IN JUNE 202O WHEN VICTOR WAS 7 AND A HALF YEARS OLD, HE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE FOREVER. WHEN THE CAR STRUCK HIS HEAD HIT THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY WAS KNOCKED OUT. HE WAS FLOWN TO VALLEY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL WHERE HE SPENT A MONTH. VICTOR HAD SUFFERED FROM A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND LOST MOVEMENT AND SENSATION IN HIS LEFT LEG AND ARM FOR TWO WEEKS. HE THEN REGAINED MOVEMENT AND STARTED PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE HOSPITAL.

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FOLLOWING HIS DISCHARGE, HE CONTINUED OT AND PT FOR ALL OF 2020 AND 2021. WHILE IN PT WE FOCUSED BALANCE, MUSCLE STRENGTHENING, STRETCHING; OT WE FOCUSED ON FINE MOTOR SKILLS, MUSCLE STRENGTHENING, CONGENITAL MOVEMENT. VICTOR WAS THRIVING IN HIS SESSIONS, UNTIL HE WASNT. I SEEN A STAND STILL IN VICTORS HEALING JOURNEY. MY PARTNER THEN CAME ACROSS REWIRE BIOMECHANCS AND FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS TRAINING, IMMEDIATELY DOING OUR RESEARCH AND WANTING TO TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH. WE STARTED WORKING WITH MARTIN THE END OF DECEMBER 2021. IMMEDIATELY GOT TO WORK AND JUMP INTO ACTION TOWARDS BREATHING, MUSCLE RELEASING, AND POSTURE. THE TRANSITION WAS OVERWHELMING FOR VICTOR AT FIRST, BUT IM SO HAPPY WE MADE OURSELVES UNCOMFORTABLE. VICTOR IS NOW USING ALL THE TOOLS MARTIN HAS BEEN TEACHING HIM. WE HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN HIS POSTURE AND VICTOR IS EXPERIENCING LESS PAIN. IVE SEEN HIM GROW CONFIDENCE WITH HIS BODY, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SEE BECAUSE I KNOW HE LOST THAT CONFIDENCE AFTER HIS ACCIDENT. WE ARE TRULY HAPPY THAT WE FOUND REWIRE BIOMECHANICS, FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS TRAINING AND AM EXCITED TO SEE VICTORS NEXT PHASE OF TREATMENT.

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-MARISSA, Mother of VICTOR

(MERCED, CA)

I CAME TO MARTIN BECAUSE I HAD A FOOT/ANKLE PROBLEM ON MY LEFT FOOT. PAIN WAS AT 8/10 AND COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AT TIMES AND WHEN I WAS ABLE TO I NEEDED TO TAKE BABY STEPS TO MOVE MYSELF AROUND. MY PAIN TRAVELED FROM LOWER BACK TO THE BOTTOM OF MY FEET MAKING ME FEEL STIFF THROUGHOUT BOTH LEGS.  I WENT TO SEVERAL SPECIALIST AND RECEIVED MIXED OPINIONS RANGING FROM CUSTOM INSOLES TO SURGERY.

AFTER SPENDING 7HOURS (4 DAYS) WITH MARTIN, I FINALLY CAN MOVE AROUND WITH MINIMAL TO NO PAIN. I AM ABLE TO STAY ON MY FEET FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT HAVING STIFFNES AND PAIN THROUGHOUT MY LOWER BACK AND LEGS. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING ON WHAT MARTIN HAS TAUGHT ME AND KEEP IMPROVING TO A BODY WITHOUT PAIN.

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  -FABIAN MENDOZA

(TULARE, CA)

FELL INTO THE TRAP OF ASSUMING MY INJURIES WERE GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. I HAD TRIED WATER THERAPY, MASSAGE THERAPY AND EVEN THE OCCASIONAL CHIROPRACTOR TRIP. NOTHING WORKED, OR COULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE RELIEF. I DEALT WITH YEARS OF LOW BACK ,SHOULDER, AND NECK PAIN. COPING WITH THE INJURIES JUST BECAME THE NORM, BUT WHEN I BEGAN WORKING OUT WITH MY MAN MARTIN, BOY DID ALL THAT CHANGE! WE'RE IN WEEK 4 AND LET ME TELL YOU, IM A FIRM BELIEVER IN THIS METHOD OF EXERCISE AND MARTIN IS A MASTER AT HIS CRAFT! HE'S MADE ACHES AND PAINS A THING OF THE PAST. iM FOREVER GRATEFUL I GAVE THIS A CHANCE. 

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-ROBERT SHWARTZ

(MERCED, CA)

“CHRISTIAN IS 7 YEARS OLD AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NOONANS, WHICH MEANS THAT HE HAS TROUBLE MAINTAINING MUSCLE TONE, HAS HYPERMOBILITY WITH JOINTS AND GROWS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN MOST CHILDREN HIS AGE. AT A LITTLE OVER 1.5 YEARS OF AGE WE NOTICED OUR SON CHRISTIAN HAD SCOLIOSIS AND NEEDED A THETHERED CORD RELEASE SURGERY AND 2 WEEKS AFTER WAS PLACED IN HIS FIRST RISER CAST. HE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THEM CONTINUING TO WEAR TO THIS DAY DUE TO EXTREME CURVATURE AND AGE. PRIOR TO FINDING MARTIN WE HAVE TRIED PHYSICAL THERAPY TO BUILD UP STRENGHT AND PAID FOR PRIVATE WELLNESS TECHNIQUES TO HELP WITH FASICA RELEASE USING THE MELT METHOD BUT HAVE NOT HAD MUCH SUCCESS WITH CURVATURE OF SPINE. IN CONTINUOUS READING AND SEARCHING, SEEKING OUT ANYTHING THAT CAN BENEFIT OUR SON, I CAME ACROSS A MENTION OF FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS ON A SCOLIOSIS PAGE I FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK. THERE WAS A PARTICULAR POST FROM A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS USING FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS ON INSTAGRAM THAT ALSO HAD SCOLIOSIS. A PRACTITIONER ON THE INSTAGRAM PAE KINDLY RESPONDED TO MY INQUIRY AND WE WERE LATER REFERRED TO MARTIN, FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS PRACTITIONER LOCAL TO US. WE ARE SO EXCITED WITH HOW CHRISTIANS BODY IS RESPONDING; HE CONTINUES TO MAKE NOTICEABLE CHANGES.

WE RECENTLY HAD A DOCTOR APPOINGMENT WITH X RAY TO SEE HOW CHRISTIANS SPINE IS MAINTAINING AND FROM MAY 2021 TO JANUARY 2022, HIS CERVICAL CURVE HAS REDUCED 11 DEGREES. THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE HIS BRACE OFFERS SUPPORT TO HIS THORACIC AND LUMBAR CURVE BUT CANNOT ADDRESS THE CERVICAL CURVE. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS REDUCTION IN THE DEGREE OF CURVATURE IS DUE TO HIS WORKOUTS WITH MARTIN USING FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS. CHRISTIAN HAS A LOT OF GROWTH LEFT SO THIS IS A PLUS, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE IMPACT OF FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ON HIM AS HE IS LEARNING TO TEACH HIS BODY AND CHANGE HIS BIOMECHANICS.

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-Gina, Mother of Christian

(Visalia, CA)

BEFORE FP, I HAD CONSTANT KNEE PAIN FROM ACL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. I LIVED WITH A CONSTANT PAIN RANGING FROM LEVEL 3-7 EVERY DAY, FLUCTUATING DEPENDING ON ACTIVITY TYPE. I WASNT ABLE TO USE MY BODY THE WAY I WANTED OR THE WAY I FELT LIKE I COULD. EVERYTIME I TRIED I WOULD GET INJURED. I TRIED GETTING IN SHAPE BY DOING ALMOST EVERY TYPE OF EXERCISE PROGRAM AND WHEN I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING BACK TO MY PRIME, I ALWAYS ENDED UP GETTING INJURED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY BODY. I WASNT ABLE TO SLEEP PROPERLY DUE TO THE PAIN AND  WASNT ABLE TO SIT OR STAND FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, DRIVING OR FLYING WOULD AGGRIVATE AND MAKE THINGS WORSE, SO I AVOIDED TRAVELING. I THOUGHT THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE THE PEOPLE AROUND ME ALL SUFFERED FROM SIMILAR THINGS. 

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AFTER FP, I NOW HAVE LOWERED MY PAIN FROM 0-2 DEPENDING ON ACTIVITY AND TYPE OF MOVEMENT. MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE ZERO PAIN. I FEEL AS STRONG, IF NOT STRONGER THAN I DID WHEN I WAS PLAYING COLLEGIATE SOCCER. I HAVE LEARNED THE WAY OUR MENTAL LIMITATIONS IMPACT OUR PHYSICAL REALITY AND VISE VERSA. I HAVE LEARNED TO USE MY BREATH TO DEAL WITH STRESS AND THAT ALLOWS ME TO HAVE A VERY FULFILLING LIFE EXPERIENCE. FP CHANGED THE WAY I SEE MYSELF, OTHERS, AND OVERALL MY REALITY. I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF AND MY PROGRAMMING MORE IN THESE PAST 8 MONTHS THAN I HAVE IN MY WHOLE 33 YEARS OF LIFE. I HAVE MADE SENSE OF MUCH OF MY INJURIES AS WELL AS WHAT IT TAKES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF MORE GOING INTO MY LATER YEARS. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN WITH ALL DIFFERENT NEEDS AND I AM ABLE TO APPLY WHAT I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH FP TRAINING.

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MARTIN HAS BEEN A BIG HELP. HES PUSHED ME PAST MY LIMITATIONS BY BEING A SECOND SET OF EYES AND ACCOUNTING FOR VARIABLES I CANNOT. HE HELPS ME SEE THE THINGS THAT  IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SEE ON MYSELF BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HES GIVEN ME LIFESTYLE ADVICE OUTSIDE OF TRAINING. THINGS THAT HELP MY BODY REGENERATE LIKE DIET, SUN EXPOSURE, SLEEP REGULATION, GROUNDING AND OTHER SMALL DETAILS THAT MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON MY QUALITY OF LIFE.

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   -VALENTIN HORTA

    (ATWATER, CA)

"SINCE WORKING WITH MARTIN FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS, I HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTH HOW MY BODY LOOKS AND FEELS.AS SOMEONE WHO IS A RECENTLY RETIRED COLLEGIATE ATHLETE, MY BODY HAS A LOT OF LINGERING CHRONIC PAINS, SPECIFICALLY WITH MY BACK. BESIDES PAIN, I ALSO HAD AN EXTREME LACK OF MIBILITY WITH MY BACK. FROM WORKING WITH MARTIN, MY POSTURE HAS MADE DRASTIC CHANGES AND TAKEN A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF MY BACK, RELEASING ALMOST ALL OF MY DAY TO DAY PAIN. ADDITIONALLY, I CAN NOW RUN PAIN-FREE WITHOUT EXPERIENCING EXTREME SORENESS AND JOINT TENSION AFTERWARDS. MARTIN HAS HELPED MY BODY DECOMPRESS FROM YEARS OF STRESS FROM COLLEGE ATHLETICS AS WELL AS TEACH ME TO BE MORE IN TUNE WITH MY BODY DURING EXERCISE. SO THANFUL FOR MY EXPERIENCE.

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-STEPHANIE MOORE

(MERCED, CA)

BEFORE I STARTED FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS I WOULD CONSISTENTLY HAVE PINCHED NERVE PAIN IN MY BACK THAT SHOT THROUGH MY LEGS, REDUCING MY MOVEMENT. I SERVED 6 YEARS IN THE ARMY AND IM DISABLED. I HAVE HAD 3 LUMBAR SURGERIES WHERE MY DISCS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, 8 SCREWS  AND 2 RODS INSERTED, FUSING MY LOWER SPINE INTO A SOLID BONE. IVE HAD 3 RIGHT KNEE SURGERIES WHERE I HAVE DAMAGED MY MINISCUS WHERE IT IS NO LOGER REPAIRABLE.

 

 I HAVE BEEN IN PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR YEARS AND MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS DOING EXERCISES WITH SET OF REPETITIONS, WHICH I NEVER REALLY FELT  LIKE I BENEFITED FROM AND I WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN IN PAIN, FEELING ACHES IN MY BODY. MY MOVEMENT IS MOSTLY RESTRICTED AND IM ALWAYS WATCHING WHAT I DO AND HOW I DO IT, TRYING TO BE AS CAREFUL AS I CAN. I HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN THAT ALWAYS WANT TO PLAY AND RUN AROUND THE BACKYARD WITH DAD. FP THEREAPY HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE AROUND MORE WITH MY KIDS AND BE IN LESS PAIN AND HAVE MORE MOVEMENT.

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AFTER EACH SESSION, I ALWAYS FEEL BETTER. THE WORK MARTIN PUTS INTO THE SESSION MAKES ME GAIN SOMETHING EACH TIME, WHETHER IT BE SMALL MOVEMENTS AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAKE ME FEEL BETTER AT THE END OF IT. EACH SESSION LEAVES ME IN A BETTER MOOD AND IM IN LESS PAIN WHICH MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AND RESULTS IN POSITIVE, PRODUCTIVE DAY. THE MYOFASCIAL RELEASE HAS BEEN THE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR ME. THE MOVEMENT AND STRETCHING TECHNIQUES ALLOW MY MUSCLES TO DECOMPRESS THE CONSTANT TENSION I LIVE WITH.

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I DRIVE 35 MILES TO REACH MY FP THERAPY AND ITS WELL WORTH IT. MARTIN PUTS IN THE TIME EACH SESSION TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT MY INJURIES AND IM GRATEFUL BECAUSE IT HAS DONE MORE FOR ME IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME (2 MONTHS)  THAN ANY OF MY PREVIOUS THERAPIES IN THE PAST. THE MOVEMENT I GAIN FROM THIS MAKES ME FEEL GREAT, GAIN STRENGTH IN MY LEGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS GONE. THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

 

  -JOHN CAMARENA

(MADERA, CA)