The New Poster Child for Rehab

Bucking the odds, I soon debut as that kid in a rehab poster- but for a type we never saw coming.

The last time that I starred in a photograph in, or around water, it wasn’t flattering.

I made a wincing first impression in the water during the 750K doggy paddle, 15 mile bike, and 5k sprint at the inaugural race for the Deerfield Tri Team – with Captain LT Thompson (DA ’94, Williams ’98, Dad ’02, ’04, ’06) and fellow west coast call-up John Hansel (DA’94, UPenn ’98, Berkeley ’06) at the well documented 2005 Lake Hickory Triathlon. You wouldn’t know it was a race by this photo though, as I tend to prefer a lot of “personal space” so no one steals my secret techniques.

The path to redemption takes curious turns as a few months later I tore my retinaculum – a key tendon in the right knee. I'm banned from exercise for at least 4 months. Ouch. Who knew that a trade off from the daily sweat at Crunch gym to an invalid “patient” status at Complete Physical Therapy in Culver City would turn me in to the personification of athletic prowess, fame, and fitness?? If it weren’t for hobbling around like a Gimp for 6 months, I would never have been asked to... model for the Physcial Therapy’s new advertisements and website.

Wouldnt this image embrace you in a warm secure feeling of a rehabilitated you in 5-7 months as you writhed in agony in the Emergency Room after a beach volleyball ACL tear?

For a lot more modeling photos, you can check out "my book".