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Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n

Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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For those among you who don’t know me yet: I’m Mario Rodwald, professional freestyle kite expert and two-time European champion. I suffered a very painful knee injury and according to several physicians, this should be\u00a0the end of my sports career. But I decided not to give up. This article is about my way back to jogging and thus to my sports career.<\/strong>Back to jogging, step by step. My ultimate\u00a0goal: to minimize the pain and to optimize the performance. These were the single stations I had to go through: Step 1: Anamnesis<\/strong>
\nAfter ten months I had been already fit back on the water, but the pain while jogging was so unendurable that I had to stop after two kilometers.
\nMy solution? Insoles. Step 2: Analysis<\/strong>
\nThe next step consisted of a lot of different examinations: Control of body statistics, treadmill analysis, observation of running movement, foot examination with foot scans and examination of calf muscles. Step 3: Custom-made insole<\/strong>
\nWhile the first step was the fitting control of the insole on my foot and shoes, step 3 was a final running test with the new insoles.<\/p>\n

Your Expert\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mario Rodwald<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Step 4: insoles in use<\/strong>
\nSince 2016, Stolle Vitalwelten is my sport-orthopedic partner. Together, we were able to bring my sports performance\u00a0back to 100 percent on the water and to further improve jogging. Now we are going to develop a water sports insole in order to get to maybe even more than 100 percent. <\/p>\n

Source of title picture: YouTube \/ Stolle Sanit\u00e4tshaus<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

STATEMENT<\/h5>\n

There’s one thing I learned from this experience: Athletic ambition will be rewarded. Never give up!<\/p>\n

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