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For phenomenal success - see end of story
T his is my personal opinion on laserpuncture from Mr Albert Bohbot , and how he has helped me. I started my sessions in June, 2001. The sessions that Mr Bohbot do on people with spinal cord injuries costs comparatively little at 90 Euros a session. The main expenses are for accommodation and travelling. I go as often as I can for 12 days (10 sessions) and since going to France I am now strong enough to drive several hundred miles from Calais to the Loire Valley. Laserpuncture along with the physiotherapy and osteopathy; go hand in hand - one doesn't work without the other.
Since my road traffic incident over 30 years ago I always had muscle spasms (involuntary movements). My spinal cord injury is C5/6. I was a complete, but after startng laserpuncture, I began to get some feeling and small movements in parts of my body below the level of my injury; at first this was slight and one had to look closely to see it.
Here are the improvements that I had which I didn’t have before:
1. My upper abdominal muscles have came back, which helped me to cough and pull myself forward 2. I could pull my tummy muscles in and hold it for 10-15 seconds while breathing in and out. 3. I could lift my head off the bed when I lay on my tummy just enough to turn side to side 4 My left thumb extended and closed to give me a strong pinch grip. 5. I could close my fingers in and slightly open them 6. My balance improved so much that I no longer fell sideways in my wheelchair.
8. The triceps in my right arm got stronger which helped with my transfers and lifting up in my wheelchair, and I could stretch my arms up high to get things. 9. The quadriceps in my left leg came back a bit so that I could extend it and hold for a few seconds 10. The new movement in my hips helped me to lift my legs better when I walked in callipers. 11. I could cycle on a bike at the clinic; part of this is 'active' and part 'passive' movement. 12. I could move my left ankle slightly. 13. Hot and cold sensation came back in parts of my body. 14. I could feel water being poured onto my body in some parts below the level of my injury. 15. I could feel sharp pin pricks in some parts of my body.
Since I began going to the clinic in France in 2001, I have seen other patients who have experienced a variety of movements including back and tummy muscles, bladder and bowel function returning, better balance, ankle and other movements in their legs. I've seen patients go from full length to half length callipers as their muscles get stronger.
However, in March 2006, I had surgery in a London hospital to remove a cyst in my neck which resulted in me becoming paralysed down my left side. I was devastated that 5 years of laserpuncture recovery had ‘gone down the drain’ so to speak. I was told that I could get some feeling back up to 6 months from the time of my operation, but I became very low and dejected when the 6 months was up and I saw my London consultant in August, because nothing had come back. I didn’t give up hope and thought of the success I’d had from laserpuncture in the past 5 years, so I went back to France in August, 2006, and after 8 sessions at the clinic, I regained some movement in my left thumb which was very weak, and I still had no grip. However, on my next visit to Mr. Bohbot's clinic in August 2007, after 6 sessions, my thumb grip came back so that I could pinch, pick up coins and small tablets. I was also able to undo and do up my hairclip by squeezing my thumb towards my index finger, plus the sensation down to my waist was more sensitive to touch, but I was still paralysed below that. My balance improved and I could cough without fear of choking.
On the evening of the 22nd of August 2007, my carer noticed that as she touched my left foot; which had been left completely flaccid since my operation in March 2006, I was able to see for myself that my toes moved, plus my left leg had more tone (and no longer falls sideways but now stays upright in the correct position) and muscle spasms due to my recent six sessions of laserpuncture at Mr. Bohbot's clinic in France. Besides all this, when my left leg is raised to different positions and I close my eyes, I can feel which direction my leg is being lifted into. I know that laserpuncture works for me, so I will continue to return for more sessions in the future. I nearly gave up hope in the beginning, but by having laserpuncture at the clinic in France, my quality of life has improved. Mr Bohbot gives people with Spinal Cord Injuries hope for a brighter future. Ginny Haymond
23rd August, 2007
Update of July 2009:
Stoke Mandeville referred me to a dermatologist from Amersham Hospital in April 2009. I was diagnosed with the worst type of eczema + ongoing chronic urticaria. That healed with cream A-derma that Albert Bohbot gave me and ointment Elocom. I take Loratedina tablets, anti histamin, twice a day to keep urticaria and eczema at bay.
I went to Stoke Mandeville outpatients and Mr. Newton, who is an orthopaedic stroke spinal injuries consultant, said my left foot had been fractured and he will remove the titanium plate and screws. I'm now a waiting list.
The right leg was permanently swollen for several months. Mr. Newton thinks it was/is a deep vein thrombosis. I came home Monday 27th for my first treatment and, since then, it's gone right down.
I've also found that my body is detoxing.
Update of March 2010
I went to the Amersham Hospital and the dermatologist did the allergy test. He confirmed that the rash was 'ongoing chronic urticaria'. I was put on Loratedine and anti-histamin tablets and the rash finally went after 9 months.
In September I had pain, like a knife stabbing, from my left shoulder blade to the front. I also had a viro infection in my lungs and was admitted to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital from the 17th of December to the 14th of January. The consultant said the pain was due to the virus in my lungs. I also complained to him about the pain in my abdomen. I went home for three and a half weeks with pain still in my chest and my abdomen.
I was admitted back on the 7th of February to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital because the pain in my abdomen was worse. They did a cystoscopy on my bladder and CT scan on my abdomen up to the diaphragm. I was found to have a clot in the main vein leading to my heart and subsequently put on warfarin tablets. I was sent home on Tuesday 23rd of February 2010. I was given paracetamol and oxynorm tablets to control the stomach pain. Today, the 4th of March, after 5 treatments of laserponcture, my stomach pain is minimum and the chest pain has completely gone.
During my last laserpuncture treatments, I had very cold feeling from inside, tingling in my right foot and up the back of my leg plus pins and needles in my right hand. The pins and needles in my right foot continues for several hours after.
Mr. Bohbot does not only help to get functions back but also helps to get rid of my pain each time I come.
With reference to March 2006 when a cyst in my neck was removed by a London hospital and left me paralysed from C5-6, the tests performed on Thursday the 4th of March 2010 with electromyography monitoring at the clinic has shown that my triceps have recovered and I can now lift my body weight on my left arm.
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Place of birth: London, England
Clinical examination on her arrival at the clinic, 8 June 2001: C5-C6 incomplete, spastic quadriplegia
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Beginning of laserponcture: 8 June 2001 1. Independence:
2. Stability
3. Mobility
4.1. Voluntary motricity
4.2. Walking
5. Sensibility
6. Viscéral
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Up to March, 2006 the recovery I had was quite phenomenal. However, I must
point out here that it is slow progress and is NOT a miracle
cure. Mr Bohbot's laserpuncture manages to bypass the damaged spinal cord and
send messages through the Meridian System (accupuncture points) to send
messages to the body. As one receives these messages through the
accupuncture points, it is very necessary to work hard with daily
physiotherapy in order to use the messages to strengthen muscles that have
been absent for any length of time.
7. The sensation came back to normal in my feet and other parts of
my body.
