Suzy Seeley’s Road to Success - Read On...

“I have been going to Dr. Hinz, N.D., Ph.D., R.M.T. on a regular basis for almost a year. I am constantly amazed, pleased, and thankful for the results I see in my physical, mental, and well-being in general. For years I’d gone to health care practitioners. Four years ago, at age 35, I started running marathons (26.2 miles). I would get a pain in my back, go to a health care practitioner, run some more, my back pain would return, I would return to a health care practitioner, ..... you see the pattern. It was okay, along with the vitamins I was taking, in general, I felt good. I got sore after hard runs, sometimes I would get a cold after a marathon, typical symptoms of daily stress. When a friend of mine told me about Hellmuth Hinz, I was impressed from what they had to say, so I went to see him.

After the first session I started seeing results. From the marathon running season (October to April) I set two new PBs (Personal Bests). I ran twelve marathons / ultras (31 miles) in that time period and my times just got better and stronger over the season, when it is more common to “wear your legs out” and run much slower by the end of the marathon season. My friends and family kept saying how good I looked, but they couldn’t pinpoint what it was. My running buddies couldn’t believe I was running back-to-back marathons and staying so completely healthy, strong, and injury-free. I don’t know how to express in words what Hellmuth Hinz continues to do for me with the CFI Therapy™, how much I appreciate his knowledge, and how grateful I am that I found him.”

Suzy Seeley - Houston, Texas, October 1998

**Note that Suzy was written up in the Houston Chronicle on November 19, 1998 by reporter, Patti Muck: “.... Spring runner Suzy Seeley, 39, who started running four years ago, won the No.1 women’s title in the Oct. 31 Baton Rouge Beach Marathon in Louisiana. Her 3:25:11 performance was a personal record for Seeley, who has tallied up 24 marathons and endurance runs since her career started.

Two weeks before the Baton Rouge Marathon, she was the first woman finisher in the Rocky Racoon 50K in Huntsville. The mother of two runs her own advertising business from her home. She’s planning to run the Houston Marathon in January...”

Hellmuth Hinz’s comment 12/16/98: “Ms. Seeley has stated many times that without CFI her success would not have come this far and this fast. We are able to keep her injury-free and her recovery time to a minimum, while at the same time building her endurance through increased balance. She took 12 minutes off her best time this year (Fall of 1998). I am anxious to see how far she is able to go this next year.”

Hellmuth Hinz’s comment 1/22/99: “ Suzy did exceptionally well during the Houston Marathon. She placed 52nd overall for women and came in 10th in her age category, beaten only by runners from Russia and Denmark, as well as some other professional runners. Suzy has now advanced into the ranks of an International class runner. From a CFI perspective, she is now showing symptoms of runners who are out there pounding their muscles and bones every day. She has had a couple of small injuries, which were taken care of with CFI Therapy. It is my estimate that Suzy would have had to sit out for an extended period of time, if it had not been for CFI. We’ll continue to see how she is going to do in future races.”

Ray Boytim’s Story - Houston, Texas

Ray Boytim is a veteran runner with a CFI Therapy success story:

“I have been a long distance runner for the past 21 years and have run 135 marathons and about 350 other races of various distances. The past three years I have been troubled with chronic hamstring and calf tightness and pain on the right leg and minor soreness and swelling in the left achilles tendon. I continued running during this period, but with a great deal of pain and discomfort. I tried other health care treatments and deep massage treatments during this period with only limited relief of pain. I started seeing Hellmuth Hinz on November 12, 1998 to find remedy principally for the hamstring problem. We also discussed alleviating the soreness in the achilles tendon, the calf, and improving my overall energy level. I have seen Hellmuth Hinz a total of 5 times during the past 2 months. In this time his sessions have essentially eliminated the deep pain in the hamstring, the calf and the soreness and swelling in the achilles tendon. The quality of my running has improved, as well as my energy and endurance levels. While having sessions with being Hellmuth Hinz, I continued to run by completing 3 marathons and 4 other races of 3.1 to 6.2 miles.  Although this running continued to stress my body and the areas of pain, his sessions resulted in the elimination of pain that I had experienced for several years and improved my running performance level. Most recently, I completed the Houston Marathon (Jan 17, 1999) on a hot, humid day and experienced no pain in the areas discussed and was able to maintain my energy at a consistent level throughout the marathon. I believe the therapy provided by Hellmuth Hinz is appropriate for many runners that experience foot, leg, hip and back problems due to overuse of the muscles and joints.”

-Ray Boytim, 1999

**Note that Ray was also written up in the Houston Chronicle on Jan 12, 1999 by Patti Muck: in an article entitled, “Marathon Masters”: “....At twenty stripes (runs) a piece .....runners like Arlen Isham and Ray Boytim are at the rank of general when it comes to running the Houston Marathon. .... Besides being hard-core marathon veterans, they are among an elite group known as streakers - not the bare-skin kind but the kind who string together consecutive years of running the grueling race. “I ran the Houston-Tenneco in January ‘79, and I was so elated to finish that marathon,” Boytim said. “I felt I completed the Olympics. I get that same feeling every time I finish a marathon.” When Boytim finishes his 21st Houston Marathon on Sunday, he will have completed his 135th marathon or ultra-run - distances longer than 26.2 miles - since his running career started at age 45. ...For Boytim, health was the primary marathon motivator. When he was 45, Spring resident Boytim, who has an engineering background, was an upper -level executive with Shell Oil Co. I weighed 186 pounds, and I smoked two packs of cigarettes a day,” said Boytim, who weighs 142 now. After a work physical, the doctor called Boytim to his office. “He said, ‘You know, at 45, I worry about guys like you,’ “Boytim said he just flat scared me .” Boytim picked up James F. Fixx’s The Complete Book of Running. “It was just the start of the running boom,” Boytim said. “I was so inspired to try running. It just took hold. When he finished that first marathon, “almost immediately I started thinking of the next one,” Boytim said. He has qualified for the Boston Marathon in April and working toward qualifying for the 2000 Boston race, a must-do on many runners’ minds. Besides his running - 55 miles a week during peak training - Boytim eats a healthy diet with little red meat and lots of fruits and vegetables. He gets a massage once or twice a week and consults doctors for his hamstring problem, agreeing to anything as long as he can run. Two years ago, Boytim’s wife and running partner, Sandy, 50, died after a fall in her home. They had been married five years and completed 42 marathons together. Boytim’s 100th marathon was at Big Sur in 1994, and he and Sandy paused and snapped a roll of film along the way. “We were very close,” he said. Boytim, a member of Bayou City Road Runners, runs 10 to 12 marathons a year and puts in about 2,000 miles annually with a current running log of 41,000 miles. He plans to run two marathons a month between now and May, when the weather heats up and he slows down slightly. Boytim’s marathon personal record is 3:30. Last year, his best was 3.44, “which is pretty good for an old guy, he said.”

Hellmuth Hinz’s comment 1/22/99: “During the Houston Marathon, Ray did exceptionally well. He came in third place in his age group, leaving behind runners he said he previously had a hard time keeping up with, even a short time before. He also ran the Huntsville Marathon a couple of weeks before, where he came in first in his age group. In terms of CFI Therapy™ , I have moved Ray to the “tune-up” stage. His hamstring, calf, and achilles tendon, as well as hip and neck are in good order now. I forsee only good things in his endeavor to improve his running.”