Frustrated with my body/physical pain

Justin Ungar · 2025-09-11T07:54:52+00:00

I've unfortunately put a lot of miles on my body over my life. Lots of combat sports from age 5. My mind is sharp and active, but my body is slow and tired. I wake up in pain. My neck and my back prevent me from training as hard as my mind would like to. I try to stretch. I try to take my vitamins. There just doesn't seem to be anything I can do to dull the pain. I don't want to go to a doctor because every time I do that they seem to always recommend some type of surgery. They've been doing that to me since I had my shoulders checked out back in 2000. What do you guys do? How do you guys keep yourself on the mats when you're in pain? This is one of the reasons I stopped training for a bit after I first got my brown belt. I really don't want to have to stop again.

1 year(s) ago • 1784 views • 31 replies

Mirco

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11 month(s) ago

I do Functional Patterns since a while. Solved or drastically minimised any issue I have, in record time.

Hy Francesco,
What do you mean with „functional patterns“?
Greetings, Mirco

Megaton

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11 month(s) ago

Hy Francesco, What do you mean with „functional patterns“? Greetings, Mirco

I believe he's expressing the same point I made earlier, not static stretching, but dynamic movement work. In one of my graduate courses, this was described as exercises that engage multiple joints and muscle groups, mimicking real-world actions.

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