If you’ve landed here, you’re probably tired. Tired of back pain that keeps coming back. Tired of being told different things by different practitioners. Tired of the constant low hum of working around your body instead of with it.
RESET™ is a calm, structured way to begin changing that cycle.
It isn’t a quick fix, and it isn’t magic. It is an evidence-informed recovery pathway within Back Pain Systems™, developed by Dr Jo Abbott PhD from more than two decades of clinical experience, research, biomechanics, pain science, functional movement and system-based thinking.
Here in New Zealand, I support people through RESET™ Coaching as a New Zealand-based RESET Coach™. That means I support you through the first structured 12-week RESET™ Coaching support block, helping you apply the programme safely, consistently and confidently — alongside any physiotherapy, osteopathy, medical or allied-health care you may already be receiving.
What RESET™ Is
RESET™ is a foundation pathway within Dr Jo Abbott’s Back Pain Systems™ — one of ten connected pathways. It is designed for people who feel stuck in the cycle of persistent or recurring back pain — flare-ups, fear, guarding, stiffness, loss of confidence, avoidance and relapse.
RESET™ works with five core components together:
- Release
- Evolve
- Stabilise
- Exhale
- Transition
All five components work as one continuous system, supporting one core outcome — resilient, robust movement.
Two Ways to Begin RESET™
There are two ways to begin the RESET™ pathway. Both belong inside the Back Pain Systems™ ecosystem — they simply offer different levels of support.
RESET™ Solo — the self-guided route
RESET™ Solo is the self-guided pathway inside The Body Systems App, organised around four app-based RESET™ phases that you work through independently and at your own pace. This option may suit you if you feel confident working through the app structure on your own. Solo is set up directly with Dr Jo through her own approved route — drjoabbott.com/bps-reset
RESET™ Coaching — the supported route
RESET™ Coaching is the supported route I deliver here in New Zealand. You still use The Body Systems App — but you’re guided through the first structured 12-week RESET™ Coaching support block, with support from me as your RESET Coach™.
The 12-week coaching block doesn’t replace The Body Systems App. It sits alongside it. The app gives you the core RESET™ pathway. The coaching helps you understand it, apply it, pace it and stay with it.
The First 12-Week Coaching Block
A quick word on the numbers, so none of this reads as a contradiction. The five components are what RESET™ works with. The four app phases are how RESET™ Solo is laid out inside The Body Systems App. The six phases below are the coached teaching sequence I support you through across the 12 weeks.
RESET™ Coaching begins with the first structured 12-week RESET™ Coaching support block. Over 12 weeks, I support you to work through Dr Jo’s six coached teaching and progression phases. The phases below are Dr Jo Abbott’s, in her own wording. My role is to help you apply them — not to change them.
Phase 1
RESET the Pain
Calm the nervous system, reduce fear, settle flare-ups and begin to create a safer internal environment for movement.
Phase 2
REPAIR the Patterns
Identify and unwind protective movement habits, breath holding, postural guarding and compensatory strategies.
Phase 3
REBUILD the Chain
Reconnect the feet, hips, spine, ribs, breath and brain so your body can move as an integrated system again.
Phase 4
RESTORE Strength & Stability
Build adaptive control, load tolerance, balance, strength and confidence without forcing the body too soon.
Phase 5
RECALIBRATE Daily Life
Apply the RESET™ principles to sitting, sleeping, working, walking, lifting, training and everyday movement.
Phase 6
RESILIENCE & Freedom
Consolidate your progress, reduce relapse fear, build self-trust and learn how to respond when symptoms change.
How We Can Work Together
RESET™ Coaching can be delivered three ways:
- 1:1 in person — individual coaching at my Wairarapa clinics
- 1:1 online via Zoom — individual coaching anywhere in New Zealand
- Group cohort — register your interest for the next cohort
After The 12-Week Coaching Block
Completing the 12-week coaching block isn’t the end of our work together — it’s the end of the focused coaching window. Many clients continue independently inside The Body Systems App. Some choose to keep working with me in a lighter rhythm. There’s no expiry date on our work together.
Not sure if RESET™ Coaching is right for you?
Let’s talk it through. No commitment.
No pressure. Just an honest conversation about what might help.
