Functional Patterns White Bear Lake

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CRIPPLING BACK PAIN GONE AND POSTURE IMPROVEMENTS

I was diagnosed with scoliosis in high school. I ran track and cross country at the time and experienced crippling back pain. I was sent to PT in order to stretch my hamstrings. I ran 3 marathons and a couple half marathons in the years after high school. I became a personal trainer and tried strengthening my back with traditional weight lifting. By the time I was 25 I had given up running completely due to my back pain and left the field of personal training. I went to the chiropractor, got massages, tried acupuncture, pain medication, and more PT. In the following decade my back pain continued to increase. Due to herniated discs in my low back, I was prescribed narcotics , nerve pain medication, benzodiazepines, muscle relaxers, and got cortisone injections into my lower spine. I was able to get off all of those medications eventually but the pain was still severe and debilitating. I tried more PT and chiro. I began working through some of the myofascial release in the Power of Posture book in the winter of 2022 which provided great relief. In late October 2022, I started training at FP MN weekly. Within a few weeks I felt much less pain, and within a few months my pain was reduced to a mild feeling of tightness at times. After 9 months of FP, 20 years of dealing with near constant back pain now feels like a distant memory. I am able to move in ways I never thought possible without pain.
jordan (United States)

Posted • The FP First 4 is crucial for achieving the results you’re looking for. Focusing on these foundational movements allows you to move athletically and pain-free while slowing down the degeneration of your body over time. By aligning training with what our environment naturally drives us to do, we tap into the governing natural laws of our bodies. Physics applies not only to structures like the Empire State Building but also to our bodies, posture, and the way we move.

What are the most important movements parents strive for their children to learn? Are these movements also important for us to maintain as we age into our 70s, 80s, and beyond? Standing, walking, running, and throwing top that list. In fact, all other forms of movement directly stem from the FP First 4.

Other systems often focus on movements beyond this foundation. Since improving someone’s running mechanics is a difficult task, most systems focus on teaching flashy, eye-catching movements that offer very little meaningful change in overall mechanics. At Functional Patterns, we’ve discovered the formula that makes attaining lasting results possible.

Athletes like Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, and Deion Sanders excelled in multiple sports because standing, walking, running, and throwing are the common denominators in high-level performance. Mastering these functions increases the likelihood of seamlessly transitioning between different types of human movement.

We don’t make these claims solely based on the foundation of our training system. Nature has led us to this understanding because our movements are dictated by our environment. Planet Earth sets the rules: prioritizing the FP First 4 in training creates a body that moves and reacts in ways that promote long-term health, minimizing degeneration and pain over time.