Seven Summits

“His minds eye saw a system of Chairlifts, Gondolas, and aerial trams beyond what anyone thought possible. He knew it would probably take another twenty years to see Snowbird the way he dreamed it, But that was okay: He was only fifty-one years old” from Seven Summits speaking of Dick Bass and his vision of Snowbird

This book may be about climbing mountains, it is also about success. There are several amazing stories being told and the success principles drip from the pages. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to further their lives.

I was tricked – Into Physical Therapy

My doctor sent me to a specialist that specializes in running orthotics to get fit for a device. When I arrived I found myself in a physical therapy office. When I spoke to the therapist she said that I wasn’t really here for an orthotic but the doctor cannot send me to her because she is out of his network. She is his Physical Therapist and used to work with him but has branched out and started her own practice. So, instead of going to his offices PT he sent me out of practice and is actually loosing money. :thumb: She does make good running orthotics but only as a last resort.

The PT spent about an hour working with me, measuring me, stretching, watching me move and told me that she believes I can not only run without orthotics, I may be able to avoid surgery all together. She believes that leaving the cartilage in my knee is important and taking it out is a last resort. Her specialty is running injuries and she found a weakness in my left Quad. This weakness stems back to an injury a few years ago where I tore the quad and this weakness has thrown everything off. It has cause my left hip to rotate forward and has thrown my gate completely off and may be the root of all my injuries, Knee and Shin.

I start running again this weekend and have two PT appointments next week. once Monday after my Sunday run Wednesday after my Tuesday run. I have many exercises to do in the mean time to build balance and strengthen my quads. We plan on continuing these sessions until I get this thing worked out.

Seems like good news all around and my team is coming together nicely

Oh, The Knee!

So a few weeks ago I went for a nice hike on Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland. Not a big mountain, just a 1200 foot bump in an otherwise flat farm country. The next morning I went out and put in a nice five mile run and felt like a million bucks. Strong, good lungs, solid legs. Then I stood up and the knee went south. For two weeks it has been sore and the Bakers Cysts was larger than ever.

I scheduled a meeting with a new Doc that runs named Dan Pereles, MD or Doctor Dan. He was great, he reviewed my MRI and history and said that at some point I would need Surgery to repair a torn Meniscus. In the mean time to get me through the summer I was administered a healthy Cortisone shot with some numbing agent. The needle was 20 feet long. (The needle gets longer every time I tell the story).

Today, the knee feels better. Probably more the numbing agent than the Cortisone as I think that takes a few days to work. I can run this weekend so I am pretty stoked. I will post my first run results after I run!