# Relio: Back Pain Management — Manage chronic pain symptoms

> Psychology-based program for self-managing chronic back pain symptoms at home. (iPhone/iPad app by Mindset Health Pty Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/relio-back-pain-management/id6497652624 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mindset Health Pty Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1255073245)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Medical
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 123 App Store ratings · 48 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 13.4 · 124 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2024-06-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/relio-back-pain-management/id6497652624/reviews.md

## What is Relio?

Relio is the easiest way to self-manage your persistent back pain symptoms at home, without medications. Developed by experts, Relio can help you better manage your pain and get back to your activities with a 6-week psychology-based program.

Relio uses a proven psychological approach to persistent back pain: clinical hypnosis combined with pain science education. Examined in a government-funded study at Neuroscience Research Australia, this approach was found to double the number of people reporting reduced pain and improved function*.

How does it work?

Most solutions only provide temporary or incomplete relief because they fail to target the root cause of persistent back pain, which is an overprotective pain system. Relio can help you learn how to address this overprotective pain system through education and audio-based clinical hypnosis in just a few weeks.

What you get:

- An evidence-based clinical hypnosis program designed by world-leading experts to help you better manage your pain
- Interactive educational content to help you understand why you’re experiencing persistent pain
- Relaxing 15-minute daily sessions that fit easily into your schedule
- Techniques to calm stress and reduce tension
- Strategies to help you safely return to your daily activities
- In-app chat support from real people

*Rizzo RRN, Medeiros FC, Pires LG, Pimenta RM, McAuley JH, Jensen MP, Costa LOP. Hypnosis Enhances the Effects of Pain Education in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pain. 2018 Oct;19(10):1103.e1-1103.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2018.03.013. Epub 2018 Apr 11. PMID: 29654980.

Medical Disclaimer:

Relio is a general wellbeing and lifestyle tool designed to help people live well with diagnosed persistent back pain. Relio is not intended as a treatment for persistent back pain and does not replace care by your provider or persistent back pain treatments you may be using. Always consult your healthcare professional before making medical decisions.

Relio is not a substitute for any medications. You should continue to take your medications as directed by your healthcare provider.

If you have any feelings or thoughts of harming yourself or others, please dial 911 (or local equivalent) or go to the nearest emergency room.

If you subscribe through iTunes, the credit card associated with your iTunes account will be charged at the end of the 7-day trial period, and your subscription will automatically renew every 3 months thereafter unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current payment period. If you do not cancel, your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. If you purchase a subscription during the free trial period, any unused portion of the trial period will be forfeited.

To manage your Relio subscription from iTunes:

1) On your iOS device, go to your device Settings and the ‘iTunes & App Stores’.
2) Tap on your Apple ID.
3) Tap to ‘View Apple ID’. (You may need to sign in or use Touch ID.)
4) Tap on ‘Subscriptions’.
5) Choose ‘Relio Subscription.
6) Tap ‘Cancel Subscription’.

For more information, please see our Terms and Conditions of Use: https://www.mindsethealth.com/legal/terms-conditions-relio

## Key features

- Psychology-based program for back pain
- Clinical hypnosis sessions
- Pain science education
- Stress and tension reduction techniques
- Strategies for returning to daily activities
- In-app chat support

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Relio Full Access | $199.00 | per year |


## What do users think of Relio?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Educational aspect is great
- 😌 Hypnosis sessions are relaxing
- 💡 App picks hypnosis daily
- 😌 Calming and helpful for pain
- 🧘‍♀️ Helps with sleep
- 🧠 Understanding pain system
- ✨ Life-changing results
- 💯 Highly recommended
- 🚀 Pain reduction achieved
- 😌 Instant pain reduction
- 💡 Empowers self-healing
- 😌 Reduces anxiety and depression
- 💯 Genuine pain management
- 😌 Calms down when stressed
- 👍 Superior to Curable
- 😌 Very relaxing audio guidance
- 🧠 Thorough pain science info
- 👍 Beneficial for chronic pain
- 😌 Instantly calms down
- ✨ Positive change in pain levels
- 😌 Relaxing and forthright guidance
- 💯 Game changer for pain control
- 😌 Helps manage pain effectively
- 👍 Great for chronic pain sufferers
- 😌 Helps fall asleep
- ✨ Transformed thinking about pain
- 😌 Reduces fatigue and tension
- 👍 Highly informative
- 😌 Helps to breathe and relax
- ✨ Hope for being active again
- 😌 Increased calm and happiness
- 👍 Most effective tool experienced
- 💡 Knowledge is power for pain
- 😌 Helps to wind down
- 👍 Quality meditations
- 😌 Helps retrain relationship with pain
- 👍 Very helpful for pain
- 😌 Helps dampen pain on bad days
- 👍 Great app
- 😌 Real help for pain
- 👍 Excellent platform
- 😌 Pain free after years
- 👍 Medicine in an app
- 😌 Reduces anxiety and depression
- 👍 Genuine research behind content
- 💰 Astounding value for price

**Cons**

- 💸 Automatic annual renewal without consent
- 🐛 Serious glitches, app won't open
- 🐛 Repetitive sessions
- 💰 Overpriced
- 🐛 App keeps crashing
- 🐛 Repetitive and boring
- 🐛 Poor access to trial
- 🐛 Unable to cancel subscription
- 🐛 Charged for a year without consent
- 🐛 Privacy warning bells
- 🐛 Simplistic behavior change suggestions
- 🐛 Disappointing and repetitive sessions
- 🐛 Not enough hypnosis sessions
- 🐛 Repetitive content
- 🐛 Not worth the price
- 🐛 Bad customer experience
- 🐛 Money back guarantee not honored
- 🐛 Customer service not good
- 🐛 Unusable due to glitches
- 🐛 AI customer service emails annoying
- 🐛 Revenue raising over health giving
- 🐛 Waste of money
- 🐛 Zero benefit seen
- 🐛 Massive con

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App won't open
- Cannot get hypnosis part to open
- App crashes when clicking anything
- Subscription management unavailable
- Trial access limited to day 5

**Most requested features**

- Two-tier price model for program completers
- More hypnosis sessions
- More than 7 hypnosis sessions
- 14 hypnosis sessions minimum
- Stop AI email responses
- Escalate issues to IT
- More comprehensive services for trauma
- Allow completion of intro trial after recovery
- Access to missed trial days
- More about severe and complex pain

## Recent user reviews (10 of 48)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/relio-back-pain-management/id6497652624/reviews.md

### 5/5 — I’m a Believer

*2026-02-02*

This app is so great, with the educational aspect paired with the hypnosis. I have suffered from back pain for many years and had spinal decompression surgery, but the pain persisted.

I did the 6 week program and I continue to do the hypnosis every day. Many times I do the hypnosis multiple times per day.

I love that the app just picks the hypnosis for you each day. Sometimes I get overwhelmed trying to pick a meditation out from the many options on YouTube or the Calm app. Less wasted time searching means more meditating and more relief!

I’d suggest a two tier price model for those of us who have completed the program and just want access to the hypnosis sessions. But it’s still worth every penny!

### 5/5 — Finally some hope

*2026-01-26*

I’ve lived with recurrent pains in my back for the last 30+ years. There’s never been a formal diagnosis, a major trauma or injury etc. I’ve paid tens of thousands of dollars over the years seeing various therapists – physio, chiro, osteo, massage. Was always just a revolving door of see you next week.
The simplistic education and calming Hypnos seem to be having a really positive affect on me. I’m only halfway through the program but have very high hopes for the future.

### 5/5 — My special place

*2025-11-10*

I would like a special place all for my self in real time. It’s so relaxing. And my pain dose die down a bit well I am listening to the program.

### 1/5 — Avoid dealing with this company

*2025-10-29*

I used this app last year but stopped using it at least 8 months ago.  Two months ago I had a Visa charge for $249 for a company I didn’t recognize (Nerva).   It was the parent company for this app.   Without my knowledge or consent they charged me for an automatic annual renewal.   I contacted Visa to dispute the charge.   I also immediately contacted Nerva.   They have refused to refund me my $249, stating it is not their refund policy.  They did however cancel the subscription. 
Unethical corporate greed trumps customer service.  Avoid dealing wth this company.

### 1/5 — Serious glitches every night - it won’t open

*2025-10-16*

I paid $200 for this and every night after day three it doesn’t open no matter what I do. I cannot get the hypnosis part to open or any kind of audio. I sign out and sign in, sign out and sign in, sign out and sign in and eventually, I can get it to work. I was told to delete the entire app and reinstall it, which I did —same problem. Then I was told maybe there is not enough storage on my phone. I have plenty of storage and it does play after I sign out, sign in, sign out, sign in, sign out, sign in over and over. So for $200 this is not worth it. I’m still not sure what I’m gonna do. I did ask for a refund but the problem is it is a good app. It really is but it’s unusable. So I don’t know. I’ve got a ticket into them and I’m gonna see what we can do. Another thing I’m gonna ask them to do is stop with that AI email every day. There’s this AI response of one sentence saying “we’re still waiting to hear your answer” after I submitted a problem, and even when I have answered. It’s clear it’s AI and it’s really getting on my nerves. To be honest, I don’t think the customer service is that good. The answers are just those kind of answers you get like when you call Xfinity. Not once have they said we need to escalate this to IT.

### 5/5 — Positive change

*2025-10-06*

The Relio app and process has created a consistent and progressive change to my back pain. I have gone from 5-8 pain levels and annoying foot neuropathy and using ice daily to 2-3 pain level, using ice packs maybe twice a week, reduced fatigue, less tension, and a positive way to manage pain.

### 2/5 — Rip off

*2025-10-03*

$199 a year?!?! Wow! Ridiculous

### 5/5 — Great stuff

*2025-09-30*

I’m a long term chronic pain sufferer. The sessions are really calming, helping to slow down some pain signals after three weeks. I do two sessions a day, one being at bedtime, which calms me and helps in falling asleep. I’ve made a personal 90 day commitment.

### 5/5 — Works

*2025-08-26*

I have several herniated discs giving me pain. I was in and out of hospital, on all sorts of medication, ambulance runs. I started this, and it helped a lot. I fall asleep to the meditation every night. I finished 6 weeks along with physical therapy and I restarted the program. My pain is more manageable. If you want it to work, it will work.

### 5/5 — Highly  Informative, Excellent App.

*2025-08-20*

I attended a Pain Clinic many years ago & this is by far much easier to absorb & understand. I’m reading all the 6weeks of info again to really grasp & integrate the importance of the brain & the pain system. I wish everyone could read this because the importance of understanding this connection is so great but something we are rarely ever taught. If you have any sort of prolonged pain, even if it’s a structural disability that’s incurable, you will still benefit greatly from the information provided here. Knowledge is power, & to feel more empowered regarding your body & pain you feel, can lift a lot of depression & confusion…& help you feel more in control of your circumstances. I definitely cannot recommend this App highly enough- even for all medical workers too, to explain to their patients & give them some self control, dignity & understanding… it’s a game changer. The Hypnosis sessions are well thought out & incredibly relaxing too. Thank you, it’s a 10/10 from me.

## Frequently asked questions about Relio

### What does Relio do?

Relio is a self-management tool designed to help individuals with persistent back pain. It utilizes a 6-week psychology-based program that combines clinical hypnosis with pain science education to address the root causes of pain and improve daily function without the use of medication.

### What are the key features of Relio?

Key features include an evidence-based clinical hypnosis program developed by experts, interactive educational content to understand pain, daily 15-minute sessions, techniques for stress and tension reduction, strategies for safely returning to activities, and in-app chat support.

### How much does Relio cost?

Relio offers a 7-day free trial. After the trial, subscriptions are available and automatically renew every 3 months unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current payment period ends. Specific pricing details are managed through iTunes.

### Is Relio compatible with my device?

The provided description indicates that subscription management for Relio is handled through iTunes on iOS devices. This suggests the app is available on iOS platforms, but specific version compatibility is not detailed.

### Who is Relio for?

Relio is intended for individuals who are diagnosed with persistent back pain and are seeking a non-medication approach to self-manage their symptoms. It aims to help users understand their pain and regain functionality in their daily lives.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 45.2 — 2025-09-23

Thanks for using Relio! This version includes new sessions, design improvements and bug fixes.

As always, if you have any feedback or run into any troubles, let us know at relio@mindsethealth.com

### 43.5 — 2025-07-29

Thanks for using Relio! This version includes bug fixes and some design improvements.

As always, if you have any feedback or run into any troubles, please let us know at relio@mindsethealth.com

### 41.4 — 2025-06-02

Thanks for using Relio! This version includes new sessions, design improvements and bug fixes.

As always, if you have any feedback or run into any troubles, let us know at relio@mindsethealth.com

### 41.3 — 2025-05-26

Thanks for using Relio! This version includes new sessions, design improvements and bug fixes.

As always, if you have any feedback or run into any troubles, please let us know.

### 41.1 — 2025-05-21

Thanks for using Relio! This version includes new sessions, design improvements and bug fixes.

As always, if you have any feedback or run into any troubles, please let us know.

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