At 17, I was in the local YMCA. It was a Saturday and I was playing basketball. As I came down with a rebound, I felt a "tweak" in my knee. I subbed out and decided to lift instead. In my stupidity, I went to the squat rack. 10 minutes removed from tweaking my knee, I loaded 315 onto the bar... and tore my meniscus.

 

Athleticism never came naturally to me. Injuries seemed too. I've always had a mind for sport, but my body couldn't keep up.

 

I blamed my flat feet. I have broken toes, rolled ankles, herniated discs, and now I'd torn a knee ligament. Surgery wasn't an option, and neither was physical therapy. My dad handed me "Pain Free," by Pete Egoscue. Well-intentioned, but not enough.

 

11 years later I am a statistic anomaly. My feet are still "flat," but now they're strong, mobile, and functional. 3 things I was told they never would be. My knee now has an elite level of pain-free ability. Oh, and I've lost over 100 lbs (at once). My body is not impenetrable, but, it is more resilient than ever and has more ability than most.

 

Why should you care?

 

Because now I teach the frameworks and systems I used!