Patient Stories

Peak Performers of the Month

Harper, Julie KN 12.24 PPOM

Meet Julie - December 2024

This is a historic feat with Julie receiving this award for a second time!  This time she had her knee replaced in February of 2024.  Now, fairly bionic and able to leap small objects in a single bound, she is ready to take on the world.  Julie can

Young, Sawyer WS 11.24 4 PPOM

Meet Sawyer - November 2024

Sawyer had a knee injury in July 2024. He thought it would just get better with rest, but he still had difficulty with walking, stairs and playing football as the season started. He had subluxed his kneecap leaving it…

Ladd, Rachael AN 10.24 PPOM

Meet Rachael - October 2024

Rachael’s shin splints started last February. She tried orthotics, rest and stretching. Although they helped, the pain persisted. During indoor and outdoor collegiate track seasons she had to repeatedly take…

Kylie Hegeman PPOM 9.24

Meet Kylie - September 2024

Kylie underwent a bunionectomy/lapiplasty procedure after progressive pain and deformity of her big toe that was limiting her ability to enjoy her favorite activities. Despite her surgeon indicating that formal PT was optional, Kylie advocated for herself, wanting a faster and..

 

Carole

Meet Carole - August 2024

Carole tripped on a tree root while hiking in July 2023. Somewhere in the process, she felt her knee twist and the pain began. Her meniscus was torn, and her knee locked and wouldn’t straighten all the way. This made walking…

 

Dobiesz, Craig WS 7.24 PPOM

Meet Craig - July 2024

In February of 2024, Craig tore his ACL and meniscus. This sounds so common, almost normal to us, as we see this often, but when it happens to you, it is anything but normal. The recovery is 9-12 months of your life dedicated to daily exercise and stretching. The rehab process is a grind. But for those that put the effort in, they…

 

KM 6.24 PPOM

Meet Katelyn - June 2024

Katelyn had been playing lacrosse at Syracuse University as a faceoff specialist.  In 2023, she tore her ACL, meniscus, and had a chondral lesion on her femur.  That is an extensive injury.  She was doing well but wanted to add on to what her ATC’s had given her.  She came to Peak to enhance her… 

 

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Meet Jodi - May 2024

In April of 2022, Jodi qualified for her lifelong dream of running in the Boston Marathon by running a qualifying time in the Indianapolis Marathon.  Unfortunately, after the Indy Marathon she was left with a nagging…

 

Mark Prior April 2024 PPOM

Meet Mark - April 2024

Over the past 10 years, Mark has had 5 ACL surgeries with the last one in November 2022.  He also herniated a disc in his back. he credits Bill with helping him get back on his feet, but honestly he says that he feels comfortable and confident working with…

 

Alex B PPOM 3.24

Meet Alex - March 2024

Alex took an unexpected fall at work.  He tore his meniscus, sustained a tibial/fibular fracture and sprained his ACL all in his right leg.  He couldn’t really walk, let alone run or go up or stairs without pain.  He thought his knee felt unstable and weak.  His goal was to return to…

 

Higley, Jason KN 2.24 PPOM

Meet Jason - February 2024

Jason was always internally driven to succeed and work hard.  He started as a swimmer when young, and years ago turned to CrossFit to satiate his competitive side.  He suffered his second meniscal tear in May 2023 and had surgery in…

 

K Phelps PPOM 1.2024

Meet Kurt - January 2024

Kurt had a partial knee replacement in August of 2023.  It never felt right.  His knee felt so stiff that he couldn’t bend or straighten it all the way.  He walked bent over and in pain despite spending hours a day stretching.  A Buffalo surgeon decided to perform…

 

Susan Costello

Meet Susan!

Susan has gotten to know us well at Peak PT over the years.  From shoulders to knees and now her hip, she has faithfully done her exercises.  This year her right hip was “bone-on-bone” and causing pain that limited her ability to do many of the activities she enjoyed doing.  So it was time…

 

Emma Rascoe Nov 2023

Meet Emma!

Emma loves soccer.  On October 14, 2022, she tore her ACL, MCL and meniscus.  That was a lot of ligaments and cartilage to injure. She knew that the only goal was to get back to the sport she loved.  Emma knew it would be hard, but she didn’t know…

 

Friga Alyssa PPOM 10 23 AP

Meet Alyssa!

Alyssa tore her ACL during a lacrosse practice back in May 2022.  To get a jump on things, she began strengthening her muscles before surgery and had good success.  After surgery she had hoped to start off stronger….

 

Gioia Cheryl PPOM KN

Meet Cheryl!

Cheryl hurt her neck moving clothes in her closet.  Three days later she woke up and couldn’t move her whole right arm.  There was some medical history that could have been an issue, but after a few weeks and many tests, doctors determined…

 

Smith Meredith Sept PPOM WS

Meet Meredith!

Meredith took a hard fall down stairs at work.  She landed on her back and was left with disabling back pain.  It hurt to walk, lift anything, and even to lay down.  Her job as a waitress is very physical and requires her to stay in shape and…

 

Baxendale Sherie MN July PPOM 1

Meet Sherie!

Sherie spent four days in Utah working on her father’s house helping with heavy repairs.  By the time she was done her right shoulder was in tough shape.  After her rotator cuff repair, her surgeon referred to Mike because…

 

Julia Mann

Meet Julia!

Julia had been struggling with knee pain for the past four years. It impacted her gymnastics, but also her normal teenage life. She knew how to push through difficult things, but in January of this year…

 

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Meet Lew!

On December 4, 2022, Lew tripped on a curb in a parking lot and tumbled to the ground.  The result was a very large tear in his…

Mariesa Luciano

Meet Mariesa!

Mariesa tore her right ACL in 2021 and then her left in 2022 playing soccer.  The “unknowns” and “firsts” of recovering from surgery are challenging.  With her unfortunate second injury Mariesa totally knew…

 

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Meet Rachel!

Rachel has had a goal of running a 1/2 marathon in all 52 states.  In February 2020, while running her own 1/2 marathon on the Erie Canal. She tweaked her knee about 6 miles in. She iced and tried to let it heal naturally but finally sought out an orthopedic doctor. Her appointment was scheduled for the middle of March 2020 but was not able to attend because the world was shutdown due to the pandemic.

 

Luca Ciaramitaro

Meet Luca!

Luca was in the process of being recruited for baseball when he first came to Peak with a nagging hamstring issue. This year, during his senior year in high school, his elbow began to hurt during off season training and he quickly returned to Peak. He has already committed to playing third base at…

Washburn Hannah

Meet Hannah!

Hannah first graduated from Peak in 2019 after Mike helped her recover from a fractured patella. She went on to successfully finish three years of collegiate field hockey. An increase in knee pain and popping was followed by injuring her knee and quad/hamstring muscles with… 

 

Anna Lynch

Meet Anna!

 

Anna has crazy hops and great muscle tone, yet she was constantly dislocating her shoulders. The right one was fixed December 2021. During volleyball season playoffs, in 2022, as she was just getting back to swinging well, she sprained her ankle. Determined to play volleyball for Paradigm Club and basketball senior year, she worked… 

Jamie Schenk

Meet Jamie!

Jamie was struck with hip pain 3 weeks before her 4th marathon in the beginning of May 2022. X-rays showed a stress fracture. As an exercise fanatic, she continued to “work out” through her physical therapy from May until she could run again. As a rule follower…

Wilson Burgos

Meet Wilson!

Wilson came to Peak with a 5 year history of knee arthritis and pain. His goal was to get stronger to prevent knee surgery. He got stronger in the next year, but the degenerative knee pain was too…

Michelle Ober

Meet Michelle!

Michelle slipped on ice Super Bowl weekend, February 2022 and badly broke her arm which required surgery to repair the extensive fractures of her humerus and radius. Allison went above and beyond to contact physicians to help Michelle get seen as soon as possible. Michelle now has a lot of…

Sean Woodyard

Meet Sean!

On May 22, 2021, Sean was involved in a multi-trauma accident while riding his motorcycle. After multiple surgeries and an extensive hospital stay, he made is way to Peak for the purpose of restoring motion to his left “frozen” shoulder. He had to have is AC joint stabilized, and was noticing a severe stiffening and decreased motion…

Sciortino Sabrina

Meet Sabrina!

Sabrina sprained her right ankle at the beginning of the soccer season. Being on crutches devastated her and had her doubting the possibility of playing ANY of her JV soccer Season at Victor High School. She came to Peak while still on crutches and began her climb back. She was helped by the whole Peak…

Smith Eric

Meet Eric!

Eric was running down the court during a basketball game on January 4th, 2020. He stopped suddenly and his right knee gave out tearing not only his ACL, but also both of his Meniscus’. He had his share of ankle sprains and muscle pulls in his long basketball career, but this was the first time…

Johnston Edwin

Meet Edwin!

Edwin was starting his snow blower and felt a pain in his left shoulder late in February. He knew when golf was painful, and he wasn’t sleeping that he needed to call Peak PT. He was no stranger to Physical Therapy having gone through it with Peak for hip pain as well as two knee

Sutherland Julie MN

Meet Julie!

While climbing Mt. Colden in July 2020, Julie slipped and grabbed a root that didn’t hold her.  The tug was so strong it fractured her shoulder.  The landing fractured her right foot.  She went from training for her first “century” bike ride to not being able to walk or move pain-free.  She is an occupational…

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