Patients

“As the Running Academy Director for a Snail’s Pace Running Shop one on my utmost goals and concerns has been to ensure the health and safety of each and every one of my runners. As much as I try to guide my runners on a safe path to their running goals, injuries are a part of this sport. For years I have been conflicted by the fact that I did have a confident relationship with any one group of doctors. This did not allowed me to feel comfortable enough to recommend a group to my runners. For years I have watched doctors attempt to treat just the injury and not a person as a whole. I too had been victim to this type of medicine which only furthered my conflict of recommending any type of doctor for sport/personal injuries.

Without my ability to whole heartily recommend a good sports medicine facility, most runners would attempt the route of visiting their General Practitioner who would be quick to prescribe an anti-inflammatory and suggest the athlete cease with their running goal.

It was not until I was personally in need of a good sports medicine facility did I not only come across a good one, but a great one! The approach of the staff of Forma is unlike anything I have seen in my many years of coaching. The approach is to treat the athlete, not just the injury. There is no other facility that is so innovative that they have a Sports Medicine Doctor, a Chiropractor and a Physical therapist all in one location working together to ensure you a safe, productive recovery. I personally was allowed to have my injuries heal while we strengthening the other areas of my body so that as a whole I came back stronger than when I was first injured. It was amazing. Just because you are injured doesn’t mean you have to stop working out and getting stronger. They teach you to work around the injury. They are truly concerned about each and everyone of their patients/athletes.

Forma is personally responsible for helping a countless number of my running academy member achieve their running goals. Without Forma, I am sure that many would have quit and given up. I can and have recommended Forma all my runners, family and friends. I am truly confident that Forma can provide the best treatment for your sports/personal injuries.”

Michelle Montiel — RRCA Certified Coach
A Snail’s Pace Running Academy Director

“After completing the Injured Runners Inaugural Session I feel stronger with less vulnerability to injury in my training. The injury-recovery sessions are a guided and safe training format that allows one’s progress to be visualized, realized and improved upon.

The Wounded Runner injury recovery sessions are valuable to all who must overcome an injury that affects their training or competition performance.

The trainers work constantly to inform each participant of the work and assignments for each level of recovery. The personal attention to each participant is noted in each training session.

The trainers and Doctors from FORMA Group convey the key knowledge to mitigating one’s vulnerability to injury and the mechanism to overcome and heal the body while training.

The idea is to train the body to a step-by-step level increase to progress to full performance within the athlete’s range of recovery.

Muscle groups and use, archaic injury and muscle memory, physiology and mechanics are covered by the trainers to each participant, and nudging limitations to a healthier level is the theme of each workout.

Training to overcome an injury is enhanced and facilitated by the trainers, professional therapists, and especially, by the camaraderie of all of the group participants as they have the common goal of recovery.

I am entirely grateful for the attention to my needs and personal injury limitations, and my recovery has been a re-education in healthy training habits as well as in injury recovery.

The Wounded Runner Sessions are a valuable asset to any runner’s development.

The Wounded Runner Sessions will be consistently requested at A Snail’s Pace Running Academy.”

Respectfully,

Ron Rodarte
Wounded Runner Inaugural Session, Fall Season of 2009