An Evidence-Informed Workshop for Fitness & Performance Coaches

Coaches are increasingly working with clients who present with pain: persistent back pain, recurring knee discomfort, shoulder irritation, or post-rehabilitation cases transitioning back into training. Yet most coaching education focuses heavily on biomechanics and programming, with limited depth in modern pain science.

This workshop bridges that gap.

Coaching Clients in Pain is designed to help fitness professionals confidently navigate training decisions when pain is present — without stepping outside their scope of practice.

Grounded in contemporary pain science and behavioural science principles, this workshop explores:

• The difference between tissue damage and pain experience

• The biopsychosocial model of pain

• How beliefs, fear, and context influence movement behaviour

• Decision-making frameworks for modifying training under pain

• Communication strategies that reduce fear and build trust

• When to push, when to adapt, and when to refer

Participants will learn how to move beyond purely structural explanations and adopt a more comprehensive, human-centred approach to coaching.

The workshop emphasizes clinical reasoning, uncertainty tolerance, and ethical boundaries — helping coaches make informed decisions rather than reactive ones.

By the end of the workshop, coaches will be able to:

• Interpret pain presentations more critically

• Apply graded exposure and load management principles

• Communicate confidently with clients experiencing pain

• Integrate pain-informed strategies into strength and conditioning programs

• Avoid common myths and outdated narratives around posture, alignment, and “damage”

This is not a rehabilitation certification. It is a thinking framework.

It is for coaches who want to operate at a higher level of understanding — where performance, psychology, and physiology intersect.

If you coach humans, you will coach pain.
This workshop ensures you do it responsibly, scientifically, and effectively.