Mr Julian Smith Remedial massage therapist

“Recovery is rarely a straight line. My role is to meet you where you are and move forward at a pace that works for you.” I’m a manual therapist with qualifications in remedial massage, soft-tissue therapy, and dry needling, and experience working within a specialist spinal surgery rehabilitation team alongside surgeons, pain physicians, and allied health professionals. Over the years I have taught — and continue to teach — remedial massage and rehabilitation, mentoring students in both hands-on skill and clinical reasoning. Teaching keeps my own practice sharp and grounded in fundamentals. My clinical approach combines skilled hands-on treatment with contemporary pain science and a biopsychosocial framework. I have a long-standing interest in pain neuroscience education, particularly work associated with the Neuro Orthopaedic Institute and researchers such as Lorimer Moseley. Alongside clinical practice, I am studying psychology on a pathway toward psychological practice, and pursue part-time studies in philosophy and theology. These aren’t separate careers — they are complementary lenses. They help me understand the biological, psychological, and meaning-related dimensions of pain, and they strengthen my ability to sit carefully with the person in front of me, not just the symptoms they present. Living with spinal pain myself has taught me that progress is rarely linear. That experience shapes how I work: practical, realistic, and empathetic — focused on steady improvement rather than quick fixes. Outside the clinic, I’m a musician (piano and guitar), an active gym-goer, and a former swimmer and cyclist, with a lifelong appreciation for literature and the arts.