The Pain Recovery Roadmap is a free guide from Bigger Than Pain, David's recovery app. Same approach as the clinic.biggerthanpain.comFree guide, practicals and templates inside
The Pain Recovery Roadmap.
Five steps to understanding persistent pain and starting to move forward, from 16 years of clinical practice. Updated for 2026, with trackers and templates you fill in.
What's inside
Understand your pain, then take a first step.
How pain works
What modern pain science says about why pain can persist.
The five-step framework
A structured approach to the physical and everyday sides of pain.
Scans and labels
How to read results and diagnoses without them keeping you stuck.
Your next steps
Practical strategies, and how Bigger Than Pain connects them when you're ready.
From a reader
What filling it in can show you.
“I've just gone through your Pain Recovery Roadmap and wanted to say thanks for making it free and available to everyone. Filling out the different sections made me recognise patterns in my life that lead to flare ups. In particular I realised the last 3 times it's happened has been after a busy week where I haven't had time to rest, followed by one stressful event.
In the section on beliefs I had a big realisation that when I get flare ups I have this belief that if I find the perfect exercise I'll be able to fix the pain, so I drive myself crazy trying different things and usually end up making things worse. Even though I see quite often that pain can be triggered by emotional states and stress, it takes experiencing it and reflecting to fully realise!
I'm going to keep using the pain logs and monitoring how things are going week to week. Just wanted to say thanks a mill for putting that out there, it's definitely not given enough attention!”
Who wrote it
Written by David, from the clinic.
David Mc Gettigan is a Sports Rehabilitator (BSc Hons) and Pain and Movement Specialist with 16 years of clinical experience. He has worked with thousands of clients, from elite athletes to people who could barely walk, looking at the whole person, not just the painful area.
He runs the David Mc Gettigan Clinic in Monaghan and Dublin, offers telehealth consultations, and built Bigger Than Pain so more people can use the same approach between appointments, or on their own.
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Along with the e-book, you'll also receive:
- A look inside Bigger Than Pain, the recovery platform built on this roadmap
- Occasional insights and tips on pain recovery, direct to your inbox
- Early access to new resources as they are released