Patricia Bissett

I run marathons and ultras, and my IT band was bothering me after my last race. A friend of mine suggested that I visit Chris for physical therapy, and I ended up going to four physical therapy sessions. Not only did I recover quickly from my nagging ITB issue, the fundamental concepts that Chris taught me have improved my running technique. Chris provided me with a very clear and simple ‘path of recovery’ plan that I was able to implement, and I always left the sessions with useful tid-bits of athletic/training knowledge. Moreover, Chris was a pleasure to visit – he had a very open mind about training styles and therapy approaches, and was always exceptionally thoughtful with his suggestions, and not pushy at all, which I found very comforting. Since my sessions with Chris, I’ve not only been running pain-free while ramping up my weekly mileage, I’ve seen improvements in my speed and endurance, and recently won the 2011 North Face Endurance Challenge 50km trail race with relatively little training.  Now that my IT band is healed, I am looking forward to working with Chris on my running technique, and seeing how fast I can really be!!