I wrote this book with
one purpose in mind; To make sure no one (and I mean no one) need deal with sesamoiditis
for months or years like I did. You and I are going to get through this problem.
Had I known before what I know now, I would’ve saved myself a lot of
aggravation, frustration, time and money!
This book will give you
the information you need to understand sesamoiditis. I compiled the best and
most current information into one book, in order to get you back into action as
quickly as possible. I tried to be as comprehensive as possible so this book
can serve as the one and only guide you’ll ever need to deal with sesamoiditis.
What makes me an expert?
I run. I run a lot. I also run far. I’m an engineer. Both of my parents are
medical doctors (radiologists). I’m well versed in physiology, anatomy,
kinesiology and I hate being injured. I also have flat arches in both my feet. I’m
a prime candidate for sesamoiditis and I had to deal with it for over 2 years.
I traveled around the country, specifically to see the top orthopedic surgeons,
sports podiatrists, sports pedorthists, homeopaths and nutrionists. The
information contained in this book is a compilation of everything I learned from
doctors’ visits and on my own.
You may find pieces of this information on
various websites in the same or different form, but you won’t find all of the information
contained in this book anywhere. It just isn’t a high priority ailment and no
one has written anything definitive on the subject.
Having an engineering-mind,
I always want to break a system down and understand it from the inside-out. That’s
what this book’s about. Your body is a system. Your foot is a feature of that
system and if you have sesamoiditis, then there’s a problem.
I’ve already done the leg-work.
I’ve been the guinea pig. I’ve gone through trials and tribulations dealing
with this. I’ve paid monies to see sports podiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, pedorthists,
acupuncturists, acupressurists and physical therapists.
I did whatever it took to
get back to being able to distance-run. I ran into quite a few road-blocks and
problems. I made mistakes left and right, and had to deal with a lot of
misinformation.
So, my hope is that this book
will allow you to bypass all of that. I want you back in action just like I
needed to be back in action. When you win, I win.
Let me first give you some
background of what’s physically going on and then I’ll explain the solution.
As an aside, let me tell
you how I got sesamoiditis. Like I said, I run a lot. I’m an endurance athlete.
What does an endurance athlete do? I run hundred mile ultra-marathons. (Any
running course over 26.2 miles is considered an ultra-marathon) The courses I
run are some of the most grueling in the world. I trail run on mountains, at
elevation, across many different kinds of landscapes. I’m always amazed at how
hard some of the race courses actually are. Some are over 14,000 feet in
elevation with jagged rock for miles.
That being said, in the
last 4 years, even with all of the running I’ve done (over 200+ races), I’ve never
had a foot problem whatsoever, not even a black toe or blister. I typically
weigh around 225 pounds with a height of 6’4” and a 15 shoe size, so I’m
clearly a likely candidate for problems as a runner. Nothing, nada, zilch in
the way of foot problems.
There’s a small mountain
(a hill really) near where I live that I cross over multiple times in a workout
session. Parts of the trail have sharp jagged rock and I’d try to run as much
of it as possible. Some days I’d be out there for 5 hours non-stop, going up
and down as fast as I could in 115-degree weather. It was this exercise, and mostly
running the jagged rock, that eventually caused my sesamoiditis. Of all the
courses I’ve run, this hill was one of the easiest ones, yet it was the one
that took me out. How’s that even possible? I don’t know, but what I can tell
you is, it happened. And the worst part was that I had no idea what
sesamoiditis was. I’d never heard of it before. So what did I do? I ran through
the pain and kept going. The worst thing you could possibly do.
This book should shed
some light on why you can’t out-smart a sesamoid injury and what you can
do to get over this horrendous problem without making things worse.
It may seem a little odd
that there’s a section on your attitude. However, I believe that the reason
people fail at anything, including curing themselves of ailments is because
they lose hope or they don’t follow through and do everything they need
to do in order to fix the problem. If you’re the alpha-type personality I am,
maybe you don’t need this attitude adjustment, and if not, feel free to skip that
section. However, there is one undeniable fact to having the section and that
is “It can’t hurt”.
Let’s get this problem
cured.
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