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  At just 26, Sam faced constant lower back and shoulder pain after a decade of collegiate sports and traditional lifting. The wear and tear from years of field hockey...

  Functional Patterns has been life-changing for 10-year-old Mason. Over the past year, his posture, coordination, and strength have improved dramatically—and so has his confidence. Mason, who has autism, ADHD,...

  In April 2021, Carla was diagnosed with stage 4/5 Parkinson’s disease on the Hoehn and Yahr scale, along with signs of cognitive decline consistent with Parkinson’s-related dementia. In January...

  Meet Lee, a 60-year-old client who has been living with Parkinson’s disease for nearly 20 years. He began training at @fp.taiwan in February 2020 using exclusively Functional Patterns protocols. Over...

  After being hit by a car at just 8 years old, Brent spent 13 years dealing with the aftermath—chronic hip and shoulder pain, limited mobility, and a torn hip...

  One of the hardest regions on the body to train is the neck. While it benefits from any type of compound movement, directly loading the neck during exercise has...

  One of the hardest regions to train safely on the body is the neck. You’ll find that people either resort to using too much or not enough weight, failing...

    Dr. Kelly Buchanan was suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis. This occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of the joints. Over time, this leads to joint damage,...

Here's a snippet of Thomas Myers from Anatomy Trains explaining human movement in integrated terms. It's great to see people starting to embrace the concept of the body operating as one system.

  From Broken to Biomechanically Sound: Michael’s Journey with Functional Patterns For years, Michael was stuck in a cycle of pain and frustration. As a once-athletic kid, he never imagined...

  Chloe was able to find emotional, mental and physical balance when she finally learned how important her body language was. Many come to FP feeling like their lives are...

  After pushing his body to the brink with relentless climbing and surfing, Kevin found himself in excruciating pain, isolated, and anxious. Traditional therapies failed to provide solutions time and...

  Kellie discusses her journey with FP at 55 years old. From dealing with chronic neck and back pain from her years of being a bodyworker to finally building the...

    Michael is 70 years old and suffered a major stroke in April of 2022 with several TIAs following which left the right side of his body (arm and...

    Benício is 12 years old and in a soccer game he suffered a head on collision, the result was a traumatic injury. There was a rupture of the...

  FP is for everyone. Especially anyone who is in pain and wanting to move better. Since we focus on what makes us move well as humans we tend to...

FP HBS Mike Mucciolo takes us through a "First Principles" lesson on the mechanics of sugar and metabolism.

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Functional Patterns (@functionalpatterns)   When you train your body as a system it allows your musculature to recalibrate itself. You can...

  Jian Foo tried it all—weightlifting, physio, chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, cupping, scraping—to ease the pain and soreness from scoliosis. But no matter what he tried, the strain always came back...

    A botched routine surgery lead April to have severe nerve damage down her left leg, setting in neuropathy, and complete drop foot. After six weeks in medical facilities,...

  “Benny was criticized in sports for being slow. He had a hard time running bases in baseball and would suffer low back pain after exercising for an extended period...

  Every athletic motion can be learned. This is what @functionalpatterns enables you to do when you discipline yourself to the craft.Rodney in the before was crippled with all sorts of pain...

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"I always believed that doing more and training harder was better but in the past 4 months I trained less than I ever have, and got the quickest results with the most ease I’ve ever experienced with training.“

    William's Testimony: “I had issues with shoulder and knee tendonitis that caused me to be in and out of rehab for years. I basically gave up on lifting without...

Mechanical Leverage BEATS Progressive Overload   Mechanical leverage is all about using the right tools—or in this case, the right technique—to make lifting and moving easier, with less effort. Instead...

  Have you ever wondered what tools you will need to start your FP Journey? Johnny presents the basics to creating a resilient foundation for moving better.

    PFL Middleweight champion Johnny Eblen, formerly of Bellator, gets fight-ready with Derek Diesel at the Functional Patterns Jupiter facility. This highlights the versatility of Functional Patterns training, proving...

  Flaccid stretching is a thing of the past. If you truly want to stretch your body from its superficial layers of muscle and fascia all the way down to...

  FP Doers: FP Training for soon-to-be Mothers Join us as we showcase the empowering training routines of expecting mothers who are following Functional Patterns protocols. In this video, you’ll...

  Today we had a great conversation with FP Doer Liz (@lzhffrn) about her experience and journey so far with FP. She describes what her life was like dealing with...

  Get a great workout with minimal equipment. Want to take your training on the road with you, but you are unsure of what to bring? If you already have...

  Steady state cardio exercises, like running or cycling, can exacerbate anxiety by triggering the release of stress hormones and mimicking physical symptoms of anxiety, such as increased heart rate...

    Top 3 exercises that will make your sciatica worse: 1. Nerve flossing2. Pigeon stretches3. Lumbar extensions Typically sciatica sufferers resort to doing some sort of stretching or mobility...

  Ting was dealing with pains and discomforts stemming from the 8 years of weight lifting he did hoping to get a stronger body. But how strong can someone be...

  Indie began training FP with her mom @sharon__barbaro to address her posture and promote general wellbeing. She trains FP most weeks for a half hour, up until this point...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Functional Patterns (@functionalpatterns)   Mariana had 7/10 hip pain due powerlifting training that exacerbated her scoliosis and imbalances. Right before completing...

    "In my 30s, I would feel knee and lower back discomfort after trail running and playing sports. Waking up in the morning felt like a chore. I felt...

  You can’t improve your mental health if you are literally a prisoner of your own body. Due to countless amounts of trauma, stress, dysfunctional movement patterns our bodies will begin to...

    In a rare Instagram Live, Naudi Aguilar explains how to approach diet and better yet, how to get to the source of most of your health issues. He...

  The sprinters in this video are exactly what we should aspire to be. When our body has the capacity to sprint at the highest level, it requires full body...

“Diagnosed with severe scoliosis at 14, I was told by every doctor I met that surgery was my only option. My curvature was too advanced for a back brace. Despite...