Richard Arthur Picerno, MD

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• Erin Heaney 5 · 10 months ago

  UPDATE: I just ran a 2:57:45 marathon 3 days ago. My 3rd marathon - the Ameris Jax Bank Marathon. I beat my Dec. 2023 PR (aka my pre-femoral orif surgery) 3 days ago with a whopping 9 minute PR and time-qualifying me for any marathon in the world. When I tell ppl a year and a half ago I couldn’t walk, they’re incredulous. Dr. Picerno is the best of the best. I’m so lucky he was my surgeon given my procedure was 100% emergency! Obvs. I don’t have my surgeon’s contact info, but I would appreciate it if someone could pass this on to him. His work is so appreciated. ******************************************* On June 30, 2024 I broke my right leg in 5+ places thanks to what probably was a budding stress fracture (elite runner running >100 miles/wk) plus a trip and fall in my own bedroom thanks to my own clumsimess. Luckily I live with my parents. When I wiped out, I couldn’t move my leg. I yelled “Dad, get Mom!” My mom was cooking dinner, but ran back to check out what had happened asap. Immediately upon seeing my leg, she called 911. She and my dad later told me my leg wasn’t even straight thanks to how badly my femur was broken. I’m grateful for the EMT guys who managed to get me out of my room. I’m grateful for the people at Baptist South who realised pumping me with morphine wasn’t enough given what had happened and put me on ketamine instead (trust me, you could care less about “getting high” whe you are experiencing the worst pain of your life. Dr. Picero operated on me less than 12 hrs later the next day. I guess I “came to” sometime during the afternoon of 7/1/24. The pain was still the worst thing I’d ever experienced, but at this point they had me with the proper care team at the hospital. I sas discharged on 7/6/24. I was supposed to do PT with JOI for months, but the PT I was supposed to work with said I’d have to have the titanium rod removed within a year, and I had no hope of running within a year. I left that appointment in tears. Running is my life. I asked Dr. Picerno if what the PT said was true, and he looked dumbstruck. “No way!” he told me. He was shocked the PT people (JOI San Marco) would be such liars. FYI: I have worked exclusively with Iselborrn Sports Recovery since the JOI guys in San Marco lie and work with 3-4 ppl to hour. If you are perfectly fit, you don’t need to see them and waste money for common sense info. I decided to quit JOI PT on my own they sucked so bad. Dr. Picerno gave me clearance to run on 10/1/24. While it was hard to run after getting so out of shape, Dr. Picero’s work was flawless. With my determination and support from my fellow 1st Place Sports Elites, I was able to run a half marathon PR orf 1:25:15 on 12/14/24. I wasn’t in perfect shape when it came time for Boston, but I ran a 3:24…something I’m pretty proud lf given that less tham a year had passed since my surgery! Today is 7/17/25. I’m just over a year out from surgery. If it weren’t for my injured knee clicking (they had to bust the knee cap to insert the titanium rod) I would feel no different! Suffice it to say Dr. Picerno is a miracle workoer. I trust him with my life and would do the same if my family members were in my shoes. I’ll attempt to include a pic of my broken leg last August as well as that same leg in a race on 7/4/25. Thank you Dr. Picerno…I’m not a typically religous person, but I thank God you were called to work on me. Photos are July 2024 (first 2) followed by 12/14/24 and 4/21/25. Dr. Picerno is a miracle worker!