Karyn Clark Evolve Life

15/11/2025

Audio on! 🔉

So many people comment on their shoulder being up by their ears. Sometimes both,
sometimes one dominates. This might be associated with pain, tension, stiffness, stress, worry, anxiety or restricted movement.

Often we try to force the shoulder down, but how about learning and retaining your nervous systems to let them relax and learn how it feels for your shoulders to be relaxed.

This can be combined also with any of the other next and shoulder reels on here.

Always a breath in to gently contract, a breath out to release slowly, and then a resting breath before going again.

This can be used throughout the day to help reset back to finding comfort and ease. The more often you do the easier relaxing your shoulder will become.

Save and share, and let me know how you get on!

14/11/2025

Audio in for this one! 🔊

Neck pain and stiffness on one side, or just noticed that your range of movement could be better?

Here’s another simple somatic movement to try. Use the audio follow my words and take it ease!

It’s also great just to help regular the nervous system if your feeling stressed or anxious or just needs few calming moments.

You might even notice it helps with other pains and niggles!

Hit save, share with your friends, and let me know how you get one!! 🫶🏻

And don’t forget, breath in, breath out and pause, don’t forget that pause and rest g breathe, that’s where the magic really happens!

06/11/2025

Part 2

The bu****it around the stories of pain would make my life so easier!

As humans we what definitives, we want answers, and answer that make sense. But you know that not the case. We don’t have the answer, and honestly if you are given a clear definitive answer that really fits with your beliefs and narratives it’s likely not 💯 accurate. Even if you do feel better afterwards.

I have patients nowadays that I don’t even touch, and guess what they get better, and their pain can reduced even I the hour I am with them.

But my god, do I g things the old way, with the old narratives would make my life so much easier, but you know what I think humanity deserves better.

So here I am in my little corner, trying to do that!

06/11/2025

Part 1

My journey as a confused chiropractor!

Years of things not making sense, and yet patients getting better.

Doubting myself, not wanting to speak up because clearly it was me that just didn’t get it.

And then I discovers that everything I thought all of my doubts and questions were right!

I was in part relived and in part even more confused.

I have spent the last 10 years on a journey of reframing how I what, why it helps, why it doesn’t help, why everything possibly helps and why nothing possibly helps.

And the journey is far from over because day in and day out those of us that strive to be evidence based to be less wrong to figure out the big picture of pain are met with a daily, sole destroying barrage of bu****it on social media peddling miss-information that might sound plausible and might help your pain but not for the reasons you are being told.

Now for watch part 2!!

06/11/2025

05/11/2025

So this is a simple Somatic movement to help with the pain I have on the right side of my low back.

Using rotation as my check in point to see how the movement feels in terms of any pain etc and what the range is.

Then moving into the side bends, again seeing how it feels each direction and the starting my sequence by moving into the pain free direction.

3 repetitions of pandiculation so a gentle contraction of the muscle, followed by a slow release and then a relaxing breath.

Checking the rotation again before going the other way, and you can see how my range of movement improves with each stage.

Nothing should be forced or painful, moving with ease to retrain the muscles to help it to relax.

One to save and try particularly for pain that is more to the side of the body whether that’s upper or lower back.

Or just to improve rotation even when pain free!

You don’t have to be in pain to move better!!

Let me know how you get on.

30/10/2025

A recording of our livestream event on 15 October 2025.Pain Education for the Nation is for anyone living with or supporting someone with pain. In this webin...

26/10/2025

Can’t beat a little scrumping whilst out walking!! 😂

Sadly I can’t eat them fresh from the tree, peeled or pureed only 😞

26/10/2025

Self help for necks!!

So here we have one great way of helping neck tension for non specific neck pain!

Yes it a long one, but save it for the neck time you ‘crick’ your neck or wake up with neck tension and ‘you’ve not done anything!’

This is me, real life having woken up with a stiffness on the left side.

And you might be able to see the change, I can certainly feel it!

Share, save, let me know how you get on!!

16/10/2025

World Spine Day 2026 and there are points I’d like to make 😂

✅ Spinal health is about the whole person– movement, sleep, stress, mindset, and social factors all influence back and neck pain, not just posture.

✅ No single “perfect posture” exists – your best posture is your next posture; movement and variety are more important than holding one rigid position.

✅ Regular movement matters most– staying active in ways you enjoy has stronger evidence for long-term spinal health than posture correction alone.

✅ Pain is multifactorial – it’s influenced by biology, lifestyle, and life circumstances, so solutions need to be broad and individualized.

✅ Healthy environments go beyond chairs and desks– supportive workplaces also reduce stress, encourage breaks, and promote autonomy in movement.

✅ Empowering people works better than fear– instead of warning about “bad” posture, encouraging confidence, resilience, and body trust leads to healthier outcomes.

✅ Spinal health supports overall wellbeing – focusing on physical activity, recovery, and stress reduction benefits not just the spine but the whole body.

And here’s the truth about my spine:
•Back pain since I was 14
•Fractured snowboarding
•Carried two 9lb babies
•Cervical radiculopathy
•Regulars spasms (before I started strength training)
•Still aches like mad when I wash the dog 🐾

But… I can do this 👉 because we are far more capable and resilient than society would have you believe 💪🏻

15/10/2025

Nobody can kick the damn football for you!

Whatever change you want to make, or aspect of your life you want to improve YOU have to do the work and be a part of it!

I can help, advise, support you, I CANNOT do it for you!!

09/10/2025

Myth busting❗️

Your back pain is because you have a weak core! 😮

❌ Nope, not true and it about time this myth stopped and Healthcare Professionals, fitness influencers, postman and any other ill informed person stopped telling people this and started reading research!

🧐 Pain is complicate, there’s lots we still don’t know regarding pain, but there’s also a lot we do know now too!