Dear Jon,

thank you for your advice.
I am glad that there is hope that I can get well again without ART.
I guess I will look for a PT that does that therapy when I will be in the US (I
dont know when I will visit that country).

I just want to tell you to be carful with running.
I suffered from itbs 3 years ago. After 1 year of pain and no therapy helped I
had surgery, just like you. After that I had no pain anymore and I started
running again. For one year everything was good, but then I ran more than 15
kilometres - and there it was again. This happened in February 2007. Since then
I stopped running and started all over again with the treatment: visit the
doctor, taking pills against pain, going to a PT for months, getting shots,...I
even ordered an itbs strap and a roller. The last two items helped me that the
pain was less, but i still have pain. It seems as it is a chronical disease, and
there is nothing I can do.
Just today another doctor told me, that my feet are not 100% normal, so I will
wear special orthotics. This is my last chance.

Jon, I just wanted to warn you: do not distend running (any sports) after
surgery, because itbs can come back!

Nora



-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:54:43 -0000
> Von: "jonny7117" <jlawrenc@...>
> An: "Nora Reich" <nora11@...>
> Betreff: ART

> Hi Nora,
>
> It doesn't sound like what you described is ART. I went through ~4
> months of ART for ITBS in my knee, and my PT made use of her thumbs
> (and fingers sometimes) to feel around for tight spots on the side of
> my knee as well as further up my leg and then apply pressure with the
> grain of the muscle. It didn't involve me tensing or relaxing any
> muscles, but rather passively shortening and lengthening muscles
> through simply bending my knee.
>
> ART is a brand name (like Coca-Cola), so it is only practiced by
> people certified in it. They go to "ART college" to learn it, then use
> it. If your PT hasn't heard of it, then he/she probably doesn't know
> how to do it.
>
> As a final note, I found that ART helped me walk normally again, but
> didn't allow me to progress back into sports/running. It loosened up
> my ITBS (and was the first thing to actually benefit me) but wasn't a
> cure. From what I've read on this post, some people have good success
> with ART, others not at all. Don't feel like if you can't find someone
> who does ART, then you won't be cured. I finally resorted to surgery
> for my ITBS, and I'm a year post-op with no problems at all and back
> to running more than I was before ITBS.
>
> Best of luck!
> -Jon

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