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29/09/2026

Same pain. Same spot. Again. Here's what you might be missing.

If the pain keeps coming back no matter how much you train, massage, roll or stretch, you're not lazy. You're probably throwing things at the wall and hoping something sticks.

Fascia is the connective tissue that wraps and links your muscles into one continuous system. It's not passive packaging. It helps transmit force through your body, and it's rich in nerve endings — including pain receptors.

Thomas Myers mapped these connections as myofascial lines in Anatomy Trains. A 2025 review in Frontiers in Pain Research supports what practitioners have worked with for years: fascia is a biologically active, pain-relevant tissue.

When I test a client and watch how they stand, walk, run and throw — what Functional Patterns calls the Big Four — the reason for their pain often becomes much clearer than any scan of one spot.

And stretching? I'll say it: passive stretching is one of the most overrated habits in fitness. I see people stretch themselves into lax, unstable joints every week — and then wonder why the pain keeps coming back. Animals don't hang in stretches. They stretch actively. That one gets its own post.

Most people who find me have already been through chiropractors, physios and osteopaths. Every treatment helped for a while. None of it lasted. Not because the work was bad — but because it was aimed at the spot, not the pattern.

Hundreds of documented Functional Patterns cases worldwide show the same thing.

Lasting change rarely comes from one tissue or one technique. It comes from changing the pattern.

The map is not the territory.
Your pain has a pattern. We find it — and build the road to lasting relief.

Sources: Myers TW. Anatomy Trains. Elsevier · Gromakovskis V. Front Pain Res. 2025;6:1712242.

22/09/2026

Every approach to the body is built on a map. Here's why I never confuse the two.

Anatomy textbooks. Fascial chains. Posture models. Pain science. All attempts to describe something far more complex than any drawing can capture.

I use them every day. I read the research — and I'll always tell you how strong it actually is. But I never confuse the map with the body in front of me.

No two bodies respond the same way to the same input. That's why, in practice, I constantly adapt the training, the words and the cues — guiding each client into the positions that create real change: less pain, more strength, more resilience.

Some models are still debated. That doesn't make them useless. It makes them tools. What matters is how a real body responds.

Your pain has a pattern. We find it — and build the road to lasting relief.

"The map is not the territory." — Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity (1933)

29/07/2026

Vi har mistet en sand kriger, en vis underviser og helt et unikt og særligt menneske. Martin Brogaard gik bort tirsdag d. 21. juli.

For et år siden fik jeg den frygtelige besked om, at du havde fået konstateret uhelbredelig kræft i hjernen – stadie 4.

Jeg husker klart og tydeligt, at jeg havde været ude hele dagen og hike i Lofotens fjelde. Dagen efter holdt vi ind ved en hvid sandstrand og jeg ringede til dig – jeg kunne mærke, at der var noget galt. Du gav selv den rystende besked. Men selv der, midt i det hele, var du allerede i gang med at tænke på klubben, dine elever, hvad der skulle ske fremadrettet – helt klassisk dig! Pligtopfyldende, uanset hvad. Resten af turen i Norge var, trods fantastisk selskab og natur, et stort blur med en sten i maven.

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We have lost a true warrior, a wise teacher, and a truly unique and special human being. Martin Brogaard passed away on Tuesday, July 21st.

A year ago, I received the terrible news that you had been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer – stage 4.

I remember clearly and vividly that I had spent the whole day hiking in the mountains of Lofoten. The next day, we stopped at a white sand beach, and I called you – I could sense something was wrong. You gave me the devastating news yourself. But even there, in the midst of it all, you were already thinking about the club, your students, what needed to happen going forward – classic you! Dutiful, no matter what. The rest of the trip in Norway was, despite wonderful company and nature, a blur, with a knot in my stomach.

Forsættes / continues ➡️

Før jeg startede til Wan Kam Leung Wing Chun, var jeg en teenageknægt, der manglede retning, disciplin. Jeg var fyldt af vrede og var ligeglad med det meste. Intet fangede mig, og jeg kunne ikke tage noget seriøst. Fraværet i folkeskolen var højt, interessen lav, og jeg blev endda erklæret uegnet til gymnasiet. I dag står jeg med en kandidatgrad, som er bænket, fordi jeg i stedet har valgt at gøre det, jeg brænder mest for. At undervise folk i kampsport og funktionel styrketræning, som selvstændig træner. Ligesom du gjorde.

I første omgang startede min far og jeg hos Sifu Allan i sl

01/07/2026

The mace swing isn’t just an exercise. It’s a lesson in how your body is designed to move.

Rotation. Counter-rotation. Force generated from the ground up — through your hips, your spine, your shoulders. One connected chain from foot to hand.
This is what the SAID principle looks like in practice: Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands. Your body adapts to exactly what you train. Train rotation and force transmission through your full myofascial chain — and that’s what you get better at.

Train one muscle at a time, disconnected from the rest of your body — and you’ll build strength that doesn’t transfer to how you actually move.

We are built to stand, walk, run and throw. The mace swing trains the throw pattern — and everything connected to it.

Full breakdown in bio — check out the functional strength training series on the blog.

13/06/2026

Still thinking about Thailand. Some trips stay with you longer than others. Part 2 — long overdue.

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If Bangkok was about control and distance — Phuket was about letting go.

The biggest lessons here weren’t about doing more. They were about doing less:

– Find the flow, don’t force it

– Relaxed body, relaxed mind — then switch on when it counts

– Rhythm over reaction

– New weapons, setups and strategy added to the arsenal

– Small technical refinements that change everything

There’s something about training with people at this level — they don’t just teach technique, they teach you how to feel movement differently.

The trip also gave me clear insight into what I still need to improve — both technically and biomechanically. Plenty of work ahead.

A lot to bring back and refine. From a biomechanics perspective, the work is showing — the ability to absorb, adapt and move with less resistance is exactly what the FP practice builds toward.

10/06/2026

I used to teach HIIT and functional training at a yoga studio.
I also snuck Functional Patterns exercises into every session I could.

Here’s what I kept seeing: people stretching for years — still stiff, still in pain, still coming back for more relief on the mat. Even the teachers I worked alongside were dealing with chronic pain. One studio owner had already had a hip replacement — and was preparing for another. But yoga was still the answer they gave every new client who walked through the door.

The problem with passive stretching is that it tends to create more flexibility in the parts of the muscle or myofascial chain that are already flexible and well-hydrated. You’re not releasing what’s tight — you’re destabilising what’s already mobile. When the temporary relief fades, the tension returns. Often worse than before.

The fix isn’t more stretching. It’s two things:

1. Myofascial release — to mobilise and restore tissue quality in the connective tissue and musculature that is actually restricted, so it can move and glide properly again.

2. Build your training around the FP Big 4 — standing, walking, running, throwing. Because real flexibility is built through muscular activity and kinetic chains, not passive positioning.

A simple example: when your tricep contracts, your bicep lengthens and relaxes — and vice versa. Both movements build flexibility for their antagonist. That’s how your body is designed to work. The more your training respects that biological blueprint, the more functional flexibility you build.

Flexibility isn’t the goal. It’s the byproduct of training the right patterns.

05/06/2026

Imagine training that doesn’t just make you stronger — but improves how your body actually functions.

Most athletes train hard. But weaknesses in your movement patterns limit your potential, increase injury risk, and lower your training intensity — no matter how much effort you put in.

If you’ve plateaued, it’s rarely a lack of work. It’s the pattern behind the work.

Through we train the body as one connected unit — addressing the root causes of pain, physical limitations, plateaus and suboptimal performance. We don’t chase symptoms. We find the source, fix the pattern, and level you up.
The athletes who keep progressing are the ones who address how their body organises itself. Not just how hard they push.

I work with people who are dealing with:
— Chronic pain that stops them living and performing at their best
— A feeling of weakness or imbalance affecting daily life
— A plateau they can’t seem to break through

Train smart enough to keep going. For years.

If that sounds like you — it’s time to try something different. Link in bio.

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29/05/2026

Does your shoulder click, crack or ache every time you train?

I’ve been there. I know the frustration of training through pain — and the moment it gets bad enough that you have to stop doing the things you love.

The first instinct is physio. I tried it too. But in my experience, it only ever treated the symptom. The shoulder kept coming back.

Because the shoulder isn’t an isolated problem. It’s a system problem. Until you address the root cause — the way your whole body organises itself around the shoulder — nothing sticks.

That’s the work I do. Build the foundation. Fix the pattern. Get full control and confidence back in your body. For good.

Tired of your shoulder holding you back? Link in bio.

29/04/2026

Get • From severe shoulder restriction and to almost full overhead range of motion, improved control and reduced pain and radiation.

Marco came in with significant shoulder mobility limitations and was unable to lift his arm in supination above horizontal without pain, restriction, and radiation into the cervical region. Symptoms had persisted for several years following calisthenics training and were impacting martial arts, strength training, and overall function. Previous interventions including physical therapy, osteopathy, and passive mobility work did not produce lasting changes.

He completed 11 Functional Patterns sessions over a 4-month period, following structured progression and consistent home exercises, while maintaining his martial arts and strength training.

BEFORE:
❌Shoulder pain (overhead, supinated): 8/10
❌Radiation into neck, arm, and occasionally hand
❌General upper body tension: 7/10
❌Limited overhead range of motion with poor scapulothoracic control

AFTER (11 sessions / 4 months):
✅Shoulder pain: 5/10
✅Radiation significantly reduced; now only present at end range
✅General tension: 4/10
✅Improved overhead range of motion, scapular control, and movement confidence

Intervention focused on integrating shoulder mechanics with thoracic positioning, ribcage control, and full-body coordination using Functional Patterns principles. Client maintained martial arts and strength training while applying FP concepts throughout the process.

OUTCOME: Clear improvement in mobility, delayed symptom onset deeper into range, and improved control of the shoulder complex under load.

FP approved Case study.

16/04/2026

Part 1 — Thailand 🇹🇭

Bangkok entry. Straight to work.

Sessions at Yokkao Gym with Fasai, and then the chance to train with the legend Saenchai at Saenchai Deena Gym. Different level of timing, balance, and control—you don’t just see it, you feel it.

Big learning outcomes from these sessions:
– Patience over force
- refining strategy and setups
– Control of distance before attack
– Relaxation = speed
– Flow > power

This is what it’s about—refining the details, not just doing more.

Lots to take home and refine—technically, strategically, but also from a biomechanics perspective. I’ll be making adjustments to my FP practice to keep evolving my skillset.

What stood out the most is how much more accessible and fluid everything feels. The ability to absorb new movement, adapt quickly, and execute with better force transmission and coordination—this is where the work pays off.

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