Is this the same as chiropractic care?

No. Dr. Berkus has practiced chiropractic for 30 years and still uses gentle Network Spinal work where it helps, but Functional Patterns training is the core of the practice. Adjustment creates the opening; training is what makes the change hold.

Will I be cracked or adjusted?

No forceful manipulation. There is no snapping or popping. The work is gentle, precise, and built around teaching your body a better pattern.

How do I get started?

Dr. Berkus offers a free phone consultation to confirm the practice is a good fit before you book. Call 612-743-1760, or book directly through the online scheduler.

The training studio at Dr. Kimberly Berkus's Minneapolis practice, with a Functional Patterns training machine, free weights, kettlebells and a full-length mirror.

Stand. Walk. Run. Throw.
Strength you can use.

Q: What is Functional Patterns?

Functional Patterns is a movement training methodology founded in 2006 by Naudi Aguilar. Rather than treating pain where you feel it, it retrains the four movements the human body is built around — standing, walking, running and throwing — so the whole structure works the way it was designed to.

These four movements are what the human body is built around. Functional Patterns trains them as one connected system — so the strength you build here shows up in how you walk, lift, play and live.

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One connected system

Gait, posture and breathing trained together — because that's how the body works.

Strength that transfers

What you build in a session shows up in decreased pain and how you move the rest of the week.

Yours to keep

You leave each session with a greater understanding of your body and tools to relieve your pain.

Dr. Kimberly Berkus standing beside a Functional Patterns training machine in her studio.

About

Thirty years in practice, now reimagined with Functional Patterns

I'm Dr. Kimberly Berkus. I've been a chiropractor in Minneapolis for thirty years, and while some have had complete resolution with chiropractic, I've watched many people get temporary relief and then come back with the same complaint.

What changed my practice was Functional Patterns — a training methodology that treats the body as one connected system rather than a collection of parts. Instead of chasing symptoms, we rebuild the way you stand, walk and move so the structure stops generating pain.

I still use gentle chiropractic care, including Network Spinal Analysis, where it helps open the door. But the training is what walks you through it. That combination is what makes the results lasting.

Being healthy is not just about whether or not you are in pain, but how much you are living your life and fully participating in the world around you. Dr. Kimberly Berkus

Not sure if this is right for you? I offer a free phone consultation before you book anything. Call 612-743-1760.

The method

What is Functional Patterns?

Founded in 2006 by Naudi Aguilar, Functional Patterns is a training methodology built on how the human body actually evolved to move. Practitioners are certified through his seminars worldwide — and the results speak for themselves.

A Functional Patterns Human Biomechanic Specialist seminar in session, with practitioners seated around a demonstration.

The problem

Unlike any other point in human history, the health crisis we face is one of imbalance — a disconnection from the way our bodies were built to work. Sitting, screens and a modern way of living have quietly eroded our ability to move correctly and stay out of pain.

The blueprint

There's an evolutionary blueprint to how every organism works, and Functional Patterns has spent nearly two decades decoding it for human movement. Tens of thousands of hours of testing produced a methodology that syncs the physics of the natural environment to how we train.

The Big 4

The conclusion: train humans according to their biological movement characteristics — standing, walking, running and throwing. Optimize those four functions and better health stops being a gamble and starts being an outcome.

"We take the guesswork out of taking care of your body."