I expected rest—the do-nothing, on-the-couch type rest—to eventually heal me, but the pain persisted. I saw massage therapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, bone and joint specialists, and nerve ...

I had already banged up my knee pretty badly--a hairline fracture in my tibia left me pain that would follow me for years. By the time I was 26, the pain was still there and I never thought it would ...