Three weeks before RideLondon, David Bainbridge lay in a hospital bed—malnourished, muscle-wasted, unable to walk. He had no strength. No training. No chance.

But on race day, he didn’t just show up—he went to war.

In this episode, we tell the story of a man with a body in collapse who rode 63 miles at elite intensity. No pacing. No coasting. No mercy.

This wasn’t about finishing. This was about reclaiming identity.

“I’m not done yet.”

Listen to the rebellion.

#RideLondon #ChronicPain #EnduranceCyclist

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Ever felt your bones grinding together? Now imagine it never stops.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is real. It’s brutal. And it’s invisible.
More painful than childbirth, cancer, even amputation—and most people have never heard of it.

Through visceral metaphors and raw testimony, we expose the truth behind this silent tormentor: a dysfunctional autonomic nervous system that never switches off the agony. We recreate what "cold fire" feels like, share why diagnosis is a desperate race against time, and call for something medicine often forgets—compassion.

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“I’ve been in constant severe pain for every second of every day for so long that I can’t remember what it feels like to not be in pain.” - David Bainbridge

In Episode 1 of Born into Pain, David Bainbridge’s story begins before age three—before doctors believed him, before the diagnoses, and before the world took his pain seriously. 

This episode explores the raw truth of childhood chronic pain, early opioid prescriptions, and a broken medical system that left a child to suffer in silence. 

Narrated by host Josh, this is a brutally honest dive into what it means to grow up in a body that never stops hurting—and a world that refuses to see it.

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This isn’t a story about suffering. This is a story about fighting back.

For over five decades, chronic pain has been my reality—Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and more dislocations than most doctors will see in a lifetime. 

343,000 full dislocations. 

2.92 million subluxations. 

Every step, every movement, a gamble. Doctors handed me opiates at just seven years old, setting me on a path of dependency that nearly killed me. By 2019, opioid toxicity and withdrawal almost took my life.

But I didn’t surrender. I went to war.

This episode is about resilience, relentless pain management, transforming adversity into strength and Ultra-Endurance. 

I’ll take you through the 256 days of hell it took to break free from opioids, the advanced pain management techniques that rebuilt me, and how I turned from a wheelchair user into an ultra-endurance cyclist.

🚀 From Snowdon climbs to 100+ mile bike rides, this is how I defied every medical expectation.🔥 Pain didn’t stop me. It became my training ground.

💡 Topics Covered:

• The brutal reality of chronic pain & withdrawal
• 343,000 dislocations, 2.92 million subluxations—what it’s really like to live in a breaking body
• Advanced pain management strategies (micro-pacing, movement, mindset)
• How endurance sports mirror the battle against pain
• Defying medical limits & taking on ultra-cycling challenges

If you’re facing your own impossible battle—whether it’s chronic illness, addiction, or doubt—this episode is for you.

🎧 Listen now and learn how to take back control. Because pain may shape us, but it doesn’t have to break us.

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