Ruptured Quadder: My Experience with Bilateral Quadriceps Tendon Rupture

By Steven Gartner

You just got the diagnosis. Maybe you're flat on your back, leg in a brace, staring at the ceiling wondering what the next six months of your life are going to look like. You've Googled the injury and come up mostly empty - because quadriceps tendon rupture is rare. Really rare. And bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture? Almost no one talks about it.

Steven Gartner does.

In 2007, Steven ruptured his right quadriceps tendon in a jet skiing accident. After surgery, grueling rehab, and eventually reclaiming his active lifestyle as a hiker, skier, and Search & Rescue scuba diver - he did the nearly unthinkable. In 2013, he ruptured both quadriceps tendons simultaneously while skiing, facing the dreaded bilateral rupture that most orthopedic surgeons will never even see in their careers.

Ruptured Quadder is the book Steven wished had existed. Written not as a medical textbook but as an honest, day-by-day account of what it's really like - the surgery, the frustrating plateaus in rehab, the mental grind, and the small victories that keep you going - this is a companion for your recovery, not just a clinical overview.

Inside you'll find:

A candid first-person account of surviving two quadriceps tendon rupturesPractical tips and hard-won lessons from both recoveriesAccess to a community blog where others share their own journeys with this injury

If you're facing this injury, you don't have to figure it out alone. Someone has been where you are - twice - and made it back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530501202
• ISBN13: 9781530501205
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"