Wichita Biomechanics

12/17/2025

Everyone knows the spine is the most important region of the body, but most people take it for granted. We usually only pay attention to it when something isn’t working the way it should, after an injury, or when it hurts to sit, bend, and move throughout the day.

We all know the feeling of picking something up the wrong way and suddenly tweaking our back, or spending too many hours in a car and realizing the next few days just feel “off.” The spine does best when it’s decompressed, yet as people age, the opposite tends to happen. Little by little, compression builds, posture collapses, and the nerves around the spine start dealing with constant pressure.

When the spine becomes compressed, everything downstream becomes harder. Movement feels restricted, sitting becomes uncomfortable, and the body begins compensating just to get through the day. These patterns build quietly until they turn into chronic tension and stiffness.

Not all spinal loading is harmful. The spine is built to handle compression, but it depends on how that load is applied. When your mechanics are oriented around the gait cycle, compression strengthens the tissues instead of breaking them down. It is only when the load is distributed poorly that problems begin to show up.

When the spine is decompressed, everything operates more smoothly. You are able to sustain better circulation around the nerves of the spine, which influences how every joint in the body functions. From there, posture can stabilize, leading to improved balance when you are standing or walking. The benefits that come from this foundation are unmatched. This is how the body is meant to move.

Our goal is to help you rebuild the mechanics that support healthy, sustainable movement.

What have you noticed with your spine when you train in different ways?

12/17/2025

Everyone is starting to realize how important fascia is when it comes to training the body, but most people still underestimate how deeply it influences movement.

Hydrated fascia behaves very differently, down to the cellular level. Not only does it participate in bioelectric signaling, it also plays a major role in how much range of motion your body can access during exercise. When this tissue is loaded correctly, it becomes elastic and responsive. Your muscles coordinate better, your posture improves, and energy becomes more stable because your body isn’t fighting itself to move.

When this tissue loses its elasticity and structural organization, your body begins moving in ways that increase tension, stiffness, and joint stress in the wrong areas. This is when people start experiencing the movement degradation that eventually leads to pain. Hydration in the body isn’t just about drinking more water. It depends on restoring the mechanical conditions that allow fluid to move through your tissue with minimal friction.

The visual on the left is exactly what we help you overcome through our training. This is what you see in the transformations we help people achieve, where their bodies begin to look more viscoelastic and full.

If you want to improve your movement, you not only need to strengthen the muscles that are weak, you also need to build the mechanics that distribute tension efficiently throughout your fascial system. The quality of your movement determines the quality of your tissue.

12/16/2025

Pain reduction & scapular winging improvements with my 41 year old client who has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and undergone multiple shoulder surgeries including a left total shoulder replacement.

Before: Feb 2024, Age 40
❌️Pain Left Shoulder: 8-9/10
❌️Pain Right Shoulder 6-7/10
❌️Excessive scapular winging, depression & downward rotation
❌️Unable to sleep > 2 - 3 hrs due to pain
❌️Unable to perform household chores without significant pain

After: Dec 2025, Age 41
🟢Pain in shoulders: 0/10 at rest. 1-2/10 at most
🟢Improved scapular winging, improved elevation & upward rotation
🟢No pain sleeping
🟢Able to perform household chores and resume lifting & home improvement projects without pain

"Prior to starting Functional Patterns training with Nick I dealt with constant shoulder pain, left greater than right. I had multiple right and left shoulder surgeries including a left shoulder replacement. My left shoulder pain was a constant 5/10 and would get to a 8-9/10 when trying to work out, doing any sort of lifting with home improvement projects, or any overhead activity. My right shoulder was a constant 3/10 pain and would get to 6-7/10 pain with those activities. I would wake up every 2-3 hours in the night because of the pain and often couldn't fall back asleep. I gave up traditional working out and physical therapy exercises because it was too painful despite cutting down the weight.

I've been doing FP for about 10 months now and it has been a humbling and enlightening journey. I have had a significant unbelievable transformation. My shoulder pain now is 0/10 at rest and rarely gets to 1-2/10. I am able to enjoy woodworking now and home improvement projects without pain. I can sleep throughout the night now.

At the end of the summer I cut down a large walnut tree and milled all the wood into slabs and hauled them in and out of my vehicle without any pain whatsoever. Nick has given me a better quality of life and I cannot thank him enough. I can't wait to see where I'm at this time next year." - Mark Vail, PA

evidence

09/19/2025

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.

Client testimonial from Connor Braziel and Alissa Outhier on how using Functional Patterns methodology has changed Connor’s life.

08/12/2025

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