ENDofibrosis Surgery Fund

By the time I was diagnosed with Iliac Artery Endofibrosis I was relieved. If I didn't find a solution to this leg problem my cycling career would be over. I would quit without any regret. It hasn’t been fun competing far below my level, and at times in grimacing pain.

Iliac Artery Endofibrosis is characterized as a vascular insufficiency and is a relatively common in cyclists. The cycling posture is thought to compress the iliac artery resulting in a narrowing section.
This problem is terribly deceptive - for two years I thought it was a muscular problem. The problem itself creates a slew of muscular imbalances which are logically the first course of treatment.

I became obsessed with fixing this. I was doing physical therapy exercises and massage 6-7 days a week, in hotel rooms before and after races. Over and over again I thought I found the true problem and that I was better, only for the terrible pain to spring back after several days of racing, or during one maximal effort.


Two years of symptoms until diagnosis is the average for this problem. Peers who have had it share the same feeling I had with diagnosis - a strange feeling of dread and joy. Knowing the solution to a problem, even a bad problem, is better than any problem with no solution.
A full recovery takes about 2 months, just in time to hop in a bike race before next year. Odds are good that I’ll only be racing with the typical burning sensations of cycling, and nothing more.
Thanks for reading! I really appreciate the support.
Jacob