Bob Fanelli, MSc, FAFS
Applied Biomechanics for Pain, Injury, and Performance
Understanding the Human System. Restoring Human Potential.™
Pain, injury, and performance limitations rarely belong to one isolated part of the body.
I use whole-body biomechanical assessment to identify how movement, force, and compensation may be contributing to what you are experiencing—so we can address more than the location of the symptom.
Begin With a Biomechanical Assessment
If you are dealing with pain, movement limitations, or performance issues, the first step is understanding how your body is currently managing movement and force.
Pain tells us where the body is experiencing distress. It does not always tell us where the movement problem began.
When one area loses motion, stability, or confidence, the body adapts. Another joint may move more. Another group of tissues may absorb additional force. Those compensations can be remarkably successful—until the system reaches a threshold and begins to hurt.
Rather than focusing only on the painful area, I assess how your entire body is working together. This helps us distinguish the possible cause of a problem from the compensations that have developed around it.
Assessment Reveals Possibility™
Bob Fanelli: Applied Biomechanist, Educator, Student of Human Adaptation
For more than 35 years, I have studied how the human body moves, adapts, compensates, heals, and performs.
My work integrates exercise physiology, kinesiology, Applied Functional Science, and whole-body biomechanics to help people understand not only where they hurt, but why their movement system may be placing stress there
I do not separate rehabilitation from performance. Both are expressions of the same human capacity: adaptation.
Following your assessment, each session is guided by how your body moves, manages force, and responds to load.
Rather than placing you into a generic exercise program, we build from your individual movement profile—restoring motion, improving control, and progressively preparing your body for the demands of life, work, recreation, or sport.
We focus on improving how your body:
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accepts and decelerates force
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transfers force through the entire chain
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redirects and produces force
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adapts to changing environments and demands
This is not traditional personal training. It is movement education and training informed by biomechanics.
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Articles, videos, and educational resources designed to help you better understand movement, pain, healing, biomechanics, and human performance.
Because the more clearly you understand your body, the more confidently you can participate in your own recovery and development.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Tania
INVALUABLE LEARNING
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Bob, I can’t tell you how much I enjoy our sessions :) The information I am learning is invaluable and having a gentle soul offering it with so much love and patience is magical.
Thank you for the time, information and friendship you so generously offer me.
Jessica
GRATITUDE
Thank you for your time.
You have an amazing talent of shining a bright light on the road ahead. A road that may seem dark when one's body is in pain or stuck in some way. Making the healing process clear to see.
I am thankful that at times when my body gets stuck or injured, I know you will show me the road back to health, movement, and balance. For that, I am eternally grateful! I know now to trust the process, and I understand that when something feels stuck or I am in pain, there is always a way out. That is so comforting to me. And also to know that I have you to guide me down the path.
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Eternal thanks and gratitude...
Gina
AVOIDED SURGERY
Bob is one of the most intelligent humans I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. His passion for healing and knowledge of biomechanics is unparalleled. After a hip labrum tear from a car accident and physical therapy for 10 months, I still felt like I needed surgery because I couldn't walk up my two flights of stairs from the garage to my main floor without stabbing hip pain. Worked with Bob for two weeks and the pain largely subsided. Kept up with our sessions and his exercises, and it's been 3 years with still no surgery.
Bob's assessment is extremely thorough, insightful, and telling of what his personalized program might entail for you. He's professional, kind, filled with knowledge, and you can tell without question that he absolutely loves what he does and enjoys teaching biomechanics if you ever wonder "why" you're doing a movement and how it relates to your needs.
Whether in person or virtual sessions, because it's been both since I've moved from the area, Bob has been a life-saver for me, and I'm forever grateful for his work.