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“Last year during the high school cross country season, my 15-year-old sophomore daughter developed significant knee problems in the middle of the season. It was so sad to see this promising athlete suffer from a chronic injury, when she had been training hard and had been injury-free for the previous four months. We didn’t want her to miss the opportunity to prove herself on the varsity team, so we took her to anyone we thought could help: an orthopedist, a physical therapist, even an acupuncturist, who worked on her daily. We spent a lot of time and money on all these doctors and therapists, and although it helped a little, she was still in a lot of pain when it came time to run in the Trinity League Final. She insisted on participating, and she ran the entire race in tears because she was in so much pain.

After the race, her coach suggested she train with Terry Sedgewick for a few months to see if he could help her with her knee pain, before starting her training for track season. She had tried everything else, so it was worth a try. She went to Terry twice a week until track started, and he completely transformed her body by giving her specific training for her core muscle groups. Apparently, knee and hip pain is common in teenage girl athletes when they are working out and growing at the same time. The muscles are stretching and developing at different rates as the teen is growing. Once her core strength was developed, these muscles would do what they were supposed to do, and her knees would not be forced to compensate for weak muscles, thereby taking pressure off her knees. Her knee pain went away, and she was able to participate 100% in the track season, making it all the way to CIF (state) with her team. As a parent, you never want your child to risk permanent injury for a sports team, so injury prevention has to be the number one goal.

Terry Sedgewick has a terrific way of understanding where the weaknesses are in the athlete’s physique. He knows how to develop and strengthen weak muscle groups to ensure that the athlete stays balanced and injury free, not only during the sports season, but all the time. He teaches the athletes balance - balance in conditioning, strengthening, and nutrition - and how to apply that balance in everyday life."