After taking up to 14 pain tablets a day Marlene Trück is again pain-free and mobile.
"At the worst stage I took up to 14 pain tablets a day", recalls arthritis patient Marlene Trück, from just outside Stuttgart, at the peak of her suffering. The former passionate ballroom dancer and dental nurse, who was even awarded the Baden-Württemberg Master title, had advanced arthritis of the left knee joint accompanied by major necrosis. "Around seven years ago the pain began", she explains, "and it was so bad that I could only pull myself up the stairs by the handrail, climbing step by step in unbelievable pain. Today I can even dance again and go up the stairs with two full shopping bags without any pain", reports the dental nurse about the improvement of her complaint.
Pain medications and physiotherapy did not help
"The X-Ray shows exactly how bad my knee was", recalls the working woman. Her orthopaedist advised an operation and implantation of a joint prosthesis. "You can imagine how upset I was when I heard the diagnosis and refused to accept it". Physiotherapy twice a week which did nothing, and then more and more pain medications, is how she kept her hopes up,always believing that her illness was not noticeable. After an audit at work, whereby she had to carry heavy files, she additionally incurred back problems. "Due to a torn muscle and incorrect physiotherapy it got so bad that I could no longer put my weight on my foot. Only when I was treated by an experienced physiotherapist, was there improvement", the patient recounts her memories.
X-rays document the success of the alternative therapy
"Through my new therapists and an article in a patient magazine, I finally came across magnetic resonance therapy, which seemed to me to be very promising as a gentle method for the treatment of arthrosis", Marlene Trück explains how she became aware of the new therapy. However the doctor treating her remained sceptical, for he believed the cartilage mass of the joint to be too damaged already, in order for this therapy to be able to bring about any improvement. She tried out the therapy in any case, with nine therapy sessions each one hour long. "First of all I felt nothing, other patients spoke of a prickling or a warming sensation of the joint being treated during therapy", tells the employee of her experiences during therapy. "I drank a lot, 1.5 to 2 litres of fluid but only felt an effect around six weeks after therapy, but then it continued to get better."
The improvement was visible on further x-rays, which even convinced her orthopaedist. In addition, the dental nurse continued her physiotherapy for her muscles and partly attributed this therapy to the improvement of her complaint. Today she even does training units on a home trainer, in order to keep fit.
Regular repeat episodes of therapy keep the operation at bay
"After a year I repeated therapy once again with five therapy sessions on the advice of the doctor, and it is going well", she is happy about the success of the therapy. Today Mrs. Trück no longer thinks of the operation first advised to her. By repeating her therapy after about a year she can follow a normal full working day without pain.
