Permanent Relief From Back Pain and Sciatica Is Possible.
We Help People Completely Eliminate Their Chronic Pain & Optimise Their Health Through Highly Individualized Movements Based On Their Specific Needs
What Does Your Life Look like Without Chronic Pain?
Life with chronic pain is life with too many boundaries. It’s a life with too much thought about what tomorrow will feel like, instead of being able to focus on the moment in front of you. We have had the pleasure of changing that reality for so many people.
Why Care About Biomechanics?
Addressing Your Biomechanics Eliminates Chronic Pain Naturally & Permanently. We all have a unique way of moving, standing, breathing and going about our day-to-day lives. Unfortunately, we pick up some bad habits along the way. Our body then tries to compensate for these small habits and it causes poor posture, chronic pain and even emotional/mental alterations. Here at Functional Patterns, we use specialised analysis techniques to find the root cause of your pain. We then help your body to undo any damage caused using individualized movements, and put you on a more functional and pain-free path.
Keep reading to hear peoples personal experiences, to see inspiring before and after images and to learn more about what training with us looks like from A-Z.
What Are People Saying About Functional Patterns Atlanta?
Trent pictured from case study below
Identify The Cause Of Years Of Pain In Your First Session.
“Functional Patterns Atlanta is a first class facility. After years of participation in athletics and traditional weight lifting practices I have been left with lingering injuries, bad posture, and muscular imbalances. After just one session with Jacob I was able to identify those imbalances and learn new movements that work toward correcting those issues.”
— ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Clark Mullins, Verified Google Review
Elini pictured from case study below
Let Go Of What Isn’t Working & Find What Does.
“I have been working with Functional Patterns twice a week for approx 6 month. Before Functional patterns I had back and shoulder pain and would regularly see chiropractors to help manage the pain. In my time training… I haven’t been back to the Chiropractor once. Max is exceptionally patient, great at explaining the benefits of each movement and how with these actions am undoing years of substandard movements.”
— ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Clare, Verified Google Review
No More Bandaid Approaches!
Take The First Step: A Discussion With One Of Our Professionals
The time is going to pass regardless. In 6 months from now where will you be? That depends greatly on whether on not you take the first step today. Invest in your health with the specialists who get the most ridiculous results in the industry. We won’t cover you in bandaids, we’ll get to the very core of your dysfunctions and walk with you each step of the way to improve the functionality, symmetry & performance of your body and your brain. This phone discussion has no price tag and no strings attached, so don’t miss out.
What Is Involved In Your Biomechanics Assessment?
The Biomechanics Assessment at Functional Patterns Atlanta is in-depth, holistic and extremely actionable. You will finish your assessment with a much greater understanding of how your daily movement’s are affecting your physical and mental health. You will feel less confused about how to move forward and change the way you feel, look, move and interact with the world around you. Do not miss this incredible opportunity.
Your Assessment Will Include:
A Gait Analysis To Determine Root Causes Of Your Pain & Postural Issues
A Postural Analysis To Correlate Gait Issues With Postural Issues And Address Standing Posture
A Clear Discussion Around The Likely Causes Of Your Chronic Pain, Poor Posture Or Physical Limitations Based Upon The Findings
A Plan For Improving Your Gate, Posture & Any Physical/Emotional Symptoms Resulting From The Dysfunctions We Uncover
“3.5 years of rehab does not compare to 4 months with FP”
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Let’s take a look at some chronic back pain case studies and then delve into how we operate
All of the clients below followed a heavily personalised version of the Functional Patterns Protocol. They did 1-3 functional training sessions per week to improve their biomechanics, athleticism & coordination. They implemented suggested dietary adjustments to get better core engagement, internal negative pressure (no bloating), reduced fat/increased muscle and to reduce chronic inflammation. They also adopted a more functional lifestyle in their day-day lives. This meant more sunshine, better quality water and food and better management of stress.
Case Study - Chronic Pain From Childhood Injury & Shoulder Reconstruction
Lachlan first came to Functional Patterns after suffering years of severe lower back pain, sciatic pain down the left leg following a high school rowing injury (l5s1 pars defects and herniated disc) and a shoulder reconstruction following a rugby related injury. After 6 months of training we have been able to get him free of pain and adding mass to a more symmetrical decompressed structure.
BEFORE
Years of Severe lower back pain ❌
Sciatic pain down left leg ❌
Overly retracted and depressed shoulders ❌
Left hip hike ❌
Lumbar compression ❌
AFTER
Pain free ✅
Better shoulder positioning ✅
Engagement of traps and lats ✅
Reduced left hip hike ✅
Better core engagement ✅
Improved chest expansion ✅
Lumbar decompression ✅
Case Study - Extreme chronic pain cured.
Our client @leniolisgari came to Functional Patterns quite the mess. It’s been a tough slog getting her to this stage but we have laid some solid foundations and now we can look to really build on that and have her running efficiently and pain free. Her issues ranged from pain in her lower left side of back and hip, left quad soreness, neck pain from the sling worn for 7 weeks straight as a result of a left shoulder surgery that was in chronic pain pre and post surgery all on top of a very compressed structure. Great work Eleni you’re a star!
The Question We Love To Ask.
How Does Eleni Feel About Her Transformation?
“Much appreciation to Shane who trained me. After 3.5 years of chronic shoulder pain, pre and post surgery. I am now pain free and able to to do multiple reps, not just 2! 3.5 years of rehab does not compare to 4 months with fp!
This was not the only correction Shane made. With attention to detail he corrected many issues. I now walk and live my life more functionally, with intention and no more aches and pains!
Thank you Shane for always responding to my texts. You are a great support and mentor!”
— Eleni, Client Pictured Above
Case Study - Chronic Pain and Mental Health Transformation
“In the 4 years before finding FP I had almost constant headaches, back, neck and sciatic pain. I was on a cocktail of medications for pain and medically diagnosed bipolar disorder. Since adopting FP protocols I have eliminated the pain and have been managing the bipolar symptoms without medication for the last 10 months. Thank you to the team at Functional Patterns, thank you @naudiaguilar for the system that has given me a new body and a new life.”
- Brendan Drums
Myself and colleagues at Functional Patterns have seen a big change in Brendans demeanour and physical structure. He has followed all protocols to a T and is consistently getting very good scores on his heart math device (a device that measures heart rate variability which is indicative of your readiness to deal with stress), staying hydrated and consistently thinking about his posture and gait as well as getting out into nature
Before:
chronic sciatic pain, headaches, back and neck pain
anterior pelvic shift
No glute activation
Bloated belly
Poor scapular positioning
After:
Sciatic pain gone ✅
Back and neck pain gone ✅
No more headaches ✅
Improved joint stacking ✅
Glute activation ✅
Improved transverse abdominis function✅
Better scapular positioning ✅
Case Study - Relaxed Posture and Physique Gains Over 17 Months
Great improvements made by Trent here so far. He has worked on adopting a more functional value set that prioritises his health and has been able to reap the full benefits of FP as a result. He now looks and moves like an entirely different person!
What Does Trent Have To Say?
“Before starting with FP I would experience a lot of pain in my knees and lower back from doing my job and taking part in other physical activities. Nowadays, however, I am pain free and can complete my work in a more efficient manner. I am also more selective in which types of activities I take part in.
My breathing has also dramatically improved as before I found the compression in my ribcage and chest region restricted my ability to breathe in. Fp has helped me improve my ability to breathe and I have done a lot of work on reducing the compression in my ribcage.
In conclusion, I would say that FP has helped me to move pain free both in my work and in everyday life.”
— Trent
BEFORE.
Belly Bloating
Lower back pain
Pectus excavatum
Ribcage compression
Knee pain
Excess body fat
Poor scapular positioning
No lat activation
AFTER.
TVA recruitment ✅
No more lower back pain ✅
Improved pectus excavatum ✅
Improved ribcage compression ✅
No more knee pain ✅
Functional weight loss ✅
Improved scapular position ✅
Lat activation ✅
Overall muscle hypertrophy ✅
This Is A Must-Read!
What Is Fascia & How Is It The Driver Of Your Chronic Pain?
Fascia is the connective tissue that joins every part and system within your body. It can directly send pain signals because it has pain receptors capable of translating a mechanical stimulus into painful information, and if there are dysfunctional mechanical stimuli (dysfunctional movement), receptors which receive stimuli from within the body can become pain receptors. In other words, if you’re moving in a dysfunctional manner, your fascia will grow MORE pain receptors. The pain receptors then create substances that can alter the surrounding tissue and cause inflammation. Parts of the fascia come in contact with these inflammatory molecules and can cause sensations of pain, creating a vicious circle of inflammation and chronic pain. There is not nearly enough discussion around this feedback loop and it’s massive role in chronic pain.
All the fascial layers need hyaluronic acid to slip one on the other. Decreased quantity compromises the sliding of connective tissues. There is much evidence that the change in the viscoelasticity (having a sticky consistency between liquid and solid and also being elastic) of the fascial system is an important cause of chronic pain. Hyaluronic acid would become sticky, adhesive and less lubricating, altering the lines of forces within the different fascial layers. This mechanism could be one of the causes of joint stiffness and pain that is particularly bad in the morning.
The sensitisation of pain receptors could also be caused by the local reduced blood flow resulting from fascial tension, which prevents the proper functioning of the skeletal muscle and creates, for example, trigger points of hardened, immobile fascia (Bordoni et al., 2021).
Fascia Becomes Dysfunctional When Movement Is Dysfunctional
So What Is Dysfunctional Movement?
To put it very simply, the body has evolved to move in a certain way. This is the hierarchy of movement that functional patterns is based upon: standing, walking, running and throwing. If these movements are performed correctly, fascia responds extremely well. The problem is that not many people know how to perform these foundational movements well. Functional patterns has broken down the gate cycle into its most basic components to encode them into peoples movements through precision and repetition.
To add to this, people have recently developed many popular ways of moving, exercising and gaining muscle that are highly dysfunctional. This correlates with the increase in chronic pain, fatigue and early-onset chronic disease. A good way to tell if a movement is dysfunctional or not is the ‘gate cycle test’. If movement does not directly make you run faster, it is likely dysfunctional. For example, back squatting 100kg will make your legs bigger, but those gains do not directly correlate to the track field.
Conversely, immobility was also listed as a key driver of fascial dysfunction. The issue is, once chronic pain and fatigue set in, people are far less likely to move. The solution is to give people postural exercises to begin with. These exercises directly relate to the gate cycle but are very gentle on the body. They are highly precise and can undo the initial dysfunction that lead to the immobility in the first place. From there, people go from being in chronic pain and exhausted, to exercising multiple times a week without any pain. You can take a look at some of our results pages to read case studies on individuals who have undertaken this journey.
What Can You Do To Get Your Fascia Healthy Again & Break The Cycle?
Functional Patterns is centred around improving your fascia to improve every aspect of your health. As you can see above, fascia truly is the most important organ/system in the body when it comes to preventing, managing and even reversing chronic health conditions such as chronic pain, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue, immune conditions… the list goes on.
Functional Patterns techniques and protocols balance, rehydrate and put elasticity back into your fascia.
Each and every movement has been carefully thought out to undo fascial dysfunctions and to create an environment where the adaptions that your body makes are beneficial to your over-all health, vitality and structure.
As seen in the research above, a chronic inflammatory environment, abnormal/dysfunctional mechanical stress, and immobility are key drivers of fascial dysfunction.
The body adapts to whatever it is given and if you constantly feed the body dysfunctional movements, the body will maladapt and may cause you pain, fatigue and chronic disease.
How Can I Fix My Back Pain Permanently?
Back pain has a major effect of quality of life. It also raises many questions. What causes my back pain? Why does my back hurt more when I do xyz? Is my back pain dangerous? The list goes on. There is of course one question that likely comes up more than any other.
How do I fix my back pain naturally!?
Functional Patterns Atlanta is the answer to that long awaited question. We have consistently fixed the unfixable and stopped all kinds of pain in all kinds of bodies. How do we do it?
We know that chronic back pain comes from chronic movements. It is the small things we do everyday that slowly ad up and bring us down. At Functional Patterns Atlanta, we find what movements or patterns are causing you pain on the most fundamental level. We then get you to slowly but surely reinvent those movements and patterns so that they create a functional foundation. Once your groundwork is solid, you’ll notice chronic pain begins to fade away naturally.
Fixing Chronic Back Pain from a-z
What training with functional patterns Atlanta looks like.
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Your first session will be 90 minutes long.
Our comprehensive initial consult involves a gait and/or activity assessment, where we analyse your gait cycle in slow motion and highlight dysfunctions present. This is a crucial part of the appointment as it enables us to tailor a program that suits your body and not just a cookie cutter approach. Following this, we will take you through myofascial release techniques that may help you to get on top of any dysfunctions we have pointed out. Specific postural correctives, chambers and dynamic exercises may follow depending on how your body handles each level of exercise.
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What Happens After My First Session?
So you have completed your initial assessment and session, what now? Your Biomechanics Instructor will discuss their recommendations while taking into consideration your unique situation and their assessment findings. Although estimating the duration of improvement of scoliosis can be like predicting the length of string, we do know that the more time you are able to spend doing your Functional Patterns training, the faster you will make progress. Most protocols include 2-3 60 minute sessions per week alongside homework. You can also include some group classes to practice your fundamentals.
Following your initial consult, we will continue to build on the techniques you learned through chambers, correctives and dynamic exercise. As gait cycle results are our number one metric to judge objectively your progress, we will usually take video again of running/sprinting/your specific activity during these sessions. Throughout your sessions, we will work on breaking down the dysfunctions that lead to your scoliosis and pain while building new, functional patterns. This will result in a dramatic decrease in pain and an improvement in spinal alignment while also improving movement, agility, strength, posture, aesthetic and overall quality of life.
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Finally, The Result!
Our goal is to get you an incredible result. Our entire business and methodology is based around noticeably straightening spines and decreasing pain to the point where people cannot ignore the work we do. If you want to change your life and be our next result, get in touch and start your incredible journey with Functional Patterns Atlanta.
FP Is For You If:
Your back pain or sciatica is causing you to miss work or even placing your job at risk.
Your back pain or sciatica has caused you to miss out on important things like family events, spending time with friends, or taking part in the sports or activities you love.
You’re worried about the symptoms you’re experiencing like numbness, muscle weakness, or more pain
You’re sick of the pain and want to get lasting relief
Conventional medicine is not working for you