Our mission

Relieving chronic pain for millions of people today. Preventing chronic pain for millions more tomorrow.

How it all
started

Our co-founder, Charles, had a spinal surgery in 2013 that didn't quite go to plan. It left him with severe nerve damage and he was unable to use his right foot. This started a six year period when Charles had a further 5 spinal surgeries, lived in daily agony and was isolated and detached from everything he loved.

In Summer 2019, having felt thoroughly let down by the healthcare system, he started learning about the science of pain, and how he could apply this science to his own situation. Slowly but surely, he was able to take himself from a life of constant, excruciating pain, lying in bed with little contact with the outside world, to starting a business and doing activities he thought he would never be able to do again.

That is Charles' story, but he is not the only one. Members of our team have similar success stories, and every day we hear of more and more people resolving their own chronic pain issues through the application of Pain Science.

While these stories fill us with light, this new understanding of how to treat chronic pain is not reaching enough people, and this is why we started PAIND.

To get the right type of care to the people that need it most.

Chronic pain is not something we have to accept. It can be reduced, and it can be resolved!

We cant wait to go on this journey with you.

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Meet our leadership team

We're working tirelessly to deliver on our mission.

  • Charles Balcombe

    Charles Balcombe

    Co-Founder | CEO

    Charles is a successful entrepreneur & serial founder with a wealth of startup, finance, business development and chronic pain experience. In 2013, after being diagnosed with chronic neuropathic pain, Charles began his mission to make the very latest chronic pain treatments more readily available to all, without the waiting lists.

  • Greg Hamilton

    Greg Hamilton

    Co-Founder | CTO

    Greg is a highly experienced software engineer and product manager with a background in education technology. Having already taught over 100k beginners how to code through his self-created digital courses, Greg is now passionate about using technology to deliver cutting-edge pain science and helping people manage their chronic pain.

Our advisory board

We're working with some amazing people...

  • Dr Glyn Towlerton

    Dr Glyn Towlerton

    NHS Consultant in Spinal & Pain Medicine, The Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, The Fortius Clinic.

  • Dr Lucy Ward

    Dr Lucy Ward

    NHS Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthetics, The Royal Free Hospital.

  • Dr Sula Windgassen

    Dr Sula Windgassen

    PhD. MSc. Leading Health Psychologist, EMDR & CBT Therapist. Researcher King's College London. Mindfulness practitioner & MBCT teacher.

  • Dr Rebecca Hunter

    Dr Rebecca Hunter

    Chronic pain specialist physiotherapist with a PhD in mHealth technology for self-managing chronic low back pain. Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Exeter.

  • Dr Joseph Parsons

    Dr Joseph Parsons

    PhD. Pain science research. Living with chronic pain.