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A fit, healthy, forty-eight year old man, Rocky Peacock, part of the local Search and Rescue team, and actively engaged in outdoor pursuits like hiking, tree-climbing, back packing had a long-term goal to thru hike (walk the the entire 2175 miles in one go) of the Appalachian Trail. He trained for two years, and made extensive preparations to be equipped for the trip and also be away from his family and business for the entire summer. Rocky said, "I felt like I was in excellent shape." "Once actually on the trail, in Georgia, even with all the training and preparation I had done, after 3 days on the trail I could only walk for 8 or 9 miles before my knees started killing me. I came hobbling off the trail in disgust and dismay. I was walking so bad, it looked as though I'd been in a car wreck. I changed my equipment to cut down the weight I was carrying, and got different boots, but still couldn't walk farther without pain." Back home in North Carolina, he went to an orthopedist, who referred him for Physical Therapy. He wore a patellar band, took "elephant" doses of glucosamine, and tried acupuncture. The band gave him "limited relief from the knee pain, and about two more miles a day, but the pain never stopped." On examination, it was easy to see where the problems were coming from. His left hip was much higher than the right, as well as other misalignments due to muscle tension. For the first visit, the treatment was focused at aligning his pelvis and releasing tension in his knees. At the second visit, a week later, we did a Mechanical Link treatment, which further released the knees and several other areas. This is what Rocky reported 6 weeks later. "I've never used the knee band again since you treated me. I take ibuprofen on occasion, maybe 1 or 2 times a week... I wanted to stay on schedule, so I skipped a big middle section of the AT and went north to do Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, the most rugged parts of the whole AT. I've been able to walk 15 -20 miles a day, and am sometimes tempted to go further. I was able to climb Mt. Washington and Mt. Katahdin and my knees are still fine."

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