Wimbledon

Now that Wimbledon has come and gone for another year its time to begin the preparation for the NFL season. In another few weeks many of the camps will be opening up and injury is surely to follow. In the advent of players getting bigger, faster, and stronger most people don't realize that the injury rate has risen faster than some wide receivers forty times.

I have gotten to really appreciate tennis in its grace, speed and difficulty. Until you've been on the court with a top 100 player in the world it's hard to understand how good these athletes really are. To hit a ball in the rise at 120 miles per hour is as difficult as Michael Jackson keeping his lunch tray even on his lap while watching recess. Returning someone serve traveling at 140 miles per hour is enough for anyone to lay down and cry at the mere fact that a ball can travel that fast - let alone have the ability to hit it on the rise.

As with any professional sport that I work at it's eire to know that most of the sports and the athletes are alike. The athletes are young, naive, and full of piss and vinegar. They all want the coveted ring, trophy or cup that comes with their particular sport. They all have the perception that if they don't make it to the very top of their sport than everything else has been a waste of time. They've put in thousands of hours of practice and conditioning that rival a deep southern chain gang and to come up short is more than disheartening.

Injury has been something that has been over looked in many professional sports. Injury in the way that most people don't think about. Minor injuries and restrictions of the body begin to accumulate which slowly diminish the athletes abilities - slowly but surely to the point of major injury. This is why so many athletes that have the ability to win slowly self destruct. Injuries can alter any athlete at any level. That's why its so important to be able to have a specialist who is trained to see what part of the body is breaking down and to be able to correct it before it turns into a major injury.

ACL Surgery

Recently a young many entered my office with his mother reporting that he recently had complete ACL reconstructive surgery of his right knee. He began with rehab at a local center but both the young man and his mother were upset with the way they were going about his rehab. He was told that he would have to be in rehab for a minimum of 6 months before he could return to football.

I accepted the case to begin to rehab this young mans knee however it was explained to the patient and his mother that I would be doing it my way as opposed to the rehab that was outlined by his orthopedic surgeon. Having witnessed other work that I've done with other athletes they agreed and we began his rehab.

Using new treatment protocols that consisted of MyoFascial Disruption Technique (MFDT) and using the ARPwave the young man was able to perform a slow jog in three weeks of beginning his rehab. This young man was determined to get better and worked very hard to get back to playing his favorite sport football. With continued treatment and advancing him into a strength program we were able to set him up for a stress test of his knee to see if he was able to properly absorb first. He was tested with running at first at 50% of his normal sprint speed. Eventually taking him up to 100% for 15 - 15 yard sprints. The young man reported no pain, full range of motion and was able to recover without any muscle soreness.

I released this patient from active treatment at 7 weeks of care with instructions to return to his conditioning for football. Following up with this athletes after four weeks there was no report of any pain or disability.

If you are dealing with chronic pain of any kind its well worth your time to find out how you can be helped with the latest technology in sports injury treatment. Our state-of-the-art treatments can have you feeling much better in a much quicker time that you thought possible.