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Dr. Steve, Thank you so much for helping me get ready for my race. You are the reason why I'm going home with a gold medal and American record. I seriously don't think I could have performed to my best without your help. Sincerely, Sheila Taormina '96 USA Swimming 4x200 Gold Medalist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Horwitz, Closing ceremonies are this evening, wrapping up an incredible Olympic games. One of the best parts of this experience has been the U.S. Medical Staff supporting the athletes. I have never been around such a hard working, professional group of people at any event. Thank you so much for your time and expertise - I've never felt or fought better, and I credit the great staff at the U.S. medical clinic, particularly your treatments. Best wishes for the future, Marisa Pedulla, 52Kg, USA Judo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Steve, You crack me up! Thanks for all your help! Rocco Mediate, multi-time PGA tour winner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Dr. Horwitz, Thanks for getting my body back. Great work! Thanks, Renaldo Wynn, Defensive End -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dr. Horwitz, On behalf of the cast, crew, staff and orchestra of the National Touring Company of “Crazy For You,” I want to thank you for your energy, skill, and the contributions of your time. Your talents and enthusiasm made it a pleasure to have you with us backstage here in Washington, D.C. Our company was very happy you came to see us. They found your strong and accurate touch a needed remedy for their injuries. Your familiarity with performer’s needs helped a lot. I am sure that everyone here will happily endorse your services to others in our industry. Thank you once again for your kind attention to our company’s needs. I hope you enjoyed the extra work of seeing us backstage at the Kennedy Center in addition to your regular patients. We certainly appreciated having you here. Good luck in all of your future activities. Sincerely, Greg Schanuel, Assistant Stage Manager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dr. Horwitz, The Patriot Club and George Mason University Athletic Department wish to extend their deep appreciation for your chiropractic services to our athletes. Best Regards, Jay Marsh, Associate Athletic Director -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Dr. Steve, Thanks for all the fabulous treatments! Much thanks, Melinda Jackson and Michael Kessler – professional performers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dr. Horwitz, I just completed a very enjoyable London Marathon, thanks largely to Dr. Horwitz. I had intense pain in my leg and knee from past marathons. Eventually, running any long distance became increasingly painful. Training became a matter of guessing when, not whether, the pain would kick in. I could no longer ignore the problem and just try to run through it. Dr. Horwitz quickly and accurately diagnosed the problem as Ilio-Tibial Band Syndrome, and began a series of treatments. I put full faith in his recommendations, and followed his instructions on icing. With these treatments and a little common sense in training, the pain subsided. Within a few weeks, I began running pain-free. Anyone could have told me to stop running. Dr. Horwitz respected my desire to finish the marathon I had been training for, and enabled me to reach my goal. I recommend him to any athlete without reservation. Peter Petesch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dr. Horwitz, A word of thanks for your excellent efforts to restore some order among the tenderized tendons and tissues of my shoulder. I feel it was fortunate to meet you and receive your able care. Even as I write I find I have to sit up straighter! So if they notice at the altar that Fr. Comber has grown a bit, it won’t be true, he just put the old ramrod in the backbone. Your staff is a superb group. My thanks to them as well. My prayers are with you all, and thank you for your prayers for me – that’s what we call spiritual exercise, and we recommend it frequently, daily, for about an hour. Sincerely yours, Rev. Thomas E. Comber, CSP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Steve, I am still feeling great and my bowling is getting better and better. It’s amazing how much better you can do when you are not in pain and discomfort. Thanks to you, I am back on top of my game :) You are wonderful! I sing your praises all the time. You made a believer out of me:)!! Thanks again, Pat Rinaldi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Horwitz, I went to my Orthopedic Doctor for the awful pain I had. It turned out to be a Sciatic Nerve. After seven injections into the spinal canal, X-rays, MRI's and many trips to the doctor’s office, I was told that I had '2 choices'. A back operation or stand the pain. I guess they never heard of my third choice, YOU. After 2 treatments I put my cane away and have not seen it since October 1997. Harriet Hibbs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Horwitz, In early spring of 1998, 1 was suffering from fairly intense back and shoulder pain. Being a hard-headed individual, I decided to ignore the pain, and to work through it, keeping up with my regular schedule of workouts and other outdoor activities, figuring that the pain would quickly pass. It did Along with the pain went about 70% of my strength on my right side. Literally, over night I was barely able to dumbbell press l5lbs. on my right side, where before the injury I was routinely putting up 85-90lbs. I was truly frightened I had never before in my life experienced any form of paralysis, which is the best way I can describe how I fell. I had no pain in my right side, but I had also lost the use of most of my triceps and pectoral muscles. I quickly found myself bounced around to several specialists, including a neuro-surgeon who told me that I must completely stop working out, for good I was also told that I should strongly consider surgery, and that things would probably get worse for me if I did not get the surgery that was needed This was an answer that I simply could not accept. Eventually, I met Dr. Horwitz. Being an athletic person himself, he knew that telling me to stop working out was not only unnecessary, but an instruction that I would probably not follow. Dr. Horwitz explained that I would eventually make a full recovery, if I followed his program. He outlined exactly how I could continue working out with my injury, and how we would make my recovery happen. After a few visits to Dr. Horwitz, I began to get my strength back. Along with my strength came the relief of knowing I was on the right track to a recovery. I continued following his program, and now I am very close to making a full recovery. I am excited about not only getting my strength back, but I look forward to continued workouts and improving. My strength far beyond my strength before my injury-- all without surgery! Lou Faustini -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About our Personal Training Services Dear Dr. Horwitz and Mr. Seitelman (Dr. Steve and Mi), I want to thank you both for providing me with a therapeutic exercise program that has transformed my exercise routine and targeted a key source of my ongoing lower back problems. I am a firm believer of physical therapy for recovery from muscle injury, but have felt something was lacking from the routine providers of PT given the repeated recurrences I was having. After nearly ten years of recurring episodes of paraspinal muscle strain and subsequent back muscle spasms, I believe you have put me on the path to recovery. I was impressed from the very beginning at your diagnostic acumen in recognizing the confounding factors of other muscle groups and vulnerabilities, and in devising a personalized program targeting the relevant core muscle groups, and bringing me along at a very favorable pace. Your knowledge of body form and function, mechanics, motion, strength training, and first-hand experience in competitive weighlifting combine to move from the very simple and basic such as methods to correct posture, to stretch and strengthen muscles, and the emphasis on conditioning muscles to enable the proper squat mechanics are elements that have contributed enormously. Your program is inherently logical. To me this exemplifies the best combination of first-hand experience and effective communication to a) eliminate bad exercise or movement patterns; b) add targeted exercise and movement patterns; and c) build strength and flexibility to address core problems. My decision to apply myself to your program of therapeutic exercise is one of the best I have made in recent memory. Thanks for doing what you do. Sincerely, Dennis M. Dixon, Ph.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mi and Dr. Steve, Words could never express my appreciation for all you have done for me. With your training, there has been significant improvement in my daily life; I feel more energetic, I sleep better and I have more self-confidence. Your knowledge, kindness and professionalism have helped me in achieving my lifelong dream of becoming a professional cheerleader. Danielle Colley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mi, If I tell you that you have changed my life that is NO exaggeration. I understand the importance of being physically fit. But knowing what you need to do and doing it are not the same…I could barely walk into the gym that first day that I started training with you... My message to folks would be - do functional training and do it with Mi! Barbara Fleming, M.D., Ph.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mi, I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you so much for helping my 12 yr. old son to get into shape for football season. Not only did you help him physically, but emotionally as well…you boosted his moral to a level that we have never seen…I can’t thank you enough! Kelly Norton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mi, I really enjoy my training sessions with you… I haven't been wearing short-sleeved blouses in the past few years because my upper arms were so unsightly to me (flabby). I have seen great progress in my arms --they look so much better in just the few months we have been working together (and the rest of me, too). I'll keep working with you for as long as it takes to get in better shape--and stay that way! Linda Donnelly |
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