Research & Evidence
20 Years of Chronic Pain. 16 Years Working in Pain Relief. One Question: What Is the Body Responding To?
I AM 900 was developed from a long-standing interest in understanding why movement can remain difficult, restricted or painful — and why the same approach does not produce the same response in every person.
The development of the system draws on 20 years of experience with chronic pain and 16 years working in pain relief through Pain Remedial Clinic.
That clinical experience included acupuncture, physical therapy, craniosacral therapy, microcurrent and AAT.
Over time, the focus moved towards understanding how individuals respond to movement, loading, support and changes in pressure.
The I AM 900 Ligament Method brings that thinking into a structured process
The Background
The Experience Behind the Method
Pain Remedial Clinic forms an important part of the professional background behind I AM 900.
Sixteen years working in pain relief, alongside 20 years of personal experience with chronic pain, helped shape the questions that eventually led to the development of the I AM 900 Ligament Method.
Published Research
The Science Behind the Approach
Four areas of published research inform the thinking behind the method.
Topic A
Ligaments and Proprioception
Ligaments are not only passive straps holding joints together. Published reviews describe sensory structures within ligaments that are associated with joint position and movement — the basis of proprioception.
This matters for the thinking behind I AM 900: if ligaments carry sensory information, then how the body receives, distributes and responds to load is part of the movement response, not separate from it.
Topic B
Sling-Supported Exercise
Sling-supported exercise has been studied in relation to movement, muscle activation and chronic lower-back pain, including a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing sling exercise with other exercise approaches.
This research examines sling-supported exercise generally. It does not examine the specific I AM 900 sensor-guided fabric sling system, and no claim is made that these studies validate the I AM 900 system.
Topic C
Pressure Measurement
Pressure sensors can provide quantitative information about loading and contact pressure, and published reviews describe their use across sport and health applications.
Sensor placement, calibration and measurement conditions all affect how readings are taken and interpreted. This is why the I AM 900 method treats measurement as a structured, repeatable process rather than a single reading.
Topic D
Distal Pressure and Movement
Measuring pressure at distal contact points may provide information about how force is distributed during movement. It is one input among several.
Three things are kept separate throughout the method: what a pressure sensor directly measures; what movement observation suggests; and what requires further testing or validation.
Distal pressure measurements alone do not diagnose pain, identify ligament injury or establish the cause of a movement problem.