For desk workers with lower back pain from sitting all day

Stop managing your back pain. Start fixing it.

A 12-week guided program that fixes lower back pain from sitting all day — not with random stretches, but with progressive correction designed by a back pain and rehab specialist. Start free.

Week 0 mobility starter included
Week 1 full program free
30–50 min sessions, 2–4x per week

Week 1

Neutral Spine Stability

Free access

Session 1

Core + Upper Body

34 min
McGill Big 3 bracing
Hip flexor release
Posture and shoulder resets

Theory Lesson

Audio + text

Learn why your spine hurts and what stable movement should feel like.

Progress

Built in

Move week by week instead of bouncing between disconnected YouTube videos.

Designed For

Desk workers with back pain, neck tension, and posture issues

Built By

A clinical exercise therapist specializing in back pain, strength and conditioning, and functional movement

Format

Follow-along video sessions, weekly theory briefings, ergonomics posters, and built-in pain tracking

Start Without Risk

Give us 15 minutes. Judge for yourself.

If the starter routine doesn't make your back feel noticeably different, close the app. If it does — the full first week is free too.

Immediate relief

The 15-Minute Back Reset

  • 15-minute daily mobility routine
  • The Desk Setup Audit Kit — desktop, laptop, standing
  • A low-friction way to test the method

Full guided week

The Full Guided Week

  • 4 follow-along video sessions
  • Theory: Why Your Back Hurts (And Why Stretching Isn’t Fixing It)
  • Pain tracking so you can see the difference

From guided recovery to moving on your own.

The program starts fully guided, then hands control back to you as your movement quality and confidence improve.

Weeks 1–6

Follow Along

Press play and train with guided cues for bracing, breathing, posture, and tempo.

Every week

Learn the Why

Weekly briefings explain spine mechanics, ergonomics, and why random stretches usually fail.

Weeks 7–12

Train Independently

Graduate into PDF-guided progressions once the movement patterns are stable enough to own.

Real Results

Beta participants reported pain reduction within the first 2 weeks.

I haven’t had back pain in two weeks now. I’m the unfit, overweight, overworked person in the group — and it’s working.

Angelica

Healthcare worker

Pain-free in 2 weeks

I’ve been doing some of those exercises for years, and I haven’t actually felt the impact that I have this week. Clearly I’ve been doing them wrong.

Michelle

Gym-goer

More impact than years of gym

I default very quickly into that curved position. When I saw this course I thought — this is exactly what I need to train myself out of the bad habits I’ve picked up.

Kesha

Lawyer

Desk worker

I injured my back doing CrossFit a couple of years ago and it just never rectified itself. I want to fully commit to this repair and permanent solution.

Dylan

CrossFit background

Unresolved injury

By Week 12, you will:

  • Sit through a full workday without needing to shift, crack, or adjust
  • Bend down without bracing for pain
  • Know exactly which exercises to do and why — without needing a physio
  • Own a movement practice you maintain for life — no subscription, no dependency
  • Understand your body well enough to self-correct when old patterns creep back

Trust The Method

More structure. Less guesswork.

The value here is not another content library. It is a progressive protocol built for people whose backs are paying for years of sitting.

Corrective, not performative

The goal is better mechanics and more resilient posture, not exhaustion for its own sake.

Built around progression

Each week builds on the last instead of dropping you into disconnected routines with no context.

Designed by Craig van Heerden

Clinical exercise therapist specializing in back pain, strength and conditioning, and functional movement. Former S&C coach for a premier league rugby side.

Built from personal experience

Craig recovered from serious injuries himself using the same principles in this program. Read his story

“We become precisely what we do. Sitting is the antithesis of movement — and this program is designed to reverse that, week by week.”

12

weeks of progression

4

sessions per week

37

foundation exercises

Why This Exists

Most common fixes fail because they are not progressive.

Lower back pain from sitting all day comes from repeated positioning, weakened stabilizers, and poor movement habits. That is why the answer has to be guided and cumulative.

The Desk Loads You Poorly

Long sitting periods flatten posture, switch off stabilizers, and keep the hips in shortened positions for hours at a time.

Pain Is Not Just Tightness

Many people keep chasing relief while the underlying stability and control problem never gets rebuilt.

Random Content Does Not Progress

A useful routine is not enough. You need the next step, the next load, and the right timing for each.

Where people usually get stuck

Stretching without stability

If the joint is unstable, more stretching can feed the irritation instead of solving it.

Chasing temporary relief

Massage, heat packs, and adjustments feel good but don’t build the endurance to hold better positions under daily load.

Generic ab workouts

Most mainstream core work loads the spine in the same flexed pattern that sitting all day already reinforces.

Sound familiar?

Your lower back aches after sitting all day and nothing you’ve tried has fixed it
You’ve Googled “best stretches for lower back pain” and tried 5 different YouTube routines
You’ve tried a standing desk, a new chair, or a foam roller — still hurting
You’ve considered physio but can’t justify the ongoing cost
You do random core work but nothing sticks long-term

The problem isn't effort. It's progression.

Start free. Upgrade once.

The product promise is simple: solve the problem, do not rent the solution forever.

Free

$0

No credit card required

  • The 15-Minute Back Reset
  • The Full Guided Week
  • The Desk Setup Audit Kit
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The Pain-Free Back Protocol

$49

One-time purchase — introductory pricing until 2026-05-04

24 follow-along video sessions (Weeks 1–6)
$199
The Spine Science Briefings — 12 lessons with audio
$79
6 progressive training programs (Weeks 7–12)
$49
The Corrective Movement Vault — 37 exercises
$29
The Desk Setup Audit Kit — 3 ergonomics posters
$15
The Pain Trajectory Dashboard — track your recovery
$29
Total value$400
Your price$49
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The 30-Day Pain Progress Promise

Complete the first 4 weeks. Track your pain scores in the app. If your average pain score hasn't improved, email us for a full refund. We can offer this because the protocol works when you follow it. Your pain data in the app is the proof — for both of us.

What people typically spend on back pain

Single physio session$80–150
12 weeks of weekly physio$960–1,800
Standing desk$400–1,200
Ergonomic chair$500–2,000
This program (once, forever)$49

Start with the part that proves it.

The starter routine and full first week are free. If the method clicks, the rest of the program is waiting.