Get out of chronic pain.
Get back to your sport.
Cognitive Functional Therapy + 30 years of strength coaching, for Denver adults 40+ who refuse to slow down.
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If any of this sounds familiar, you're in the right place
Most people who find this studio have already been somewhere else. Often several somewheres. We get it.
The rehab ran out before you were back
Twelve sessions, a discharge note, and a body that still can't do the thing you actually miss. Nobody in that chain was paid to take you the rest of the way. That distance is where this work lives.
The relief never lasted
PT, chiropractic, injections, a new mattress. Each one turned the volume down for a couple of weeks. You don't need more relief — you need to stop needing it.
Cleared, and still not trusting it
Your surgeon says the joint is fine. Your body has not agreed to that yet. You don't talk yourself out of that. You out-train it — one graded step at a time.
The evidence
Backed by science most providers were never taught
Plenty of things help chronic pain for six weeks. Very little is still ahead of usual care three years later. Cognitive Functional Therapy is. In the 2023 Lancet RESTORE trial — and again at the three-year follow-up published in 2025 — it produced large, durable improvements in pain and disability.
Then I add the part most CFT practitioners can't: three decades of strength coaching, so the change has something to stand on. Calming a pain system without rebuilding capacity is temporary. Rebuilding capacity without calming it never gets started.
What that looks like
Watch pain change in real time
Not cures, and not typical of every case. When pain is driven by a protective nervous system rather than damaged tissue, it turns out to be changeable — and that's where the work starts.
Sandy — 3 years of 8/10 neck pain
An office worker who'd had it for three years. Pain went from 8/10 to 0/10 in three weeks — and her tears of happiness are 100% in-the-moment real.
Your results may vary.
Play video: Client testimonial — Sandy, 3 years of neck pain rated 8/10 Katrina — 4 weeks of 6/10 back pain
An equestrian, four weeks in. Pain went from 6/10 to 0/10 in 50 minutes.
Your results may vary.
Play video: Client testimonial — Katrina, 4 weeks of back pain rated 6/10 Start here if you're in pain
Pick the part that's stopping you. Same method behind all four — what changes is what we find driving it.
Back Pain & Sciatica
Three months or more, and PT, adjustments and injections have all worn off. The tissue stopped being the story a while ago — this is the approach that treats what replaced it.
Neck Pain
Stiffness and headaches that come back no matter how the desk is set up. It is probably not your posture alone — and a neck with real strength behind it handles a long day.
Shoulder Pain
You can't sleep on that side, and the rest and the cortisone both wore off. Shoulders don't come back from being protected. They come back from being loaded well.
Knee Pain
Stairs, the descent on a hike, the word "degenerative" on a scan. "Bone on bone" describes an X-ray. It is not a prognosis and not a reason to stop loading the leg.
Start here if your doctor already cleared you
Signed off, told you're fine, and still nowhere near the bike, the slopes or the barbell.
Post-Surgical Return-to-Sport
Someone wrote "functional" on a form and the referral ran out. You didn't have surgery to be functional. This is the six-to-nine month rebuild nobody was paid to give you.
Masters Athlete Injuries
Runners, cyclists, skiers and lifters over 40. Train, break, rest, repeat — and each lap costs more than the last. The injuries are not the problem. The cycle is.
Both routes run on the same method — Cognitive Functional Therapy, plus thirty years of strength coaching.
How this is different from what you've tried
- ✓ One-on-one, every session. Never a class, never shared with three other people
- ✓ 60–90 minutes, because that is genuinely what the work takes
- ✓ Built around your sport and your week — not a protocol printed for everybody
- ✓ Your strength coach and your therapist are the same person. No handoffs, no contradicting advice
- ✓ Thirty years of coaching, plus the pain science most providers were never taught
- ✓ A number of sessions, and a graduation. Not an open tab
Rated 5.0 on Google
Verbatim, verifiable, unpaid.
"I went to him for knee pain because of a torn meniscus and arthritis. One doctor told me I needed surgery... A month after I started working with Jamie, my knee improved."
"Jamie really helped my chronic neck pain and provided ways I could ease the movement at home. My ankles continue to strengthen with his routine and guidance as well. Thanks for getting me back on the court Jamie!"
"Jamie is amazing to work with. He is so patient and responsive! He helped my daughter with back pain and a very unique rehab. He has a gift for this work and we couldn't be more grateful for his time and expertise helping her navigate her pain and rehab!! Five stars all the way. Thank you Jamie!"
Stop waiting for the pain to go away on its own
A 30-minute consultation tells you whether this is the right fit. No pressure, no insurance forms.
Book a consultationOr call (720) 257-9328