Why I Built MESA

Founder, Joshua Kasumovic

I'm Joshua. I've had a leg length discrepancy my entire adult life and didn't know it until I was 34.

My life has been spent on my feet. Sixteen-hour days in hospitality. Gymnastics, wrestling, cycling, trail running, climbing, mountaineering. Pain showed up everywhere on one side: ankle, knee, hip, sciatica, sacrum, low back, shoulder. Different sports brought it out differently. Every doctor had a different theory.

I finally got a hip X-ray. The orthopedic surgeon told me I had a curve in my spine. That sometimes you just get old and have to give up the things you love.

My LLD — 10mm

I went home, measured myself, and figured out I had a 10mm leg length discrepancy. When I brought it to my PT, he told me not to put a lift in my shoe because it would cause more problems than it solved.

I politely finished the session and never went back. I put a lift in my shoe that night.

The pain started lifting within weeks. I got my life back. I'd done my own research first — found other physicians speaking publicly about exactly this kind of case — so it wasn't a blind leap, just a decision my PT and I disagreed on.

My Why

If you're in a similar situation, this is for you.