From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

one more test… just to be sure

I have been working with 3 different doctors in the Twin Cities.  All are very experienced with compartment syndrome and popeliteal entrapment syndrome, and after reviewing the results from all the tests they are confident that I have popeliteal entrapment syndrome.  They all agree that surgery to fix popeliteal entrapment is what I need to get back to the high level of racing I can be (and want to be) at.  But just to be sure, I have one more ultrasound test on Monday morning.

My season is over for this winter.  The painkillers I’m taking for my constantly hurting legs doesn’t heal the hurt that I have to be done racing untill next winter.  But next winter I will be back… Stronger and faster than ever before!