FLORIDA PODIATRIST HELPS CYCLIST OVERCOME INJURY AND WIN TITLE

DR. MELISSA VERDE, A FLORIDA PODIATRIST BASED IN LONGWOOD HAS BEEN TREATING ATHLETE STEVE AGRONICK WHO HAD BEEN TOLD BY HIS MEDICAL DOCTOR THAT HE WAS DONE WITH COMPETETIVE BICYCLING OR ANY KIND OF CYCLING.  HE HAD BEEN TOLD "YOU'RE GOING TO WALK WITH A LIMP AND YOU'LL NEED ALL KINDS OF CONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY," THE VILLAGE OF WINIFRED RESIDENT, AGRONICK SAID, " NO, I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT."  HE ALSO FOUND A DOCTOR WHO DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED SURGERY.

PODIATRIST VERDE STATES "SHE FIRST SAW HIM IN 2011.  HE HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS ACHILLES TENDON AND NERVE IMPINGEMENT.  INSTEAD OF SURGERY, WE USED STRETCHING, ICE, INJECTIONS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION.  I TRIED TO PULL OUT EVERYTHING THAT I HAD TO GET HIM TO HEAL AND GET BACK TO HIS SPORT."

PODIATRIST VERDE'S PROGRAM WORKED BUT SHE CREDITS AGRONICK WITH ITS ULTIMATE SUCCESS.  "I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE HE'D GET BETTER, BUT TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE HE COMPETES --- I WASN'T SURE," SHE SAID.  "BUT HE WAS SO MOTIVATED.  IT'S GREAT WHEN YOU HAVE A PATIENT LIKE THAT.  IT MOTIVATED ME."  THAT WAS 2 YEARS AGO.  TODAY THE 71 YEAR OLD IS FULLY RECOVERED FROM A TORN ACHILLES TENDON AND IS BACK AMONG THE ELITE CYCLISTS IN THE UNITED STATES.  HIS MOST RECENT TRIUMPH  CAME LAST MONTH IN THE FLORIDA STATE ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CLERMONT, WHERE HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE MENS MASTER 70 - 75 DIVISION.

AT ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS WE HAVE BEEN TREATING SOFT TISSUE INJURIES SUCH AS THESE SUCCESSFULLY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.  WE BELIEVE IN CONSERVATIVE THERAPY FIRST AND FOREMOST.  WE TRY TO AVOID USING MEDICATIONS WHERE POSSIBLE.  SURGERY ONLY AS A LAST RESORT OR FOR CASES SUCH AS COMPLICATED FRACTURES, ETC.  WE WOULD NEVER SUGGEST SURGERY FOR COSMETIC REASONS AS THE RISKS ARE TOO HIGH.  WE EDUCATE OUR PATIENTS THAT IT IS THERE OWN BODY ULTIMATELY THAT WILL HEAL THEM.  "THE POWER THAT CREATED THE BODY, HEALS THE BODY", WE ARE ONLY THERE TO ASIST THAT NATURAL HEALING PROCESS AND TO GUIDE THEM.

OUR CLINIC HAS ALL THE LATEST EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO PHYSICAL THERAPY INCLUDING SHOCKWAVE, LASER, INTERFERENTIAL CURRENT, ULTRASOUND, MYOPERCUSSION AND CRYOTHERAPY.  WE ARE ALSO VERY DILIGENT IN EDUCATING OUR PATIENTS IN PROPER STRETCHES, EXERCISES AND HOME CARE.  IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS SUFFERING WITH A FOOT AILMENT, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT OUR FOOT CLINIC TO RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE, HONEST CARE AND PRODUCTS.  WE STAND BEHIND OUR SERVICE 100%.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOO PECIALIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.

 

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