I saw a fellow by the name of Gene Zeitler yesterday. He's out of Newtown, so it's quite a hike, but I think he's the one that's going to fix my leg. When I arrived at his offices, I knew I was in the right place as it was crawling with Lance Armstrong lookalikes. The guy works on athletes. Period.
After he took a thorough history and thoroughly examined me, he said that I have tendinosis of the semimembranosus tendon, right where it attaches at the head of the tibia. He used some Active Release Techniques (ART) on me yesterday. He will incorporate more and other therapies at future visits.
Tendinosis is a condition of a tendon that didn't heal properly. This is why it's chronic and degenerative. The body thinks that the tendon is healed. My very basic understanding is that the aim of the therapies that I will be receiving is to re-injure/-damage the tendon so that it can heal properly.
Check out his site here: http://web.me.com/gzeitler/Site_2/Home.html
6 comments:
yay - hope he can help you!
based on first impression, if he can't, no one can. so, i'm pretty optimistic.
Think this Active Release Technique thing is what to look for? My IT band issues aren't going way, so I wonder if I'm in a similar situation in that it hasn't healed properly. I see there are a handful of ART chiropractors in CT. One in Vernon near home and also one in Milford near work. I might make an appointment.
Absolutely. I had another appointment yesterday. It's going quite well. He added a few more ART techniques, including this one that was snapping my injured hamstring tendon. It felt good. He also put some kenesio tape on my leg. My leg is feeling better as a result. He's now got me doing 30 minutes on the bike every other day and some other interesting exercises. I highly recommend Zeitler. He gets it. He will fix you in a snap, literally.
PS: If you can't see Zeitler. I recommend seeing someone who works on athletes.
One story he told me when I asked if he had every seen tendinosis where I've got it: a friend of his was doing an Ironman Tri, and when she finished the 100 some odd mile bike ride, she heard a pop in her hamstring. Despite this, she pushed through the marathon and finished. She later found out that she had completely severed her hamstring muscle. 100% of the time that's a career-ending injury but he rehabbed her back to health.
Post a Comment