About Karyn Clark

I’ve worked in health, movement, and rehabilitation for over 25 years, and my approach has evolved just as much as I have.

My early career began in outdoor education, working with people of different ages and abilities. That experience shaped how I still work today, seeing the whole person, not just the problem.

After training in McTimoney Chiropractic at the McTimoney College of Chiropractic (University of Wales), I opened my first clinic in 2004. Over the next two decades I built and led a multidisciplinary wellness centre, working alongside yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, counsellors, and therapists.

During that time, something important became clear to me:

Pain is rarely just about joints or muscles.

Although manual therapy can be helpful, lasting change requires understanding how movement habits, stress, injury history, fear, and nervous system sensitivity all interact.

My own experience of chronic back pain started as teenager and included fracturing my spine snowboarding in my twenties.  Recovery is never  linear and over the years I too have experience many injuries, aches and pains,  that required learning, adaptation, and rebuilding trust in my body,  not simply hands on treatment. 

When discovering Clinical Somatic’s it opened my eyes to how physical and emotional stress can become habituated  and as a busy working mum with 2 young children I have no idea how chronically tense my body was and the effect it was having on my until it started to unravel.

My own experiences as well as my ongoing learning fundamentally shaped how I practise today.

How I Work Now

Today my work focuses on persistent pain and movement confidence.

I combine:

  • Contemporary pain science

  • Clinical Somatics

  • Movement-based rehabilitation

  • Gentle manual therapy when appropriate

  • Education and self-management strategies

I no longer see my role as “fixing” people. Instead, I work collaboratively to help you understand what is happening in your body and develop the skills to move forward with greater confidence and independence.

Ongoing Learning

I believe staying curious matters.

I have completed postgraduate training in Clinical Pain Management and continue to deepen my understanding of pain science and lifestyle medicine. I have also taught Clinical Somatics professionally and supervised students in clinical settings.

Evidence evolves — and so should we!

Outside the Clinic

Movement has always been part of my life. Whether training in the gym, paddle boarding, wakeboarding, or competing in natural bodybuilding, I value strength, resilience, and the sense of capability that movement brings. That belief carries into my clinical work, helping people reconnect with their own capacity.

Why Evolve Life?

Because growth is rarely straight.

We adapt.
 We learn.
 We rebuild.

Pain can be part of that process, but it doesn’t have to define it.