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One man. Five decades of pain. 4,100 miles of rebellion. Born Into Pain: The Pain Rebellion is the raw, unfiltered podcast of David Bainbridge – The Tenacious Cyclist – who survived 2.92 million subluxations, 343,000 dislocations, and 256 days of solo opiate detox. He now rides ultra-endurance events, unsupported and unmedicated, through constant severe pain. No fluff. No cure talk. Just scars, sweat, and forward motion. Born Into Pain is a war diary in podcast form—an unfiltered rebellion a ...
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I’m David Bainbridge. After 54 years of unrelenting pain, medical neglect, and opiate dependency, I did the unthinkable— I rebuilt. Born Into Pain is a raw, no-BS podcast for those who live with chronic illness, medical trauma, and invisible battles. This isn’t about healing. It’s about fighting back. Through real stories, survival strategies, and radical mindset shifts, we expose the systems that failed us—and amplify the voices that won't be silenced. New episodes every week. Pain doesn’t ...
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Welcome to The Inclusive Road — where wheels meet willpower. Born from the legacy of the tall ship S.V. Tenacious, this podcast brings the spirit of adventure ashore — through the grit, grace, and chaos of mixed-ability endurance stories. Each episode follows real people defying limits on land, sea, and in life — from accessible bike rides that chase ships down the coast, to mountain climbs powered by team spirit, not pity. We’re not here for polished narratives or surface-level inspiration. ...
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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 dysfunctio…
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Neuroplasticity isn’t a buzzword—it’s my reality Pain doesn’t just attack the body—it breaks the brain. I had to rewire everything to survive. Here’s how mindset, breath, and nervous system control changed everything. In this unflinching episode of Born Into Pain, we tell the story of David Bainbridge, aka The Tenacious Cyclist, who lives with over…
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True survival isn’t pushing past the pain—it’s knowing when to rise, and when to rest. On June 22, 2024, David Bainbridge set out to conquer a 205-mile cycling challenge: Chase the Sun. With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, CRPS, chronic fatigue, and a malfunctioning digestive system, his body was already in crisis before he even started. What followed was …
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Welcome to The Pain Rebellion—where chronic pain isn’t the end, it’s the beginning. 💥
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Meet David Bainbridge, known as The Tenacious Cyclist: a man who defied the odds. After decades of being trapped in a broken body, numbed by opiates, and dismissed by doctors, he didn’t surrender. He didn’t break. He rebelled. ⚡ David detoxed from 46 years of heavy opiates, scaled Snowdon in a wheelchair 🦽, and cycled 4,100 miles through relentless…
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A Body That Betrayed Me – And the Fire That Wouldn’t Go Out
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From the moment David Bainbridge took his first breath, pain was there—uninvited, unrelenting, and misunderstood. In this raw and intimate first episode, David opens up about what it's like to be born into pain—not just physically but emotionally, spiritually, and socially. Diagnosed with a rare, invisible illness that few understood, David spent d…
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A Body That Betrayed Me – And the Fire That Wouldn’t Go Out
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David Bainbridge was born with pain as his constant companion—a rare, invisible illness that doctors doubted and the world couldn’t see. For decades, he fought for answers, dignity, and his right to live fully in a body that betrayed him. In this powerful first episode, David invites you into the turning point: the moment he stopped trying to survi…
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Before They Believed Me: Surviving Childhood Pain, Misdiagnosis, and Medical Gaslighting
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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 ex…
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From Wheelchair to Ultra-Endurance: How I Reclaimed My Life from Chronic Pain
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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 h…
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