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Post by QCS Admin on Nov 14, 2006 5:35:10 GMT -5
I just wanted to let you all know that Eric's recap of the state meet made the front page on the Cumberland Times. GREAT JOB ERIC !
Hope to see you running soon!
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Post by zach on Nov 14, 2006 7:56:23 GMT -5
Nice work Eric. It was nice to actually read about the race and not just a recap of the results. Take care of that leg and let someone else do the writing this spring.
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Post by mertz on Nov 14, 2006 20:30:25 GMT -5
Good job eric. It was nice to see it made the front page. keep recovering and get ready for track.
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Post by frojoe23 on Nov 15, 2006 8:13:51 GMT -5
Really enjoyed the article as well. Thought that it was far superior to any articles that the Times-News staff have written.
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Post by jim on Dec 6, 2006 12:56:25 GMT -5
After two and half months, there has finally been a diagnosis on Eric's leg injury. He has had a fractured leg since his race in Keyser on September 25th. The X-ray taken this past Friday showed the fracture clearly, but was not very evident on the first ones taken in September. The stress fracture has been healing fine with about another month or so to completely heal. He was initially told it was growth plate irritation and tendonitis. So much for that theory!
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Post by frojoe23 on Dec 6, 2006 13:37:16 GMT -5
Jim, the problem that occurs with diagnosing stress fractures is that the actually "break" is so small that it will not show up on an x-ray. Only new bone growth over top of that spot shows up and that is how it can be diagnosed. Unfortunately, nobody scheduled an initial MRI for Eric or the fracture could have been spotted earlier. Hope that Eric is able to get healthy and take it easy. I am looking forward to working with him next year!
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Post by jim on May 15, 2007 16:27:52 GMT -5
Eric had an MRI today on his left leg and foot. It was discovered that he has another stress fracture. The stress fracture is located in his foot (the heal area). It took 6 months for the last fracture to heal. He sees the orthopedic doctor on Friday to see about the length of this recovery process. Will this end his high school running career? We will just have to wait and see!
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Post by frojoe23 on May 16, 2007 6:43:17 GMT -5
I think that Eric should be able to recover relatively quickly. He definitely will have to take it easy on the road back. I'm looking forward to working with Eric next fall and Tom and Norm will do their best to get Eric back where he needs to be.
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Post by Justin on May 16, 2007 9:02:17 GMT -5
That is really too bad. I hope he recovers quickly.
Has anybody tried to figure out what is causing the recurring stress fractures?
I had a college teammate that kept getting them, in both legs, different bones. It ruined just about every season he ran in college. For all those years he would just rest and recover, then start back only to get another one just when he was getting abck into shape. It was heartbreaking to watch really. In his last year of college he finally started looking onto possible causes for these and a doctor found some hormonal problem which was causing his body to not rebuild his bones. So normally, running wears on your bones and your body heals them back up stronger than before, his would just keep wearing and eventually have stress fractures.
I'm not saying this is the case for Eric, but anytime I hear of someone having recurring stress fractures, I personally want to know the cause.
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Post by jim on May 16, 2007 11:07:09 GMT -5
Eric has an appointment with an orthopedic doctor Friday morning. The doctor had suspected a fracture and the MRI confirmed it. The doctor did say that if there was a fracture, he would have to look into what was causing the fractures. So I expected to get the ball rolling on the "why" part during the appointment.
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Post by frojoe23 on May 16, 2007 11:35:39 GMT -5
The first thing I think they should look at is the alignment of Eric's hips. He does run a little bowlegged and he will lean in to his plant foot a little too much. I am thinking that he has an alignment problem and that hopefully can be fixed with orthotics. But, the doctor will know better than me - so good luck and let us know what the verdict is.
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Post by Justin on May 16, 2007 13:34:45 GMT -5
That's great Jim. In my opinion now is the time to get started, it could be something as easy as biomechanics or something else all together. It would be great to solve the root cause of his problems.
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Post by jim on May 16, 2007 15:44:17 GMT -5
Last November, a P-T fitted Eric with customized orthotics. He has been wearing them since that time. I thought that would have fixed the problem. Obviously expensive custom-made orthotics is not always the answer.
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