I discovered Functional Patterns in 2013 at 23 years old. At the time, I was recovering from my second ACL reconstruction. I had suffered the injury playing football. I had torn ligaments in both my knees within 5 years (2007/2012) while also dealing with a torn labrum in my left shoulder (2007) , a herniated disk in my lumbar (2009), and a couple of other places I was dealing with nagging pain. At 23 years old I had my first child but my body was compromised.

At the time I discovered FP, I had a full-time job that required some manual labor and was a part-time personal trainer. My first training certification and personal training job was in 2009 at 19 years old. I had tried many different ways of training yet at 23 years old I still found myself struggling to do simple things like just be able to work.  I needed a bulky knee brace to do simple tasks and my knees would swell up after a few hours of driving, standing, waking, bending over or lifting objects.

I found Functional Patterns in 2015. My first certification course was in 2017. Functional Patterns has not only helped me solve issues within myself but has had a profound effect on my family’s life. I now have 3 boys and am no longer in pain well into my 30s. Because of FP, I have tools and knowledge that help me in all aspects of life. In my 20’s I was slowing down in pain but in my 30’s- I box at an amateur level, play basketball, coach football & wrestling all without pain. My ability to move pain free seems to get better over time as I age utilizing this training system. I’m not sure where I would be if I didn’t make this transition.