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How We Address Pain,
Improve Functionality &
​Leverage Athletic Performance

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ASSESSMENT
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Our initial, mandatory two-hour assessment is a detailed  analysis of your current physical health.

During your first visit, we will examine:
Joint  Stacking of Your   Daily Posture
Breathing Mechanics
Walking and Running Mechanics

Your movements will be filmed utilizing slow motion recordings for best overall analysis of your body's movement patterns.
This process allows us to see how your body moves in relation to a functional capacity.  

The more we understand how  walking and running   is connected to your structural integrity, the more we can help you solve your problems and reach your fitness goals.


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RECONSTRUCTION

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Our warm-up techniques will prepare you to safely create lasting changes to the way your body functions. 

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
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The muscles in our bodies are wrapped in a web-like substance called fascia. Over time, dysfunctional movement patterns cause the fascia to develop knot-like properties which will eventually impede your range of motion. These impediments will in turn create even greater dysfunctions as your body learns to move in ways to compensate for these restrictions. Myofascial release is a self-massage technique to loosen bound-up tissues. After it is implemented, muscle tissue becomes more pliable and will be more receptive to realignment techniques, corrective exercise, and dynamic movement.

DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING
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Efficient breathing patterns are essential to efficient movement.  Diaphragmatic breathing allows the diaphragm to work with the ribcage and core muscles to stabilize and decompress the spine.  Establishing proper breathing mechanics first will allow you to then effectively progress into our training system. 

INTEGRATION

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REALIGNMENT
​A crumbling foundation of a house is bound to collapse slowly overtime.   Much like the foundation of a house, the human body also needs a sturdy, built-in center of gravity to maintain its structural integrity and avoid injury. Training with a dysfunctional support system only builds more dysfunction.
​Therefore, correcting posture deficiencies is the first step in developing sustainable movement.

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POSTURAL CORRECTIVES
Corrective exercise is the process of rewiring old, imbalanced movement patterns and replacing them with more efficient ones.  Using various techniques such as joint stacking, active spinal decompression, diaphragmatic breathing, and re-tensioning, we can put an end to the accumulative injury cycle.

​LEVERAGE
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CHAMBERS
Chambers are an advanced form of corrective exercise as well as a more efficient way of strengthening the body and building muscle. This is where we dive deeper into the specific mechanics of how your body moves within the gait cycle.

PENDULUM MOVEMENTS
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To successfully navigate our environments, timing is everything. If you observe a body walking, running, and throwing in slow motion, you will find that the limbs swing in a rhythmic motion. Pendulum movements are a form of multi- dimensional exercise that adhere to these naturally-occurring movements. Incorporating them into a regular fitness routine is extremely important as it teaches proper muscle activation, timing, and precision in a real-time scenario. As a result, athletic reaction time and endurance will improve, and you may even gain a heightened sense of inner calm as you are prepared to adapt to whatever random forces come your way.

OPTIMIZATION

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STRENGTH + ENDURANCE 
We are against training based on vanity alone. Instead, we believe that a structurally-integrated body which is capable of sustaining efficient movement based on human biomechanics is ideal. That’s why our approach to strength training is different. It translates directly over to athletics, running, walking, and throwing. 
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MULTI-PLANE BALLISTIC MOVEMENTS
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An athlete has to be agile and graceful and at the same time centered and powerful. A poor center of gravity during movement could lead to unwanted compensation, which in turn could lead to injury. Multi-plane ballistic movements replicate both real life and athletic situations. They will enhance your body’s automatic, inner sense of movement. The objective is to maintain a stable center of gravity while executing powerful, explosive movements.
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Contact Info:
Ph: (216) 374-0336
Email: rmanista@kent.edu
​InstaGram: @ryan.manista
Location: Willoughby, Ohio

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All information on this website  is intended for instruction and informational purposes only. The authors are not responsible for any harm or injury that may result. Significant injury risk is possible if you do not follow due diligence and seek suitable medical professional advice about your injury. No guarantees of specific results are expressly made or implied on this website.  Functional Fitness Ohio  and affiliates thereof, are not part of any established "standards of care" or "scope of practice" in any licensed health care profession, including the practice of medicine. These collective pages are not representative of a binding contract between the reader and the aforementioned parties; that contract is solely between the reader and themselves. If the reader feels they need professional therapy, it is their sole duty to fulfill that need.
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