ADAPT Success Stories

"What is ADAPT?" Video Released

2007-11-15T17:43:00.000-08:00

ADAPT has released a video about our fitness classes. The original idea for this video was to capitalize on the fact that ADAPT is hard to describe to people. Even the people that work at ADAPT, struggle to communicate what ADAPT is to their friends. ADAPT is best described with pictures, not words. This video is an attempt to capture some of the words YOU use to describe ADAPT and show you first hand what some of our fitness classes are like. We hope you like it. Feel free to post a comment or two. And of course, forward it to your friends.

The ADAPT team

Firefighter wins competition after broken back and blown knee

2007-10-05T11:04:00.000-07:00

As a firefighter I workout to stay in good shape for my job and competition. ADAPT has helped me maximize my muscle efficiency by bringing my body into alignment and has helped my body recover from tough and strenuous training.

Before ADAPT I went from taking 13th place out of 800 competitors in the Stair Climb Challenge to breaking my back and blowing my knee out. After rehabilitating and training at ADAPT I won the open class without firefighting gear. 20 minutes later I ran the same 1500 steps in full firefighting gear with SCBA and won that class as well. ADAPT has changed my life of pains and strains to working out 6 days a week for fun.

Steve Chapman

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.

Quicker off the ball

2007-10-05T11:02:00.000-07:00

Ryan’s balance and coordination as well as his mental discipline and concentration are much better after working with ADAPT. He is moving so much faster laterally and is definitely quicker off the ball.

Parents of High School Football Player

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.

Tendonitis in elbow gone, no back pain, golfing again

2007-10-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

I came to the clinic in November of 1994 with tendonitis in my elbow. I was in need of a workout program that would ultimately reduce my elbow pain and put me in better physical shape overall. At the time I started the “patrol”, I could not finish a round of golf without intense pain, run a block without being winded, or go a week without some back pain. In 4 months, I have progressed to the point that I recently played 4 rounds of golf on successive days with no pain during or after the rounds. I can now run 3 to 4 miles with hills. I stand straighter and feel stronger than I have in years.

When I first began this program, I had no idea that I could be involved in a program that began at the break of dawn and lasts 90 minutes. But the instruction by you that is occasionally personal and the camaraderie of the nice people in the group; makes me unhappy when I have to miss.

Because the progress I have made is marked, and because I feel better than I have for a long time, I would highly recommend this program to anyone at any age.

Martin Waldinger

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.

Better now than before her ACL surgery

2007-10-05T10:57:00.001-07:00

Thanks to her personalized ADAPT Training, our daughter is a far better and more balanced soccer player now than before her ACL injury. We couldn’t be more pleased or impressed with the ADAPT Training program.

Jessica Tsao

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.

Lower back and hip pain gone says Collette

2007-10-05T10:55:00.000-07:00

I have experienced lower back and hip pain for several years. After ten physical therapy sessions with Orlando, my discomfort was greatly alleviated. I am also able to walk down a flight of stairs free from knee pain ….. an added benefit! My progression into the daily ADAPT classes has reinforced these benefits. I felt stronger, more flexible and energetic even after one month of daily classes.

Collette Gray

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.

Chronic back and foot pain fade away says Alicia

2007-10-05T07:06:00.001-07:00

I came to ADAPT as a last ditch effort to get relief from 3 years of having plantar fasciitis in both feet. I had been through hours of physical therapy, had my tendons scraped, wore arch supports, had cortisone shots in my heels, got tendonitis repeatedly in my legs and had to give up going barefoot and wearing my Birkenstocks. I had well-respected foot specialists shake their heads at me and tell me they could not help me. My podiatrist told me I was worrying too much about the tendonitis problem. My options were either to live with my crazy feet and tendons or have surgery. Neither option sounded good to me but I was running out of alternatives so I went to ADAPT hoping they could help.

I also have had chronic back pain since I was about 7 years old. Through the years I saw physical therapists, doctors, chiropractors, and no one could explain why I was in pain. After a while I was told it was all in my head. When you get told that enough you start to believe it on some level, but either way it was obviously something that would stay with me so I learned to live with it.

A story with a happy ending followed and I had no idea how much ADAPT could do for me. My hope was simply to get my feet feeling better and they changed my life for the better in the process. From my first time there they were able to explain why my feet hurt and why my back hurt, and that it wasn’t in my head. As if that wasn’t enough, I was told that my symptoms made sense and that everything was completely fixable. Not only could they take the pain away, but they could stop it from coming back. No surgery, no drugs, no weirdness. No more shots, walking casts, tendon scraping or arch supports. Just simple exercises and the dedication to do them.

On the morning of my third visit, I smiled at my husband when I woke up. I’m not sure that had ever happened before. I felt outstanding. After the first week, 20-some years of back pain started fading into history. After 3 days, my 3.5 years of plantar fasciitis was barely detectable and still no tendonitis. The second week, I could yawn without pain, and roll over in bed and turn the lamp off without pain. I could unload my dryer and the bottom rack of the dishwasher. I had no idea how much my chronic issues were affecting me, and I’m still learning.

I can feel the change on the inside, but others can see it on the outside. I’ve had comments like, “you look younger”, “you look thinner”, “you look healthier; what are you doing? “You used to sigh a lot and you don’t anymore”. My parents and brothers can hear the change in my voice over the phone and they can’t believe it. If only they could see me. I am a new person and the world is a new place. Colors are brighter and more vivid. I can’t explain it, I can only tell you it’s been a blast. I feel like I’ve been set free from something I didn’t even know was holding me. Even if it all ended tomorrow it would be totally worth it. I just never thought it was possible to feel this good before I got to heaven.

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.

"Free from the jail of ... chronic pain" says Tamara

2006-06-16T10:51:00.000-07:00

I want to let you know how much your training and the ADAPT Training system has changed my life. As you know, I have been in several severe physical accidents; the first being an elevator fall from 16 floors and the second being my most recent car accident on April 14, 2005. I suffered numerous neck and back injuries and was in horrible and constant chronic pain. My doctor put me on Morphine 24 hours per day.

After one session with you, I experienced such immediate physical relief that I only had to take a few Vicodin once that week instead of taking Morphine 24/7. After that first session with you and two sessions of take home exercises, I was able to quit all pain medication completely.

As I shared with you in a recent training session, I want to shout your name and ADAPT’s name from the rooftop. Everyone in my life and my work has noticed an immediate change in me. I finally feel free from the jail of constant, disabling chronic pain.

Tamara Garlett

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.

Lower back pain gone says Portland Metro firefighter

2006-05-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

For the past 4 years I have been a firefighter in the Portland Metro area. On December 25th of 2005 I sustained a back injury while responding to an emergency call. My injury prevented me from working in my normal capacity for the next four months.

During my time off from regular duty I attempted several types of treatment for my lower back injury and none of them seemed to work. They were all designed to focus on just my injury. My treating physician said that I not only needed to rebuild my injury but strengthen the rest of my body as well. After some research and speaking with my fire department's Wellness Coordinator I sought treatment at ADAPT.

ADAPT was different. They were not only interested in treating my injury but had an overall plan to bring balance back to my body. I was given a full evaluation that looked at my body’s function as a whole. The results were then explained to me along with the plan for treatment.

My previous physical therapy treatments were just pulled off of worksheets. ADAPT made a custom program and then modified and changed it as I progressed. The program was always explained in detail and the therapist made sure that I understood all of the exercises.

Before receiving treatment at ADAPT I wondered if I would ever get back to work. After 8 weeks at ADAPT I was able to return to full duty as a firefighter. Within a week of returning to work I was on the first due engine at a two alarm apartment fire. After two and half hours of hard work my back was pain free.

The ADAPT program went beyond my expectations in both treatment and results. I received excellent support and care from the staff. I would not hesitate recommending ADAPT to anyone.

Aaron Randall

All client success stories are posted with client permission. To post your story, email success@adapttraining.com or call 503.646.8482 for details. Copyright 2007 ADAPT Training. All rights reserved.