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Trusted practitioners since 2013
Pain & Injury Treatments
Based in Biggar, South Lanarkshire
Also offering West Lothian home visit appointments
Total-body, hands-on therapy for pain, tension and
body alignment
If your pain keeps coming back — if you feel tight, uneven or “not right” in your body — if you’ve tried rest, medication, or multiple treatments without lasting results — you’re in the right place.
We specialise in hip and back, neck and shoulder pain, working with parents, professionals, runners and desk workers across Biggar, Peebles, South Lanarkshire, West Linton and West Lothian. Home visits available in West Lothian.
Our aim is to help you move with more ease, rebuild strength, and get back to the activities you love — without flare-ups, reliance on painkillers, or endless appointments.
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Our Core Treatments
Kinetic Chain Release (KCR)
Full-body realignment through medically approved mobilisations and stretches. The foundation of every treatment — releasing compensation patterns fast and effectively. Developed by Scottish physiotherapist Hugh Gilbert.
Connective Tissue Release (CTR)
Targeted fascia treatment for pain, restriction and chronic tightness that won’t shift with massage alone.
Cupping
Targeted suction to reach deeper areas of tension — particularly effective for areas that feel stuck or resistant to other treatment.
Ayurveda Massage
Structured warm-oil treatment to regulate stress-driven tension, support recovery and calm the nervous system from the inside out.
Marma & Trigger Point Therapy
Focused Marma point manipulation to reduce pain, release tension and restore energy flow through the body.
Monthly Membership
Clinical movement to rebuild strength, stability and prevent recurrence. Every session is structured and personalised to support your recovery and progress.
How Our Treatments Work?
We don’t just treat where it hurts. We treat the whole pattern.
Every client begins with Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) — a structured, full-body treatment that realigns the body. This allows us to correct imbalances, mobilise joints, reduce tension through the hips and spine, improve how weight is distributed, and calm an overworked nervous system. Once your body is reset, we layer in the treatment you need.
Your body adapts around the original pain or tension, and other joints and muscles compensate. Over time the strain builds — and it doesn’t have to take long.
If you’ve tried rest, medication, or multiple treatments but your pain keeps returning . . . it’s often because another part of the body has been taking the strain and the original imbalance hasn’t fully resolved.
If you’re frustrated by pain that keeps returning, stiffness that limits your life, or an injury that never quite healed, you’re in the right place. We commonly work with people dealing with back or hip pain, joint issues, stress-related tension, postural imbalance, or long-standing niggles that just won’t settle.
Many of the people we see have tried rest, medication, or multiple treatments. Often, pain persists because the body has adapted around hip or back pain. Daily posture, sitting, lifting, or carrying can gradually place too much strain through the hips and spine, causing other areas to work harder to cope. Over time, this can prevent pain from fully settling, even after treatment.
Is This You?
We Specialise In supporting
- The Desk-Based Professional: Hip & back pain, neck pain, shoulder tension, headaches, and posture collapse.
- Women’s Health & Hips: Postpartum pain, pelvic instability (SI joint), and hip impingement.
- The Manual Worker: Repetitive strain injuries, lower back problems, and muscular fatigue.
- The Frustrated Athlete: Old sports injuries that never quite healed, compensation patterns, and reduced confidence in movement.
- Recovering from injury or surgery: You’ve been told you’ll be fine, but months later things still don’t feel right.
What We Commonly Help With
- Hip pain & impingement
- Lower back pain
- Sciatica
- Neck & shoulder tension
- Postural imbalance
- Sports injuries
- Persistent tightness
- Stress-related muscular pain
If your body feels sore, tight, or like it’s constantly compensating — we can help you find out why and relieve your pain.
Meet Kev
Kev Buchan — Lead Therapist
Kev holds Master Level KCR certification, a Cupping Diploma, and qualifications in Connective Tissue Release and Ayurvedic Massage. With years of personal experience rebuilding from injury, including preventing surgery on his own neck. Kev brings clinical expertise and genuine lived understanding to every session.
Kev sees clients at our clinic in Elsrickle and offers home visit appointments across West Lothian.
Hi, we’re Kev & Jo Buchan. Between us we’ve had 4 surgeries, 18 broken bones (most of them Kev) and experienced grief losing our Mums. We know a lot about recovery and have rebuilt ourselves more than once.
We’ve been where you are
We know frustration firsthand from rugby injury and hip surgery to depression and loss. We’ve had to rebuild ourselves more than once.
Strength & Soul was born out of that deep frustration: being in pain and having no truly helpful guidance beyond ‘do these exercises, rest, and wait.’
What we offer isn’t just treatment; it’s an approach grown from our own challenging journeys and the proven results from years spent in our private clinic.
We don’t guess—we know what delivers long-term relief and genuine peace of mind. Our focus is building your confidence and giving you the tools to live your life fully, free from future flare-ups.
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Initial Consultation
£60
New to Strength & Soul? Start here. A full assessment to understand your body and build your treatment plan.
3 Session Package
£150
For current injuries or conditions that need structured attention. Three 45-minute appointments using a combination of treatments.
Find Us
THE STEADING, ELSRICKLE
Our clinic is based in Elsrickle, near Biggar, South Lanarkshire. Clients travel from Peebles, Lanark, West Linton and across West Lothian for our treatment.
Can’t travel to us? Kev offers home visit appointments across West Lothian — bringing the same structured clinical treatment to you. Particularly suited to post-surgery recovery, chronic pain, or anyone who finds travel difficult.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Click here and you’ll access our booking system. You’ll see Kev’s dairy and be able to choose an appointment day and time that works for you.
Contact us
If you don’t see a suitable appointment please contact us as we have some alternative times outside what is listed. We can also let you know if we get an cancellations.
Severity of injury or pain will determine on how many treatments you require. sometimes a single treatment can make a big difference or sometimes four or five may be required.
We recommend that you get regular maintenance treatment to maintain balance and continue feeling good.
You will be sent a confirmation email, you are able to reschedule and cancel by clicking on the Change/Cancel Appointment link in your confirmation email.
Absolutely, please cancel or reschedule your booking no less than 24hrs before session start time, or session will be charged at the full price. Thank you for respecting our time.