Stop Treating the Wrong Spot

If Nothing Has Worked, You're Treating the Wrong Place

Stretching didn’t fix it.

Strengthening didn’t fix it.

Treatment didn’t hold.

That’s because pain is often not coming from where you feel it. 

If you keep treating the symptom location, you keep missing the source.

Most Pain Is Referred—And Almost No One Tests It

Specific muscle trigger points can send pain to other areas of the body.

That means:

• low back pain may not be coming from the low back
• SI joint pain may not be coming from the SI joint
• sciatic pain may not be nerve-driven

If you treat where it hurts, you’re often treating the wrong thing. 

The First Relief Protocol shows you exactly where to treat first—and how to do it.

What Happens in 30 Minutes

You’ll follow a guided sequence to:

• Apply targeted pressure to specific muscle trigger points
• Use contract-relax movement to reduce pain signals
• Re-test your symptoms immediately

Most people notice easier movement and less pain within minutes—when they’re on the right source.

This Is Not Another Stretching or Core Program

This does not start with:

• strengthening weak muscles
• stretching tight muscles
• fixing posture
• stabilizing your core

It starts with one thing:

Treating the most common and overlooked driver of pain first. 

Because if that’s the source, everything else is secondary.

What This Protocol Does

After running the sequence, one of three things happens:

1) Immediate improvement

• You’ve hit a primary driver.
• Movement is easier. Pain drops.

2) Partial improvement

• You’re close.
• A small adjustment gets you further results.

3) No change

• You’ve ruled out one of the most common causes—fast.
• Either way, you stop guessing.

Who This Is For

• low back, sacral, or SI-area pain
• sciatic-type pain into hip or leg
• unresolved symptoms after PT, chiro, or exercise
• want a fast, direct way to actually reduce pain
  

Who This Is Not For

• recent trauma or acute injury
• severe or worsening neurological symptoms
• need for medical diagnosis or urgent care
  

This is self-treatment—not medical evaluation.

What You Get

This is a focused, step-by-step self-treatment protocol—not a generic routine.

Inside, you’ll get:

• 5 concise video lessons (28 minutes total) 

  Run the full sequence in under 30 minutes.

• Exact compression points for QL and glutes 

  No guessing where to press. 

• Guided contract–relax movement sequencing 

  Not just pressure.  This is structured treatment.

• Immediate re-testing framework 

  You’ll feel changes right away if you're on the right source.

• Simple progression path 

   Improve → repeat and refine

   No change → move on without wasting weeks

About Doug Ringwald

Doug Ringwald is a Coaching The Body® Master Practitioner specializing in persistent low back and sciatic pain.

Over the past 12 years, he has helped 400+ clients resolve chronic pain patterns — including cases that had not improved with PT, chiropractic care, injections, or surgery.

He has trained 600+ therapy and movement professionals in trigger point–based pain resolution..

Doug’s work integrates:

• precision trigger point mapping
• targeted compression
• contract–relax movement sequencing
• immediate symptom re-testing

The First Relief Protocol is the same system used in his 1:1 work.

No Risk. Clear Result.

This is not a long program.

It’s a fast, targeted self-treatment that produces a clear result.

You will feel a change—or you’ll know quickly this isn’t the driver. 

If you complete it and don’t get value, email within 7 days for a full refund.

No forms. No friction.