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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

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Running | admin | June 4, 2008 6:53 am

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By Tracey, June 24, 2008 @ 6:14 pm

Hi Scooter,

Sounds like physical therapy could be the answer to your knee problems – at least I hope so. How have the sessions been going?

I saw Into the Wild last week, and I must say that it was such an inspiration. I couldn’t stop thinking about Supertramp for days – he reminds me of you, you know? I saw on the Belt’s Movie Review that you’d already seen it – what did you get out of it? For me, it was that one liner “Happiness is only real when shared” but also that the knowledge of that couldn’t have been done without following his dreams.

Anyway, I’ve changed providers for my blog, so if you want to update it on your Blogroll that would be great – it’s now http://thinkingalsworld.blogspot.com.

Talk to you soon buddy