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“Before the marathon, I started dealing with some like knee pain and then hip pain… we couldn’t really figure out what it was.”
“My name’s Mae, and I’m 23 years old… I work at Charleston Southern in admission. Before the marathon, I started dealing with some like knee pain and then hip pain… I went to the doctor, he gave me cortisone shots and did an MRI on my knee… didn’t find anything. They were like, keep training.
I kept running… then had more pain. This time it was more my hip… it was my last long run when I noticed it. I started doing physical therapy just that the doctor recommended… there was multiple people in there… a few different doctors… different PTs every time… I was just not motivated to do it on my own.
Then I got another MRI on my hip… the doctor told me I had a torn hip labrum. He was like, I really do not recommend you do this. I was on the bike… waiting… and then he came in, he was like, ‘oh, Mae, it’s a torn hip labrum’… I literally was on the little stationary bike… just saw me crying. I was like, no. That was probably the worst… I was like, I’m not running, I’m not doing anything.
I was on the phone with my mom… I was like, I have to start running again, and I think I’m just gonna get surgery… my mom was like, no, you’re not getting surgery. She was like, why don’t you look into something like a local gym… more individualized. Ethos was the only gym that I knew… it had all the different people listed… Rachel was on there, said physical therapist. I ended up learning about Made to Move, signed up.”
“I was a little nervous… and then when I left I felt so confident.”
“I really didn’t know what to expect when I walked in. I was a little nervous, and then I went into Rachel’s office and she was so nice and I felt very cared for compared to the other place that I went to. Just like on her whiteboard, writing out everything I wanted to do, I felt that I could actually achieve them… it wasn’t just like things swirling in my head.
Made to Move is so much better — I would literally recommend it to anyone. At my old physical therapist… I was confused on the moves… what I was supposed to be focusing on at home. Rachel has been great. I love that we do a mix between doing actual physical therapy when I go see her in the gym and then also talking things out and discussing what’s working and what’s not working. To me that feels special… very… like it’s working a lot.”
“Now I can run six miles… and I’m not getting surgery.”
“Now I can run six miles, which is great. I’m gonna try and go a little longer this week. The first time I ran, we did it together and it was so fun… we just went around the block and she was cheering me on… started off with a mile and then slowly adding more… I got up to about four, and then one day… my goal was five, but then I was like, I’m just gonna do six.
Now… I can feel that my legs are actually getting stronger and I’m not feeling like I’m running with bricks on me. One of my goals that we wrote out on the first day was just to run four to six miles enjoyably and fun… when I did that six miles and just had a great run, like listening to my music, I was so happy. I’m adding more weight in my exercises with Rachel… just being more comfortable in the gym… I kind of know what I’m doing. I just feel more prepared and like set up even for this half marathon that I wanna do.
If you think that you had to get surgery, don’t get surgery yet. I was skeptical for me if this was gonna work and it has… now I’m like, I’m not getting surgery. It’s cool to see how my body — I kind of doubted my body — could heal on its own and get stronger… now that I know the right things, I’m more proud of myself. My body can do it.”
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