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Human Function and Performance

We help you to understand why you experience recurring pain and injury to eliminate future episodes and give you back control over your body.

11/22/2025

Your rib cage might be the missing link in your neck and upper back pain.
Most people stretch their neck, smash their traps, or chase tightness between the shoulder blades… but the real issue often lives lower, at the rib cage.

When your ribs don’t expand, rotate, or move the way they should, your upper body has no choice but to compensate.
That compensation shows up as:

• Stiff upper back
• Overworked traps
• Neck tension
• “Pinching” between the shoulder blades
• Limited overhead mobility

The rib cage is your anchor.
When it’s locked up, your shoulder girdle has to do all the work. When it moves well, everything above it moves clean, smooth, and pain-free.

How to improve rib cage mobility & reduce neck/upper back pain:
• Train rotational breathing — expand 360°, not just forward
• Open the side ribs with reaches, sidebends, and rotations
• Get into positions you normally avoid (half kneeling, side-lying, quadruped)
• Strengthen the mid-back with control, not compensation
• Move slow before you move heavy

Your posture and movement are only as strong as the foundation beneath them — and the rib cage is one of the most overlooked foundations we have.

Unlock the ribs → unlock the shoulders → unlock your performance.

UNLOCKED Move

11/20/2025

FOCUS • POSTURE • POSITIONING

If you want the best outcome in any movement—gym, sport, or daily life—it starts with how you set up.

Most people jump straight into the reps…
But the body responds to precision, not speed.

🔹 Focus creates awareness
🔹 Posture sets the foundation
🔹 Positioning directs the forces where you actually want them

When these three line up, you move cleaner, load the right tissues, reduce pain, and unlock more power with less effort.

Slow down on the setup.
Dial in your alignment.
Then let the movement do its job.

Move with intention → Move with results.
UNLOCKED Move ⚡️

11/18/2025

Dallas’ Best Physical Therapy Starts Where Most Clinics Stop.

Pain is never the real problem — it’s the signal.
At Human Function and Performance, we don’t chase symptoms. We chase why they showed up in the first place.

Most pain comes from underlying patterns:
• Rib cage not moving → shoulder pain
• Hips stuck in one position → low back tension
• Ankles not loading well → knee pain
• Breathing mechanics off → neck tightness

When you treat the root cause, the body finally gets a chance to reorganize, realign, and unlock full performance — without relying on temporary fixes.

This is how you move better, feel better, and stay pain-free…
Not just today, but for a lifetime.

If you’re in Dallas and want a proactive approach that treats the system, not just the symptoms, this is your sign to get UNLOCKED.
DM me “MOVE” and let’s get your body functioning the way it was designed.

11/16/2025

UNLOCKED Move | Expand Your Movement Vocabulary

Most of us move through the same few patterns every day — sitting, standing, walking, maybe a workout or two. But the body thrives on variety.

Getting into positions you don’t typically use (deep squat, half-kneel, side-sit, rotations, reaches, crawls) unlocks new angles of mobility and teaches your body to access strength, stability, and control outside your normal base of support.

When you train these “uncommon” positions, you’re not just getting more flexible — you’re building a body that stays limber, adaptable, and resilient for the moments life demands more from you.

Hiking uneven terrain. Picking something up off the floor. Recovering from a slip. Playing sports. Staying active for decades.

Movement variety = movement longevity.

Explore positions. Own new ranges. Stay active for life.
UNLOCKED Move 🟩🟦

11/12/2025

🧠💪 Alter the Position. Change the Alignment. Control the Force.

Sometimes pain isn’t about the movement itself — it’s about how you’re positioned when you move. By slightly altering your position, you change joint alignment and how forces travel through your body.

This lets you find your pain-free zone — where you can move, strengthen, and restore function without irritation.

Instead of forcing movement through pain, adjust your setup and unlock better mechanics.
Because movement should heal, not hurt.

11/08/2025

🫁 Rib Cage Mobility = Shoulder Freedom

“Chase the movement, not the injections.”

Most shoulder or rotator cuff issues don’t start in the shoulder — they start in how the rib cage moves (or doesn’t move).

When your rib cage is stiff or stuck in one position — usually flared up or collapsed forward — it changes how your shoulder blade glides across your ribs.
That shoulder blade (scapula) is the foundation your rotator cuff depends on.
No mobility = no stability = pain, impingement, or tearing.

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🔁 The Chain Reaction
• Limited rib cage expansion → restricted scapular glide
• Restricted scapula → altered rotator cuff tension
• Altered cuff mechanics → chronic inflammation and compensation
• Compensation → injections, taping, and “temporary fixes” that never address the source

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💡 The Fix

Instead of chasing symptoms, chase movement quality:
• Restore 360° rib cage expansion through breath work
• Reconnect the rib cage to the pelvis and spine
• Train shoulder control in sync with thoracic rotation and rib mobility

Your rotator cuff will thank you when the foundation beneath it actually moves the way it’s designed to.

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Stop chasing the pain. Start chasing the pattern.
When the rib cage moves, the shoulder heals.

11/06/2025

⚖️ “Position Equals Performance”

When your body position and posture are aligned, you don’t just look better — you move better. Proper alignment lets you offset forces evenly through the body so no single joint takes on more than it should.

But here’s the key — posture isn’t about being perfectly straight all the time. It’s about creating balance while maintaining the right tension in the right places for the movement you’re performing.

Take the shoulder, for example:
If your rib cage and pelvis are off, your shoulder ends up doing work it was never designed to do. But when your foundation is aligned, you can load the shoulder correctly — keeping power where you want it, and stress where you don’t.

🔹 Alignment first.
🔹 Force distributed.
🔹 Performance unlocked.

11/04/2025

ALIGN ABOVE & BELOW

Neck and shoulder pain rarely start where you feel it.
Most of the time, it’s your hips, pelvis, or rib cage creating a chain reaction upward.

When your pelvis rotates or your rib cage shifts out of alignment, the entire spine compensates — forcing your neck and shoulders to hold tension they were never designed for.

💥 The result?
Tight traps. Stiff neck. Shoulder pain that never fully goes away.

The key isn’t just treating the neck — it’s restoring balance through the core and pelvis, allowing the rib cage to move freely so the neck can finally relax and stabilize.

Everything is connected.
Move better from the ground up, and your shoulders will thank you.

11/02/2025

Posture is everything. 🧠💪
You can lift heavy, run fast, or stretch deep — but if your foundation (your posture) is off, you’re only reinforcing dysfunction.

When your body is out of alignment, the wrong muscles work overtime while the right ones stay “asleep.” This leads to fatigue, compensations, and pain. But when posture is dialed in — every rep, stride, and movement becomes efficient and powerful.

Think: alignment first, activation second, movement third.
That’s how you train smarter, not harder.

UNLOCKED Move — move how your body was designed to.

10/26/2025

Sometimes alignment isn’t about forcing your body into position — it’s about changing your view. 🧠

When you shift perspective, your body follows.
When you release control, balance finds you.
When you see movement differently, everything begins to connect.

True alignment starts in the mind before it shows up in the body.

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10/24/2025

Pain between your shoulder blades isn’t just about “weak muscles.” 💥

Here’s the real story 👇

When the rib cage shifts out of alignment — even slightly — it changes the foundation your shoulder blades rest on. The muscles (like rhomboids or traps) get blamed, but they’re really just reacting to the imbalance.

An offset rib cage means:
⚖️ One side expands differently than the other
🫁 Breathing becomes asymmetrical
🦴 The shoulder blades can’t glide properly
💢 Tension builds between them — not from weakness, but compensation

When you restore rib cage alignment and mobility, those “tight” or “knotty” areas start to release on their own.

This is why we don’t just chase pain — we restore alignment.

UNLOCKED Move
“Alignment before strength.”

10/22/2025

Your knee isn’t the problem — it’s the messenger. 👣
When your hips lose mobility and your ankles get stiff, the knee becomes the middleman taking the hit.

That pain you feel isn’t random — it’s compensation.
If the joints above and below can’t move, the knee is forced to twist, torque, and absorb what they can’t handle.

Unlock your hips.
Free your ankles.
Protect your knees.

That’s how you move better, not just feel better.

🦵 UNLOCKED Move | Human Function and Performance

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Tuesday	7am - 7pm
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The Mission

It is our mission at Human Function and Performance to educate every patient, client, and athlete we work with on the inner workings of their body. Powered with this knowledge, our patients are able to effectively treat themselves. This puts control over how your body feels back in the hands of you, the patient, not the practitioner. There is nothing more important to us than establishing a feeling of confidence in our patients. You can run, you can squat, you can join that workout class, you can play that sport with your kids. But first, you need to understand why it’s a problem for you and how you can begin resolving that issue permanently.