just the way you are. It’s the way your body is right now. Pain and discomfort are your body’s way of telling you something’s out of balance, and it’s often the result of patterns your body has developed over time.
The good news? We can change that.
What’s Really Causing Your Pain?
Your body is a master at adapting. Old injuries, surgeries, or even small things like a stubbed toe can trigger a ripple effect of compensations. Over time, these compensations build into movement patterns that don’t serve you anymore, causing pain, stiffness, and that nagging “off” feeling.
Here’s an example: A tight big toe might cause your foot to compensate by avoiding pressure on it. This can lead to your ankle becoming restricted, forcing your knee to shift out of alignment. As a result, your hips may twist to adjust, creating tension that spirals all the way up to your shoulders and neck.
One small issue at the foot can create a chain reaction of compensations throughout your entire body.
At our clinic, we don’t just treat symptoms. We investigate why your body is moving the way it is and help you rewrite those patterns for better, pain-free movement.
Right Choice for Your Pain-Free Journey
I bring an unmatched level of expertise to help you understand and overcome your pain. As a former Anatomy in Motion (AiM) practitioner mentor and lead instructor for Australia, I’ve dedicated over 10 years to mastering AiM principles and over three years working directly with Gary Ward, the creator of AiM.
Personally mentored by Gary, I’ve become a trusted friend and practitioner of this revolutionary approach. I’ve had the honour of teaching other therapists and guiding countless clients to transform their movement and rediscover a pain-free life.
Using Gary’s cutting-edge biomechanics model, I combine a variety of tools and techniques to get to the root cause of your pain, including:
• Gait (Walking) Analysis: Breaking down the mechanics of your movement to pinpoint inefficiencies.
• Postural Analysis: Identifying imbalances and compensations in your posture that contribute to discomfort.
• Pressure Plate Technology: Typically found in podiatry, this technology maps how you distribute weight and pressure through your feet.
• Manual Joint Responsiveness and Mobilisations: Testing and restoring joint function to optimise movement.
• Corrective Movements: Teaching you how to retrain your body to move with better alignment and efficiency.
• Program Design and Strength Implementation: Creating tailored plans to build strength, improve stability, and maintain lasting results.
With this holistic approach, I don’t just treat symptoms—I uncover the root cause of your pain, explain why it’s happening, and guide you toward long-term relief. When you work with me, you’re tapping into years of experience and proven techniques designed to help you move better, feel better, and live better.
Let’s start your journey to better movement today!
How I Help
Using a combination of the Anatomy in Motion system and Manual Therapy, I take a holistic and hands-on approach to uncover the root cause of your pain and restore your movement. Here’s how we do it:
• Analyse Your Movement: By breaking down your walking (gait) cycle, I pinpoint what your joints should be doing and what they’re not. This helps me identify areas of dysfunction and imbalance.
• Palpate Joint Movement and Restrictions: I assess how well your joints move and measure their range of motion to uncover restrictions that may be holding you back.
• Uncover the Root Cause: Compensation patterns don’t appear overnight—they’re built over time. By understanding how your body has adapted to injuries, surgeries, or everyday stress, I get to the root of what’s causing your pain.
• Rebalance Your Body: Through targeted, precise exercises, I guide your body to unlearn those old, inefficient patterns and create new ones, helping you move with ease and confidence again.
By assessing your movement, identifying restrictions, and restoring joint mobility, we help your body dissipate forces effectively—bringing relief to overloaded areas and rebalancing your entire system.
Our job is to identify these patterns, unravel them, and teach your body to move the way it was designed to.
Take Control of Your Movement
This isn’t just about treating pain—it’s about understanding and solving the why behind it. As someone who’s taught and mentored other therapists in this method, I’m here to help you feel empowered, move better, and take charge of your body.
Let’s get you moving the way you were meant to.
Book your Advanced Biomechanical Assessment today and start your journey to pain-free movement.
Why Does This Work?
Your body’s top priority is simple: keep your eyes level. To achieve this, it will adjust every joint, muscle, and movement to compensate for imbalances. While this adaptability is crucial for staying upright and functional, it can also create pain, stiffness, and dysfunction over time.
The key is understanding not just how your body compensates, but also whether motion is moving freely through your joints. Forces from your body and the ground need to pass through your joints smoothly—when they don’t, these forces build up, causing stress and pain.
Here’s an example of how it happens:
• A past injury might cause one hip to drop.
• To compensate, your spine twists unnaturally.
• Your shoulders shift to counterbalance the misalignment.
• And suddenly, chronic pain becomes your body’s new normal.
“I attended The Body Lab yesterday and what Riccardo’s treatment was able to achieve in one session was a miracle. After months of constant foot pain, I was able to not only walk out of his clinic pain free but I had also gained a huge amount of insight into the faulty movement pattern that had caused the pain in the first place.
If you are looking for a practitioner with a wealth of knowledge, who really listens and explains everything so well and knows how to get to the root of the problem, then Riccardo is definitely who you need.”
Client Feedback
“Riccardo has been a lucky find! In the sea of physios finding someone with a wealth of knowledge that can give you simple, practical yet effective strategies is rare. I was struggling to walk into Riccardo’s studio, and had been for many months. In one hour, I walked out with little to no pain in my ankle and foot. I had been to many drs, physios, and massage therapists trying to diagnosis and relieve pain. Go see Riccardo, you will be glad you did!”
“Under Riccardo’s guidance and with his clear explanations, and the help of a step by step exercise plan which is backed up by videos, I have made a lot of progress in the flexibility and strength of my spine and feet in a matter of just over a month. I am now pain free and walking with confidence again.
I really recommend Riccardo.”
