Linda Gritzmacher's Story

Comments: 26 years ago I tore my ACL while participating in very intense recreational softball leagues traveling all over the USA but now was benched. I was 30 years old and this was a major part of my life. I went to an orthopedic and he told me time to hang it up. I was devastated and my husband said let's get a second opinion. So I went to Dr. Timothy Schultz and he told me that we were going to rehab for now and that he would have me playing by the next season. I rehabbed and after 5 months began playing with a DonJoy brace on my knee. I didn't miss a game or tournament. However the last national tournament we tattended I hit a hole in the outfield and popped my knee causing more damage. I went to Dr. Schultz and the next week he did surgery replacing my ACL with part of my hamstring and fixed the other injuries. In 6 months I was playing again with a brace but after two years didn't even have to wear my brace. I played for 21 more years and as women's softball started to decline, I started to get more pain. I went back to Dr. Schultz and he said, "You will know when you need the knee replacement and you will tell me. Let's do cortisone shots and this should help." So we did for several years but it progressively got worse. We then tried some gel shots but it was pretty much bone on bone and as I now had two grandchildren and wanted to be able to run and play with them I said it is time. So January of 2021 Dr. Schultz performed a knee replacement on my left knee and within 4 weeks I went back to work part time and in 6 weeks was back full time. I work recreation so there is not a lot of sitting around. I just went back to Dr. Schultz for my one year checkup and he asked me if I was pleased with how my knee was now and YES I AM! DR. SCHULTZ IS AN AMAZING DOCTOR AND PERSON WHO CARES ABOUT HIS PATIENTS!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM AND THANK HIM AND HIS STAFF FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME!