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Tatiana
Anderson
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One
man's knee injury
is changing lives and by improving the way people
walk, run, train and receive physical
therapy.
Hello.
My name is Clayton
Lee.
I am the inventor of the
Orbiter treadmill.
This is the history of how Orbiter went from an
idea born of pain, to becoming the world's number
one treadmill, featuring uncompromised and
unequaled impact reduction, energy return, cardio
benefits, and power training technology.
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After years of trial and error, prototyping and filing
patents, Orbiter was formed in the summer of 1987 and
incorporated a few months later. The company is owned by
shareholders, which number fewer than one hundred
individuals.
THE INJURY
It began while I was recovering from my own severe knee
injury suffered one afternoon while playing a simple game of
touch football with family and friends. My whole world
changed as I leaped to knock down a Peter Bean pass (I
missed) and came down wrong - very wrong.
All I remember was hearing a loud
cracking sound, much like a tree limb breaking, and lying
helplessly as my friends crowded around me. The bottom
portion of my left leg was 'rotated' ninety degrees to the
left of my knee and upper leg. It was ugly. One of my
friends vomited at the site of it. All I could think of to
say was, "Take me to the hospital".
Dr. Burdeaux's description of what
happened to my left knee:
1. Torn deep and
superficial portion of the tibial collateral
ligament.
2. Torn postermedial capsule.
3. Torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
Orbiter Prototype 1981
Early Orbiter Name: "Rollerbounce"
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