Persistant or chronic pain

Persistent or chronic pain can be frustrating, exhausting, and confusing, especially when scans appear normal, previous treatments haven’t helped, or pain keeps returning despite your best efforts.


At RedGen physiotherapy-led care focuses on helping you understand what may be driving your pain, rebuild confidence in movement, and improve your body’s ability to handle daily life, work, and activity.


Rather than chasing pain or pushing through it, the approach is centered on restoring function, control, and long-term resilience.

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What persistent or chronic pain is

Pain is generally considered persistent or chronic when it lasts longer than three months or continues beyond expected tissue healing times.


Common presentations include:


  1. ongoing low back or neck pain
  2. long-standing joint pain
  3. pain following injury that never fully resolved
  4. flare-ups that come and go unpredictably
  5. pain that increases with stress, fatigue, or poor sleep
  6. pain that does not match scan findings


Chronic pain is real pain, but it is often influenced by more than tissue damage alone.

Common contributors

Persistent pain commonly develops through a combination of factors such as:


  1. repeated flare-ups without full recovery
  2. prolonged guarding or fear of movement
  3. reduced strength and movement confidence
  4. nervous system sensitisation
  5. disrupted sleep or high stress levels
  6. inconsistent or overly aggressive rehab attempts
  7. inactivity followed by overload


Understanding these contributors is the first step toward meaningful change.

The RedGen approach to persistent pain

Treatment follows the RedGen 4-Step Rehabilitation Framework: Assess, Relieve, Restore and Optimise.

Your rehabilitation may include:


  1. gentle manual therapy and soft tissue work
  2. joint mobilisation where appropriate
  3. acupuncture or dry needling where indicated
  4. graded exposure to movement
  5. pain education and flare-up guidance
  6. RedGen Prime™ full-body photobiomodulation where appropriate
  7. RedGen Penta™ laser therapy for localised pain modulation when indicated
  8. a gradual exercise programme tailored to tolerance


Progress is guided by your response, not by rigid timelines.

When to seek treatment

You may benefit from assessment if:


  1. pain has lasted longer than three months
  2. you feel unsure how to move safely
  3. you have tried physiotherapy before without lasting results
  4. pain flares unpredictably
  5. scans do not explain your symptoms
  6. pain is affecting sleep, mood, or confidence


If persistent pain is limiting your life or confidence in movement, RedGen can help you understand what may be driving it and how to move forward safely.

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