Team USA Finland- 2011

Hey Dr. Monti Sorem from Lacey, Washington here. I just got back from Finland for the 86th ISDE. The ISDE is the “olympics of motorcycling” with over 50 nations competing for a world trophy. It is the oldest motorized competition in the world and is wildly popular in europe.
I am very fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s fastest off-road motorcycle racers and so have been invited for the last 2 years to be on the Team USA medical staff. After riding for 8 hours every day, they were sore and beat up to say the least.

I spent most of my nights doing tissue treatment and my mornings taping people up using Kinesio Tape and Mconnell taping methods.

One Club rider, Michael Sanders, had a broken collarbone before the ISDE, but he rode anyway. What a mad man! He came to Doc Mcgee and I on day 4 and it wasn’t looking good, but with a team effort Doc Mcgee was able to numb up the area and I was able to tape him up to take some of the strain off. Not only did Michael finish this extremely tough event ( about 20% do not finish) he finished just outside of the silver medal. Attached is his photo.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Dr. Sorem

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1. My Team USA Experience