ABC News reports  that for Amy Baker, getting to run in the 2024 TCS NYC Marathon has come with hard work and a little help from a few hospital friends.

Baker began running during the pandemic before setting her sights on the marathon, that was until she started feeling some serious pain last year.

"I began to develop pain in my glute and the pain travelled through my leg to my knee and it began to prevent me from running," said Baker.

The pain led Baker to HSS where she's spent a ton of time after a hip labral tear was discovered three months before last year's race. The initial diagnosis could have meant surgery, but that wasn't on Baker's mind.

Determined to run the 2023 race, Baker and the team at HSS gathered to meet her goal -- all without going the route of surgery.

"I had wonderful support through all the professionals here, and I felt good because it was a very manageable plan," she added.

Todd McGrath, MD, sports medicine physician at HSS explained that surgery would have cost Baker the chance to run last year's event and this year's because of the long rehab process. But with the help of Kate Baird, MA, ACSM-CEP, CSCS, exercise physiologist at HSS, Baker has trained even better and harder in preparation for her second straight marathon.

Watch the full video at ABC7ny.com.