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How Do I Know What’s Actually Causing My Pain?

You’ve tried stretches, heat packs, painkillers. You’ve probably even been told:
“It’s just wear and tear.”
“It’s your age.”
“Try to rest more.”
Or the classic… “Let’s see how it goes.”

But none of that actually answers your biggest question:
What’s really going on in my body—and how do I fix it?

Let’s break it down.

Pain is a Signal—Not the Whole Story

Pain is your body’s way of telling you something isn’t right.
But it’s not always coming from the place you feel it.
That’s why back pain might stem from your hips, or why knee pain could start with your feet. Your body works as a whole—and if one part isn’t doing its job, other areas step in to compensate.

That’s called the cycle of compensation.

Over time, your body adapts to small misalignments by shifting posture, tightening muscles, or loading joints unevenly—all to keep you moving. But eventually, those compensations stack up. Your body starts fighting itself.
And that’s when the pain shows up.

Not because the problem just started—but because it finally hit breaking point.

So How Do We Find The Root Cause?

At The Backstory, we take you through a comprehensive consultation that looks at:

• Postural structure – How your body is aligned when you’re at rest
• Functional movement – How you walk, bend, sit, and hold yourself
• Compensation patterns – What your body’s doing to work around problems
• History of stress or injuries – What your body’s been through
• Your symptoms in context – Not just where it hurts, but why

We use Advanced Biostructural Correction™ (ABC) to pinpoint the exact structural misalignments your body can’t fix on its own.
These are the hidden dysfunctions that most assessments miss—and they’re often the root of your ongoing issues.

Why You May Not Have Gotten Answers Elsewhere

Many treatments focus on chasing the pain—not correcting the cause.
They target the tight muscles, not the misalignments. They treat symptoms in isolation, not as part of a wider system.

That’s why people often say,
“It helped for a while… but the pain came back.”

Because if you don’t fix what’s causing the body to compensate, you’ll always be one step away from another flare-up.

We Don’t Guess. We Measure. We Explain.

From the first appointment, we show you what’s going on—and what we’re doing about it.
You’ll see the posture analysis, the tests we run, and the logic behind our plan. We’ll explain the patterns we find and how they relate to your symptoms.

So you can walk away thinking,
“Now I actually understand what’s going on in my body.”

And that’s the moment things start to change.

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Dr . Cara Joseph

The Backstory Chiropractic Clinic, Oxford