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Reclaiming Safety
Find a starting point your body can trust.
Slow down the noise. Reconnect. Begin moving without forcing it. Breathing, awareness, and foundational work you can do lying down or seated. No equipment required.
Fixing Back Pain For Good · Self-paced course
You don't need to be afraid of your back forever.
A self-paced, three-phase movement system for people tired of temporary relief, and ready to rebuild safety, confidence, and strength around movement.
No gym. No equipment. No six-week finish line.
- Self-paced video course
- Lifetime access and updates
- Two calls with Richard (complete system)
Educational movement guidance. Not medical diagnosis or treatment. Terms
You're not weak. Your body is trying to protect you.
You don't need another exercise sheet. You already know the stretches, the foam roller, the workarounds. You get through a workout, a workday, a car ride. Then you pay for it later.
Maybe you hesitate before you bend down. Maybe you skip lifting, running, travel, or playing with your kids because you don't trust what your back will do next. That isn't a lack of effort. That's a body that learned to guard.
Relief that lasts a few days isn't the same as having a process you understand.
The exercise is part of the tool. You are the work.
Your body works as a unit. Forcing a range, chasing a position, or grinding a rep at all costs isn't the same as owning the tension you can actually keep today.
Safety comes first. Confidence follows. Performance and daily life come after. You stay with a phase as long as you need, based on how you feel, how much work you put in, and what your body is asking for today.
Stop asking, “How far can I go?” Start asking, “How far can I go while staying connected?”
What changes when you stop treating your body like the enemy.
Clients, in their own words. Messages and videos from Richard's practice. Individual results vary.
Video testimonial
Client, back to training
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Video testimonial
Nikki
Coach · 2:54
Video testimonial
Client
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Shout out to @rarebarracuda for giving me the absolute least enjoyable shit to do that actually works cuz look at me now, over 100% without pain. Now to fix squats...
Video testimonial
Richard on living with spasms
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In 2022 the hip pain I had been experiencing for years had worsened. It worsened to the point where movement was incredibly difficult and I started to lose my identity. After traditional interventions and speaking with 5 orthopaedic surgeons, I was diagnosed with “Otto's disease” and told the only option I had would be a full hip replacement. Fast forward to February 2023, Jack had reconnected with an old friend, Ed, and told him about my upcoming surgery scheduled in March. Ed was curious, looked at my x-rays and, after not seeing any structural damage, asked if they could hop on a call with his friend Richard, a movement specialist, who's helped many people like myself avoid surgery and get out of pain. Two years ago today we arrived in Amsterdam, met with Richard and he got me out of pain during our first session. That forever changed my life. It was incredible and we cancelled my surgery that week. It's work though, don't get me wrong, I train with intention now. I move better and I'm no longer in pain. I've been working with Richard ever since, forever learning and growing. I feel like I've made an insane amount of progress both physically and mentally over the last two years. Ed, you've been there ever since too. With Jack and I. And overall you've been incredible as well. I appreciate you both so much. Richard and Ed, thank you both for all that you do. There's a shit ton you both are doing and I hope you both know that you change the lives of those you come across. 😁
When i woke up in the morning, i felt no tension in the left hip, while i took a shower, got dressed i felt a little. Then i sat down and tried to connect to the left hammies (which felt nicely sore from yesterday) and the tension on the hip disapeares right away. Happy Birthday :) I learned my homework yesterday. I am very thankful. It was a painful but good experience. It's not that i didnt know these things like „problem with the outside world“, „over-empathetic“ etc but the fact that you could see these things in tension/displacing tension really impressed me and encouraged me to learn more about it and implement movement in my daily practice. Seeing these things and influence them by movement- maaaan, this thing is biiig!!!!!
I'm astounded by the remarkable changes I feel in my body is 2 weeks The effects of the Swami and active meditation are truly insane. I can't quite comprehend the magic behind it all, but I am immensely grateful for your expertise and guidance. Thank you for this incredible experience.
Okkkk had the best sesh today! Did sled drags, sprints and pushes. Belt squat/marches, calf raises and lemme tell you Richard, I died. That was intense, I still feel whew. And I'm sorry, it's completely out of my comfort zone to film myself but I know its important for feedback so I'll do it next week otherwise you'll have to yell at me 🤷♀️ Zero hip pain! The guy who owns the gym came up and said hi (met him last year when I used to go) and the first thing he said to me was that I was moving way better 😌
Back in the 300 club this morning! Can't believe I nearly had a f*cking hip replacement 😅 Let's Go!!!
That session helped so much. Who knew that going heavier would relieve the hip pain? Thank you! Also, I felt so calm afterward; it was like stress left the body with each rep. It has been the best night's sleep in months, and there is no hip or back tightness in the morning!
A path back to movement, not another six-week plan.
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Restoring Confidence
Build capacity without chasing the old fear pattern.
Once you have a base, add more physical stress and more trust. Progressive loading. Strength under manageable stress.
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Sustaining Freedom
Return to the life you want, with a process you understand.
Training, work, hobbies, carrying, running, lifting. Recognize a flare without panic. Return to the tools when new stress shows up. Phase 3 isn't a finish line. It's consistency.
This is a movement-education framework. Your pace and results will vary.
Start the complete system — $299Start where you are.
Start with Phase 1 if you're in active pain now. Choose the complete system if you want the full process and Richard's calls.
Most complete
$299
One-time · 100% money-back if you don't feel a difference
The full three-phase process.
- All three phases: Reclaiming Safety, Restoring Confidence, Sustaining Freedom
- Self-paced video course
- Two online calls with Richard to confirm the problem is resolved
- Lifetime access and updates
- No equipment or gym needed
Start the complete system — $299
100% money-back if you don't feel a difference. Refund policy
$79
Find safety first.
A gentle, clear starting point when you're in active pain or nervous around movement, without forcing range or intensity yet.
- Pre-recorded Phase 1 guidance
- Step-by-step techniques to calm and reconnect
- Work you can do lying down or seated
- No equipment
In pain now? Start Phase 1 — $79
14-day access fix or refund if you can't get into the materials. Refund policy
When your body feels unsafe, don't start by trying to prove it wrong.
Phase 1 isn't about doing nothing. It's about doing enough of the right thing that your body has a reason to trust movement again.
You begin with a daily walking practice adapted to your capacity, foundational calf work, and SWAMI, a breath and isometric practice used to help you notice tension and stay present.
I didn't build this from a textbook.
- Rockslide at 5,000 meters, at 18.
- Hip crushed into more than 35 pieces.
- Five months bedridden. Relearned how to walk.
- Six surgeries, including a double ulnar replacement.
- The prognosis: live with the pain, stay sedentary, deal with it.
I chose a different route. I started studying movement, discomfort, capacity, and the relationship between stress and the body. First because I had to, then because other people were stuck in the same loop.
My outcome isn't a promise of yours. Bodies are different. Histories are different. I built this because people deserve more than being told to avoid their body forever.
This is
- A self-paced education process
- A three-phase system built around safety, confidence, and sustainable movement
- A way to understand and work with your own patterns over time
- A practical place to start when you're tired of guessing
- A framework you can return to when life, stress, training, or pain changes
This is not
- A diagnosis
- Medical care, physical therapy, or a replacement for a licensed clinician
- A promise that every pain problem has one cause
- A six-week quick fix
- A demand to push through sharp, worsening, unexplained, or concerning symptoms
Questions
You don't need to keep guessing.
If you're in pain now, start by building safety. If you're ready to work through the full process, take the complete system.
Want more than a course?
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Tell Richard what you are dealing with. He reviews the submission and points you to the right next step.
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An immersive retreat for movement, breath, presence, and time away from the usual pace.
Explore Body Knows Experience->Fixing Back Pain For Good and Fixing Back Pain: Phase 1 provide educational movement guidance only. They are not medical advice and do not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Stop and seek care from a qualified licensed healthcare professional for sharp, worsening, unexplained, or concerning symptoms, or if you're unsure whether exercise is appropriate for you. Richard Aceves is a movement coach, not a physician, physical therapist, or mental-health clinician.