Posture and movement patterns
How you align, how you move and where the body compensates.
Personal trainer · Barreiro
Personal trainer and therapist in Barreiro.
Training is made to what your body can do today, not from a plan that is the same for everyone.
Talk to me on WhatsAppSee the programme
Training cannot be booked online. We talk first to understand your case.
Before strength
Why does the body not always respond to training?
When people talk about personal training, almost everything revolves around strength and posture. But if stress, breathing, sleep or digestion are not well, the body may not respond so well to training. It can compensate, stop progressing or get injured.
That is why I start by assessing these areas, before thinking about strength.
Training follows the same 5 domains.
The five domains I use in therapy also guide the training. First we make sure the body is responding well, and only then do we work on strength and performance.
The root · where it comes from
The symptom · where it hurts
Domain 1
Mind and Emotions
Stress, anxiety, worries or a hard loss. What goes on in the head changes breathing, posture, sleep and the way you feel pain. That is why it is the first domain I assess.
- Easily irritated
- Sleeping badly from worry
- Mental tiredness
Tap each domain to see the explanation.
Before the first exercise
What I assess before giving you a plan.
Stress levels and breathing
Breathing influences your performance in training, the immune system and stress levels.
Sleep and recovery
Without recovery, the body does not progress. If you sleep badly, heavy training can do more harm than good.
Digestion and organ function
Digestion gives the body the energy to train. When it is not well, performance suffers.
Mental and emotional state
Stress and emotions influence motivation, the effort you can handle and the way you feel pain.
Strength and functional capacity
Only then do we measure strength, mobility and endurance, and set the progression.
Training and therapy
Training and therapy in the same session.
I am a coach and I am a therapist. In the same session I can release with hands-on work what is limited and, right after, work on the movement with exercises.
One day you may need load, another day breathing and mobility. The session adapts to what your body needs that day.
Who it is for
Training can help you if:
- You have tried the gym and the body never kept up
- You have pain and want to train again safely
- You want to improve performance without getting injured
- You are recovering from an injury and want to come back well
- You spend the day sitting and feel the body weak and slow to respond
How it starts
How it works
01
Full assessment
2 hours, included in The Root of Pain programme (90€ if you do it on its own). Health and stress questionnaires, a full postural and functional assessment and a written plan with your priorities.
02
Your plan
I set the order of work: what needs to be treated, what needs to be trained and what needs to change in your routine.
03
Training and therapy
90-minute sessions that combine hands-on work, breathing, rehabilitation exercises and training, with regular review of the goals.
Training is part of the programme The Root of Pain
Training and hands-on work in the same 90-minute session, from 260€ a month, with the full assessment included and no contract.
Questions
Before you start.
Yes. Personal training in Barreiro, at my practice at R. João Caeiro 1L Lj 10, 2830-222 Barreiro. I also receive people from Lavradio, Alto do Seixalinho, Palhais, Verderena, Moita, Palmela, Setúbal, Almada and Lisbon.
Most plans start and end with strength and structure. I train you according to what your body can really do at that moment, taking into account posture, stress levels, sleep and recovery, digestion and organ function, and mental and emotional state. I am a therapist, so training and hands-on work go together: first we give the body the conditions to respond, then we build strength.
No. I work with people at very different starting points, including people who have never trained or have been away from exercise for years. The starting point is your body as it is today, not a minimum level of fitness.
Yes, and that is often precisely why people come to me. We start by identifying what is feeding the pain and choose exercises the body tolerates, raising the demand as it responds well.
Sessions take place at my practice in Barreiro, where I have the conditions to assess, treat and train in the same session. If you also train elsewhere, I leave you the plan in writing to follow on your own between sessions.
Training is not sold separately. It is part of The Root of Pain programme, where training and hands-on work happen in the same 90-minute session, from 260€ per month with the assessment included. You start with the assessment.
Let's talk about your training.
Write to me on WhatsApp with your case. If it makes sense, we start with the assessment.
Talk on WhatsApp · +351 930 400 196- Where
- R. João Caeiro 1L, Loja 10
2830-222 Barreiro, Portugal
Get directions - When
- Monday to Friday: 7 am to 8 pmSaturday: 9 am to 1 pmSunday: ClosedBy appointment only.