Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming XI, June 2010. The Leon Lewille Memorial Lecture by J.P. Vilas Boas.
“Medicine and Rehabilitation topics in BMS X included the very relevant issues of muscular imbalance by Becker” (See Swim Stroke Pull Test)
Director, Occupational Therapy Program; Co-Director, Center for Ergonomics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Dr. Phyllis M. King
“I commend you for writing your article, Applications of Work Physiology Science! It is long overdue."
Head Trainer of St. Louis Cardinals - Mr. Barry Weinberg
"I cannot think of one person I have consulted with more on therapy and sports rehabilitation issues than Dr. Ted Becker. Dr Becker is one of the most knowledgeable sports rehabilitation professionals in our field. I have relied on his opinion to help me for over 25 years."
United States Aquatic Sports, President - Mr. Dale Neuburger
"Aquatic sports and their athletes have been the beneficiaries of the considerable expertise and dedication of Dr. Ted Becker. He has personally assisted many athletes in overcoming serious injuries that resulted in their resuming careers that included olympic and world record performances. Dr Becker's professionally innovative and educational contributions have been notable assets for all of aquatic sports."
Outside Magazine - May 1985. A Window of Healing
The ultra-specific rehabilitation of tendinitis by John Jerome. "Rehabilitating all the nooks and crannies, particularly of the shoulder, is a specialty of Dr. Ted Becker, Ph.D., the physical therapist and athletic trainer who treated Steve Lundquist - the swimmer who won the 100 meter breaststroke at the Los Angeles Olympics only 11 months after severely separating his shoulder in a water skiing accident. Becker put the shoulder back together; part of that Olympic gold medal, Lundquist said, belongs to Ted". "One of Becker's great talents is inventing prescription rehab exercises to cure specific problems".
Sports Day, The Dallas Morning News - June 1984. Wet and wild: Steve Lundquist's back and going for the gold
"There is no question in my mind that Steve will win the (100 meters) gold medal in LA. Moffet's good, but Steve's been there before. You know, there were a lot of people counting him out... But he's been through it all. He knows what it takes..." -Ted Becker, trainer -- But Becker knew Lundquist needed help. He offered to devise a program. "I was just looking for somebody to help." says Lundquist. "It was like he said, 'Do you want me to try?' And I said, 'Yeah. How about let's start now?' Its like the old thing people say 'I don't know. Let me think about it.. OK.' Few understand how far Lundquist had to come just to be ready to get back into the pool. When Becker and Lundquist first started working, the swimmer could not raise his arm away from his body more than four inches. For his first excercise, Lundquist would lay on a shiny, linoleum floor, put his arm on a towel that had waxed paper underneath it and slowly slide his arm a little less than 90 degrees from his body. "And when we first did it, I would even have to help him move his arm." says Becker.
Dallas Times Herald - July 1984. Perfect Timing: Lundquist makes most of moment in Olympic spotlight
"People talk about miracle comebacks like (pitcher) Tommy John's (elbow)" said Becker, who at the time was at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. "Well, Steve's injury was of the same severity" Day after day, Becker chased down Lundquist at the SMU pool and nagged him through a rehab of exercises, ice and aspirin. "Steve has the reputation of a runaround, but as an athelete he knows just how much he can get away with. When it got time to train, he was relentless." And late Sunday, as he burst back into the locker room. Lundquist went straight to Becker and they hugged and cried. Perhaps you could hear them all the way to the Hilltop.
Sports Illustrated - August 6, 1984. Four Finals, Two Records and Five Gold Medals by Craig Neff.
"What this man has done for me I could never repay in two lifetimes", Lundquist would say. "Part of this medal is his".