Dr Steve Prentice

Dr Steve Prentice Dr Steve Prentice has been serving the Sandusky area for 31 years.

Was it pretty? No. Was it graceful? No. Was it fast? No. Is it done? Yes.It wasn't looking good for me when I was sit...
07/21/2026

Was it pretty? No. Was it graceful? No. Was it fast? No. Is it done? Yes.

It wasn't looking good for me when I was sitting on the curb, legs straight in front of me, unable to bend because of two massive cramps in my quads in the LITERAL first 30 seconds of the run.

I sat there for 10 minutes thinking, "So this is how it ends..." as I tried to figure out how I was going to get up. I was eventually able to bend them and managed to get on my feet. I decided that I would take some steps and then head home. So I started limping/walking.

There's no way I can do this for 13 miles. I kept taking steps. I can't do it. After a block I tried a slow shuffle jog. It hurt but I could go a block. Then I walked a little. Next thing I knew, I reached the 1 mile marker. How?

There's no way I can do this for another 12 miles. Let's just see if I can do one more. Walked a block, trotted a block. I'll just keep doing this until I can't do it anymore. At least put up a fight, man. Just don't stop or you're done.

Every half mile I had friends and family appear and encourage me. Every time I was about done, they showed up. I couldn't let them down. Then my calves started in. One foot in front of the other. Don't think about the distance, just one foot in front of the other.

13.1 miles later, somehow, I finished. With my best time yet. I have no idea how it happened. Seriously, I was DONE at the starting line of the run. Done.

Other people can do this and make it look fun and relatively effortless. It doesn't work that way for me. This race, every year, is my life in a microcosm. It never goes as planned. It's way harder than I anticipate. Everything goes sideways. It takes everything I have inside to finish.

I may drive myself into the ground in the process but I won't quit.

Never quit.

So quick update before Sunday's annual torture-fest I sign up for called Ironman. Yes I'm doing it again (it sounds lik...
07/14/2026

So quick update before Sunday's annual torture-fest I sign up for called Ironman.

Yes I'm doing it again (it sounds like such a good idea in January). I've been at it consistently for the entire year as you can see from the training calendar and I'm about as ready as I'm gonna be.

My goal for this year (aside from not dying) is to finish a little stronger than I have in the past. Normally I cross the finish line held together with duct tape and twisty-ties and it's all I can do to stay on my feet.

This year I want to finish in under 8 hours and maybe even break 7 1/2 hours. That would be a significant improvement over the previous two years. As a stretch goal I'd like to be able to move for the rest of the day and not look like I need home health to come in.

Btw, if you see me on the run course and I don't say anything or act overly friendly, don't take it personally. I tend to have to go deep inside, usually in prayer and the Lord and I have a serious discussion about my life choices for the last half of that run. Not kidding.

Do me a favor and pray for low humidity, no wind and smooth water!

I will post an update after the race. GIddyup!

02/02/2026

I think I have a problem.

Every year I swear I'm done...but then I relapse and register again.

See, there's this one thing gnawing at me that I feel like I need to conquer before I call it done. This will be the fourth Ironman (the first one was the infamous wetsuit fiasco that nearly killed me) and in the two I finished I looked like Kramer finishing the AIDS walk after an all-nighter playing poker and smoking ci**rs (not to mention getting beaten up in the alley for not wearing the ribbon. IYKYK.).

My goal this year is to finish stronger. I don't want to limp across the finish line held together with twisty ties and duct tape like usual. In the last two races it was all I could do to finish. This time, I want to beat it. No specific time in mind, just finish strong. Let's go.

07/27/2025

So about that Ironman…

Yeah, this one was tough. It seems like every year there is some challenge that comes out of nowhere to make the day harder than planned. The first year it was the wetsuit fiasco (wetsuit-induced pulmonary edema), last year it was dehydration and cramping and this year it was good ole’ blisters. Several of them…

Before the race started I had them layered with new skin, covered with several types of waterproof band-aids and thought I was going to be ok. Then we jumped in the water. By the time I came out of the swim there was not a trace of anything left. All gone. So much for waterproof!

By the time I reached mile 5 of the run they opened back up and I had to limp on them for 8 more miles. Brutal. Oh, and about that swim. I heard there were 50 or so swimmers who didn’t finish and many had to be plucked from the rough water by rescue. It was like swimming in a washing machine. At one point before the first turn, I saw a kayak that was completely surrounded with swimmers hanging on. It was crazy. I later read many comments from people who proclaimed that was the worst swim experience they ever had. I have a small gash in the top of my foot from somebody’s fingernail that stabbed me from behind. Good times!

The bike was pretty uneventful but we did have a stiff headwind for the first 25 miles which slowed things down. In case you didn’t know, biking into wind is the worst. And as usual, the tailwind you’d expect on the return was hardly as robust as the headwind. It always happens like that.

Getting off the bike was much better than last year and we started run/walk intervals for the first 5 miles until the above-mentioned blisters opened up. This resulted in me walk/limping the middle 6 miles asking myself why I keep signing up for this race, lol. With 2 miles to go, the referee told us we only had 24 minutes until we would be pulled so with burning blisters and aching legs, I found a hidden gear and ugly-ran most of the last 2 miles so I could finish in time (which I did).

As I told some of you already, I feel like this year’s Ironman probably shaved a good 4 months off my lifespan. It was the hardest one (on me) yet. So of course I’ll probably do it again next year. We’ll see.

While I understand that most (if not all) of you reading this will NOT be entering Ironman, I want to implore all of you to challenge yourself with something. The only reason I started doing these was to see if I could save my knee from a future of arthritis, immobility and pain. It was looking bleak for me for a few years there!

Whether it’s feet, knees, hips, back or pelvis, if you lose your ability to move and walk, it’s not going to end well. You have to get it back if possible and that is only done with effective treatment, time and WORK. We have the secret sauce for effective treatment (see the ReBOOT program above). You just have to add the work and most of you can restore your mobility and endurance over time (and by “time” I mean best case scenario- 8-10 weeks, tougher case scenario- several months to a year). As I always say, it takes as long as it takes.

Is it possible for EVERYONE? Honestly, no. There IS a point of no return where healing is simply not going to happen (and NO, just because you’ve heard the words “bone on bone” does NOT mean you are hopeless). At that point the only options left are endless shots, heavy drugs and/or joint replacements. Don’t let yourself get there!

Take action.
Work hard.
Give it time.

Grab a ReBOOT package and let’s go.

Our motto has been "we won't be first, we might be last, but we'll definitely finish" and that was about the truth of it...
07/21/2025

Our motto has been "we won't be first, we might be last, but we'll definitely finish" and that was about the truth of it. On exhausted legs and blistered feet, I crossed the finish. In January I dedicated this race to my sister who lost her leg last year and she was able to be here from NC to watch. She is a way tougher hombre than me so I gave her my medal. Thank you so much for those of you who came down to support me and who cheered us on along the route. I really do have the best patients and friends.

01/24/2025

This isn't supposed to happen...but it did.

Pt came in on a Monday and had shoulder surgery scheduled for that Thursday. MRI showed COMPLETE tear of rotator cuff and pt couldn't lift arm.

I checked his shoulder, performed a painless and quick technique and shoulder ROM immediately increased by 30%.

Long story short, pt postponed the surgery, went through our ReBOOT program and in a few short weeks, almost 100% restoration of movement with virtually no pain.

Pain level when starting program- 8
Pain level a few weeks later- 1

Surgery cancelled. Shoulder function restored.

Btw, the cost of the program was less than the cost of the MRI

Last year it was all about finishing the race for me. To prove I could come back from a chronic knee condition and rebu...
01/01/2025

Last year it was all about finishing the race for me. To prove I could come back from a chronic knee condition and rebuild myself.

This year’s Ironman is for my sister. She’s endured hell on Earth with a foot and leg that has stolen her life for the last several years. She’s had about 20 surgeries (so many I lose count) and has spent literally YEARS in a state of acute surgical recovery dealing with intense pain and misery, all in the hopes that someday she might be able to walk and move again.

This week, by the grace of God, this all changes.

As you can imagine, training for and finishing this race (as a seasoned fella of 55) is not easy. But it’s about .01% as hard as what she has weathered. So I will train with joy and “suffer” with a smile because I am so stinkin’ thankful that God has blessed me with feet and legs that can do it…even it I’m slow.

This year she’ll be able to come out and watch the race. Next year…maybe she just might do it with me.

Here’s to 2025 and new beginnings. Time to work.

12/09/2024

Last week's testimonials-
80 year old male, low back and sciatic pain for last 2 years
Pain level before us- 10
A few weeks later- 0

71 year-old female, sciatica from hip to ankle for 8 months
Pain management didn't help
Pain level before us- 8
A few weeks later- 1

63 year-old male, chronic low back and right knee pain for 2 years
Pain level before us- 7
A few weeks later- 0-1

Results with no drugs, no injections, no surgery

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10/23/2024

"Big Food can sell toxic, glyphosate-laced, bright colored dyed cardboard-like cereal packaged in a funny cartoon box to children and the government doesn't blink an eye. I try to sell a quart of raw milk and get put in jail and fined out of business."
- Texas Farmer

That about sums it up.

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