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Treatments I Was Subjected To.

by Petro Groenewald

I was a professional model at the age of eighteen.

  1. I played golf for one day. I finished the day with severe muscle spasm
  2. I tried muscle relaxants. They only helped me for a few hours
  3. I consulted my Doctor.
  4. Doctor sent me for x–rays. Nothing showed.
  5. Doctor suggested physiotherapy, which worsened the condition
  6. Doctor suggested I see an orthopaedic surgeon. He could not find anything wrong.
  7. I began using potent painkillers. Stronger prescriptions even caused blindness.
  8. Orthopaedic surgeon suggested that manipulations be done. He recommended three in one year under anaesthetics
  9. My tonsils were removed because they were supposed to poison me. Didn’t help.
  10. My appendix was removed because it was suspected as a cause. Didn’t help.
  11. My womb was turned. Didn’t help.
  12. Even fillings were removed from my teeth because they were supposed to poison my body.
  13. I became worse after these operations and treatments.
  14. Doctors insisted I keep on having tractions. About 10 altogether. Then, even more manipulations.
  15. After every traction, I came out of the hospital in a wheelchair complaining that they made my condition worse. I complained about the pains in my hips and knees after traction.
  16. I was even referred to a psychologist.
  17. Imagine having only muscle spasm in your back and being subjected to such bizarre treatment.
  18. Sometimes by trying to get away from pain caused by the traction, I started to pull myself up against the bed to get away from the weights they were using around my ankles in those days. Eventually the blood was seeping through the area of my coccyx at the base of my spine.
  19. Neurosurgeon suggest a mylogram. I was not tested for a reaction for iodine allergy. I nearly died and I ended up in intensive care for days. I have suffered pain in my entire body since that day. No painkillers could alleviate my pain due to severe muscle spasms. When I was rushed to hospital, my family was told that I showed a reaction to iodine. They were never told how seriously ill I really was.
  20. This was the beginning of severe Arthritis - Ankylosing Spondylitis and Osteoarthritis, and many more syndromes
  21. My hands and wrists started to swell up within 24 hours after the procedure. I also experienced terrible pains in my neck
  22. My legs always felt as if water was running down them
  23. All these bizarre treatments could have been prevented if I had only been given a proper body support system on that first night. I really only suffered from muscle spasm after playing golf for a day and using muscles I had not used before.
  24. A minor problem turned into a major back problem because overstretching or overcontraction strained my back muscles. The muscle usually goes into spasm if you try to move it against the limiting factor of a tightened muscle. You can imagine the damage and injuries done to my spinal column.
  25. After all this, I ended up having to have knee and hip replacements. And being bedridden
  26. Even with all these disappointments, there was a happy ending for me when I discovered the Klass Vaki. I was relieved from the hell my family and I had lived in for 30 long and painful years.

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