I like to call Dr. King my miracle worker. I've been playing sports and running for years and have always been plagued by one injury or another. I always seemed to be in recovery mode. This last time I felt severe pain in my IT band while runnning the Quintiles 1/2 marathon this spring. I figured I'd do the same thing I'd always done and use rest, ice, heat, stretching, anti-inflammatories, and lots of walking. I thought I'd be back in no time to train for the Marine Corps Marathon this fall. But, this time my same thing plan didn't work. After 4 months of pain, my couch finally sent me to Dr. King. I told him what hurt every time I tried to start running. Dr. King used ART on my leg and I remember being amazed at how much range of motion I had. I didn't realize how tight and constricted my muscles and connective tissue had become. So I went to Dr. King twice a week and had him work through each area I felt was tight. After the first week, I started jogging slowly with my running group. After the second week, I was running happily with my group. After the third, I was back running full speed and all of the pain was gone, including lingering old injury pain. I cannot thank Dr. King enough for helping me get back on my marathon training plan so quickly. As much pain as I was in, I really do consider it a miracle that I feel so good.
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