I woke angry. Suddenly I wanted to write an article to expose someone.In 1982 I wrecked a friend’s motorcycle, injuring my right knee. The surgery only patched the medial collateral ligament but did nothing to stabilize the anterior cruciate. And so the following summer I reinjured my knee while innertubing behind a ski boat. The second surgery was performed by an elite sports surgeon who cut my semitendinosis in half, midway up the hamstrings, and wrapped this free tendon around the front of my knee to do what my blown ACL could no longer do. Dr. Gregory Engel, who had performed this same cutting-edge (at that time) surgery on professional athletes, sent me to a specially tailored Physical Therapy program until measurable goals were reached. I was strapped into a Cybex machine (new technology at that time) set to resist me flexing and extending at the knee. No matter how much effort I gave, the machine allowed me to only move at one cycle per second, similar to the rate of a fast walk. The P.T. barked orders at my face, “Push! Pull! Push! Pull!” to motivate my brain to lead my muscles effectively. After the two-minute workout the machine… Read full this story
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