Daniel Monteleone

Podiatrist, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Clinic Owner of Proactive Health & Movement

A series of sporting related injuries meant that at one part of his life, Daniel had his own experience with Chronic Pain. Although the experience was challenging, it helped Daniel understand and develop an empathy and compassion that has influenced the way that he shows up every day for his clients and also as a leader of Podiatrists, Physiotherapists and Psychologists.

Daniel is a Podiatrist, a Strength and Conditioning Coach and a Director of Proactive Health & Movement, in Victoria, Australia.

Daniel has been an ambassador for National Pain Week and has been featured on numerous podcasts, radio interviews and with various news sources for his interest and work in helping people with pain.

Develop Your Skills for Complex Pain Consultations: Practical Strategies for Better Client Outcomes and Confident Consultations

Complex pain presentations are often where clients can feel the most lost and where practitioners can feel the most challenged.

In this session, Daniel Monteleone draws on both his lived experience of chronic pain and over two decades of clinical experience to reframe how podiatrists understand and manage complex pain presentations.

Through the lens of a patient and practitioner, Daniel explores why so many clients with complex pain presentations become stuck and how you can set up your consultations to guide clients through their pain.

At the heart of this session is a practical framework practitioners can learn and use to lean into the biopsychosocial understanding of pain, where tissue, nervous system sensitivity, beliefs, behaviour, and context all play a role in outcomes.