Addressing Chronic Pain, Caffeine-Dependency, and More with FP

Addressing Chronic Pain, Caffeine-Dependency, and More with FP

 

Here’s what nobody tells you about Olympic lifting, back squats, and deadlifts: these exercises DEMAND 50/50 weight distribution while you’re under load. This is a biomechanical disaster. When @heath.wenzel came to FP his posture leaned more to the right than the left. The bilateral nature of Olympic lifting was COMPOUNDING his asymmetries, not fixing them.

What happens when you squat heavy with an asymmetrical structure? You further ingrain your existing dysfunctions under extreme forces. With FP, Heath trained primarily unilaterally. If he tended to lean right, he started his movement there but finished by exerting force to end the movement leaning and rotating left. This strategic loading started to systematically correct his structural imbalances.

Heath Wenzel | 3-Year Transformation
Age: 49 → 52

BEFORE ❌
- Daily hip and shoulder pain (6-8/10)
- Inguinal hernia pain (5/10)
- Lower back pain (4-6/10)
- Severe anterior pelvic tilt
- Kyphosis from years of Olympic weightlifting
- Scapular winging from “shoulders down and back” cues
- Chronic anxiety and depression
- Severe daily IBS
- Poor sleep quality
- Caffeine dependency (2-4 cups daily)
- Training 5-7 days weekly with minimal recovery
- Constant negative thought patterns

AFTER ✅
- ZERO daily pain (0/10)
- Corrected anterior pelvic tilt
- Improved thoracic positioning
- Integrated scapular function
- IBS episodes reduced from daily to quarterly
- Significantly reduced anxiety and depression
- No more caffeine dependency
- Prioritized recovery and targeted training
- Structural improvement despite minimal weight change

This is just one example of how conventional training methods can reinforce your dysfunctions while FP systematically resolves them. The conventional fitness industry had Heath focused on “pushing through” pain with bad mechanics. When he finally integrated proper myofascial release and FP movement patterns, his persistent pain vanished within 3 weeks.

This is what happens when you work WITH human biomechanics instead of against them. Structure dictates function. Function dictates everything else.

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