Pain Free

Method of the Week

Sep 30, 2026

The bottle in my kitchen cupboard

I took it for two years. The advice has reversed.

Balance

Sep 29, 2026

The eleven feet to the bathroom door

Why 3am is the most dangerous walk of your day.

Balance

Sep 28, 2026

I nearly went off the dock sideways

The direction almost nobody trains for.

Sep 25, 2026

Two torn shoulders, one sore one

Frank's scan found a tear in the arm that feels fine.

Shoulders

Sep 24, 2026

Four bags, one trip, one sore shoulder

The weight never changed. The distance did.

Method of the Week

Sep 23, 2026

Six weeks in the armchair

Why the shoulder waits until 3am to speak up.

How It Works

Sep 22, 2026

The paint can on the top shelf

A third of your reach is not the shoulder at all.

Shoulders

Sep 21, 2026

Carol caught me cheating

I was swinging my whole body. The towel fixed it.

Method of the Week

Sep 16, 2026

I took the thing off at 2am

Night splints work, for some people, if worn.

How It Works

Sep 15, 2026

Eleven steps to the bathroom door

Why the first ones bite, and then stop.

Feet

Sep 14, 2026

My heels came off the floor

A wall, a ruler, and one minute tells you a lot.

Hands

Sep 11, 2026

I told Carol it would rain by evening

My knuckles said so. Then I checked the studies.

Method of the Week

Sep 9, 2026

The thirty-dollar gloves in my drawer

The loose cheap ones did just as well.

Hands

Sep 7, 2026

Ten minutes fighting a work glove

We train the squeeze. We never train the opening.

Knees

Sep 4, 2026

A man at the boatyard is booked for surgery

They compared the real operation to a fake one.

Method of the Week

Sep 2, 2026

Chest-deep, my knee went quiet

I assumed arthritis. It was something else entirely.

Knees

Aug 31, 2026

Fourteen steps up from the dock

Going down is the hard part. Here is why.

Hips

Aug 28, 2026

Six months I could not sleep on that side

I assumed arthritis. It was something else entirely.

Hips

Aug 26, 2026

The stick in my hall closet

Most people hold it in the wrong hand.

Hips

Aug 24, 2026

Carol filmed me walking down the dock

The hitch in my step came from one weak muscle.

Neck

Aug 21, 2026

Carol's X-ray said arthritis

What the film shows and what hurts barely match.

Aug 19, 2026

A cabin bed fixed my neck for a week

It was not the mattress. It was the pillow height.

Aug 17, 2026

I could not turn to see the trailer

Your head weighs 10 pounds. Here is what that costs.

Aug 14, 2026

My scan came back "nothing serious"

Why a bad back rarely shows up on a scan.

Method of the Week

Aug 12, 2026

Is a firm mattress good for a bad back?

The old advice was wrong. Here is what wins.