Biopuncture on Dr. OZ
I suddenly started receiving more inquiries on Biopuncture this week and found out it was recently discussed and demonstarted on the Dr. OZ show. Check out these two clips:
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/Biopuncture-A-Healing-Cure-All-Pt-1
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/Biopuncture-A-Healing-Cure-All-Pt-2
I don’t know Dr. Lee Wolfer, but I do know Dr. Jan Kersschot, who coined the term biopuncture years ago. He is a hilarious and brilliant family practitioner from Belgium. I had the great joy of training with him and still do email back and forth about this therapy. Dr. Hans Mueller, a german physican, is another doctor I have gained a lot of knowledge from. He is also recognised internationally as Europe’s premier clinician in the early management of muscle strains. This recognition was initially bestowed on him by his patients, most notably from the thousands of professional football (soccer) players he has managed over the past 30 years from every country in Europe. Increasingly this recognition has been accorded by the “mainstream” clinicians in the United Kingdom, promting an invitation to the round table ‘think tank’ on how to treat elite athletes with sprains and strains.. I will post another article about his therapies for the acute injuries of muscles soon.
Like many other physicians and practitioners, I have seen first hand how effective biopuncture can be for sports injuries and pain syndromes. I think the first jaw dropping moment I had, was when treating a long-distance runner who had twisted his ankle on a root while trail running. His ankle was bruised and largely swollen. We made sure there was not a fracture with some imaging and decided to give these biopuncture injections a shot (mind the pun). The day I injected his ankle it you couldn’t really discriminate his ankle bones due to the swelling and he was barely walking without a limp. Three days after the injection the swelling had almost completely resolved and he was able to bear weight on the joint. After another series of injections his ankle felt great. He was sent to do some physical therapy in combination with some oral medication I prescribed and he was off and running just a week and a half later. (Typically a sprain like this takes you out for at least a month). I have now had similar clinical outcomes with several patients/athletes who have suffered mainly from sports injuries. Whether it be a shoulder or rotator cuff strain, knee pain, ankle sprain, plantar fasciitis, low back pain, neck pain, hamstring strain or other injury, this has been a really safe, quick and effective treatment to get the athletes back to their sport in a natural way – without the typical, conventional pharmaceuticals. The same holds true for a lot of chronic pain syndromes.
Feel free to give me an email if you have more questions or call my office and set up an appointment.
I think it is great this fairly new form of medicine is getting the exposure it should.
