04/07/2026
In the mid-1990s I had the opportunity to study with some of Europe’s leading neurologists in human movement and rehabilitation. What they taught me reframed everything I thought I knew about exercise, including what the word functional actually means.
Before they ever prescribed a single exercise, they talked to the patient first. What do you do for a living? How does your body move through your day? The exercise came last, not first.
Tomorrow’s newsletter is about that — what a functional exercise actually is, and the one question that should come before any workout you ever do.
PS: Are you tired of conflicting advice about health and longevity?
These are the questions I consistently hear from patients and readers. You can find my answers to the TOP 15 FAQs here: https://drpamwilson.com/15-faqs-optin/