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Athletico Physical Therapy is dedicated to providing outstanding patient care and personalized service on a daily basis. Patients tell their story best and we wanted to share their successful experiences with everyone.

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This Month’s Featured Patient:

I’m a 61-year-old woman. To some of you this will sound like an old woman. I was a Title IX girl and participated in any sport I was allowed to participate in and some I had to fight to do so. I ran cross country on the boy’s team because there wasn’t a girl’s team, I ran track and then was recruited for the first University of Michigan Women’s track team as a walk on because there only very limited scholarships allowed. Then I had babies and relegated my sports to jogging for exercise, an occasional 5k, 10k. Then in my forties I started running marathons, in my 50s I started swimming a mile every other day, did a few triathlons. Those old bones and muscles started aching. Badly. Debilitating, loss of sleep and range of motion. I was feeling every one of those training miles from 61 years.

I did PT at other places and felt like I was being treated like an old woman no matter how much I told them I was still an athlete. Finally, I told my shoulder surgeon I’d like to try PT once more before going under the knife, but I wanted a referral to a place that would work with me one on one for my entire appointment and would not treat me like an old person but would listen to my history and understand where I wanted to be. I found that in Mike P. at Athletico Hamburg. He helped me through back and shoulder issues, pushed me when he could tell I was skating and set me up for success. So much so that I am now participating in CrossFit and continue to do daily PT exercises suggested by Mike. I am so grateful and every time I drive by an Athletico shop I think of Mike and my renewed lease on athletic fun and success.

2021 Patient Stories:

Adam White Dislocated Shoulder & Fractured Pelvis/Hand Vernon Hills, IL	Alina Barnett Total Knee Replacement & Kidney Transplant McKinley Park (Chicago), IL	Madison Steskal Torn Labrum & Fractured Tibia Elgin, IL

Pawan Verma Aches and Pains Naperville, IL	Hailey Newill Torn Labrum Fremont, NE	Sukanta Majumdar Shoulder & Knee Pain Carmel, IN

Ariane May Sciatic Nerve Pain Westerville, OH	Richard Guzik Nerve Injury – Arm Norridge, IL	James Bychowski Torn Meniscus Glenview, IL

Rick Kron Ruptured flexor pronator tendon South County, MO	Armando Trinidad Multiple Sclerosis Rolling Meadows, IL

2020 Patient Stories:

Jill LaFreniere Torn Labrum Collinsville, IL	Mitchell Hahn Torn Meniscus Fremont, NE	Carolyn Thomas Fractured Humerus Evanston, IL

Abby Schmidt Back/Hip Western Springs, IL	Andrea Weber Trimalleolar Fracture Menomonee Falls, WI	Frank Tomaszewski General Pain Collinsville, ILS

Sara Aitken Quad/Glute Pain Prairie Village, KS	Grace Gau Broken Foot Colleyville, TX	Joe Gray Elbow Surgery Bucktown (Chicago), IL

Sandy Kindred Shoulder Surgery Ottawa, IL	August White Fractured Ulna Mesa East, AZ	Austin Antoni AC Joint Sprain Castleton (Indianapolis), IN

2019 Patient Stories:

Jennifer Dawson Tibia and Fibula Break West Des Moines, IA	Merron Hart Ruptured Hamstring Ankeny South, IA	Austin Farley Concussion Niles/NW Chicago, IL

Tess Eckhoff ACL Tear New Albany, OH	Kathy Furteck Lower Tibia Stress Fracture New Lenox East, IL	Joseph Weber Lower Back Pain Rockford, IL

Jan Sinclair Partial Knee Replacement Brighton, MI	Karen Krohn Knee Pain Oak Brook, IL	Janine Renault Knee Pain Niles-Northwest Chicago

Mekenzie and Karrington Vandermolen Chronic Pain Grand Rapids, MI	Thiri Haubrich Lower Back Pain Paddock Lake, WI	Laura Stonitsch Dizziness, Headache, Spine Pain Channahon, IL

2018 Patient Stories:

Marianne Meeder Muscle Imbalances Fenton, MO	Ashley Barnett Post Spinal Surgery Bloomington, IN	Steven Huber Post Rotator Cuff Surgery Tinley Park, IL

Madison Slattery Broken Finger Orland Park, IL	Nora Bestor Guillain-Barre Syndrome Schaumburg, IL	Stephanie Rupp Post-Chrondroplasty Overland Park, KS

Carl Carlson Post-Spinal Fusion Kenosha (Aquatics), WI	Mary Smeltzer Broken Shoulder Gold Coast (Chicago)	Brian Kolz Broken Wrist Vernon Hills, IL

Michael Ferconio Knee Replacement Lisle, IL	Eden Fisher Broken Elbow Sioux Falls, SD	Michael Affeldt Torn Achilles Bucktown (Chicago)

2017 Patient Stories:

Nicole Harris Hip Surgery Novi, MI	Steve Burton ACL Surgery South Loop (Chicago)	Bob Samonski Hip Surgery Mt. Greenwood (Chicago)

Diana Ciepiela Achilles Tear Lincoln Park (Chicago)	Gregory Weinstein Torn Rotator Cuff Lincolnshire, IL	Kendall Schmidt ACL Tear Elgin, IL

Tim Noonan Humeral Fracture Lake Zurich, IL	Victor Montoya Lower Back/Hip South Loop (Chicago)	Donald Chalmers Broken Arm/Elbow Schererville, IN

Amy Bishop Back Surgery Elk Grove Village, IL	Billy Pirie Back Pain Third Lake, IL	Grace Langston ACL Tear Wentzville, MO

Past Patient Stories:

Greg Metzler Bicycle Accident North Loop (Chicago)	Laura Doherty Bunions St. Charles, IL	Paul Koenig Marathon Runner Wheaton, IL
Randy Venahaus Elbow Pain Collinsville, IL	Deborah Feffer Back Surgery Buffalo Grove, IL	Donald Wilson Knee Replacement Tinley Park, IL
David Thomson Vertigo/BPPV Northbrook, IL	Demetrius Baker Knee Replacement Forest City, IA	Danielle Doucette Ankle Injury Milwaukee, WI
Glenn Kubek Baseball Injury Bridgeport (Chicago)	Maike Fink Shoulder Injury Munster, IN	Anna May Miller Atrial Fibrillation Iowa City, IA
Valerie Banister Work Injury Monument Circle (Indianapolis)	Carrie Matczynski Hip Injury South Elgin, IL	Gina Biernacki Knee Pain Mich. Ave. (Chicago)
Tom Maag Parkinsons Barrington, IL	James Strempel ACL Surgery Palatine, IL	Brooke Bloedorn Hip Pain Milwaukee, WI

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