Tanja
Authorization to use data signed on 9 May 2005
Testimony  

 

 

I started my LASERPONCTURE in May 2005 and how it is recommended I came/come every eight weeks for one week.

In the beginning I recognized only few but important changes. And I had recovery at each stay and more and more.

In details:

May 2005
I had a better pelvis control and stability. That was seen very obviously.

July 2005
During the sessions and in the period in between my sensibility in the left foot and left lower leg became more intensive and I recognized more activity in this part.

September 2005
The sensibility in the lower leg became more in some parts. My walking was much better because of more pelvis stability. I walked on the treadmill one speed-step higher than in September.

November 2005
I had again more sensibility in the left lower leg. My walking was better because of a better knee control and stability. On the treadmill I walked another speed-step higher than in September.

January 2006
The toes on the left foot were more sensitive. Inside my left ankle I felt pleasant warmth and when I touched my ankle the skin temperature was normal. Since this time my left leg gets totally red, when I am taking a shower. The blood system is very active. Before LASERPONCTURE only parts of my left foot became red during a shower.

March 2006
The sole of the left foot was more sensitive. My walking on the treadmill was much better. I had a very good pelvis and knee control. In between January and March unit my bowel sensibility was recovered.

Directly after the March unit I sweat on my lower legs (left and right) that was totally new (after my accident).

I don’t remember when exactly my bladder control became much better. It was between July and November. I can hold the urine much better (for hours) and the nerve system for the bladder is much better because the urine ray now is straight, before it looked like an arrow. 

Kelkheim, 21 march 2006.

 

 

Tanja M

Update May 2006-August 2008

Walking on the treadmill

  • I am more stable and faster
  • I started in October 2006 to walk without shoes

Walking on the street, in the garden or a shopping mall

  • More stable
  • I do not need my stick
  • More persistent

Walking stairs

  • Stairs up to 3 steps without handrail I don’t need my stick

Walking in general

  • I can change more quickly my direction (i.e. forward, backward)
  • I can walk longer distances without being tired
  • I am more stable (hip and knee)
  • I need my stick only for unknown areas or crowded places/locations

Sensibility in the left lower limb

  • Normal since November 2007

The lower limbs

  • In March 2008 it became warm during my stay at the clinic (the whole week, night and day). Outside it was cold (one day zero degree Celsius but my feet and calves were warm.
  • In August 2008 during the LASERPONCTURE the temperature (left) was getting one degree higher (shown by the infrared camera)
  • In Winter 2008/09 it is the first winter, that my lower limb is cold, but not that cold it was all the years before (after my accident)

Training with weight belts

  • I had a long time “only” 1 kilogram to do my exercises, then 1 ½ kg In August 2008
  • I started with 2 kg

Tanja in February 2009

Update 24 Feb. 2009

- Walking faster and more stable
- Better pelvis control
- Started walking without stick and splint
- Sensation improved in the left lower limb

Bladder : improved, almost normal

Bowels : improved, but still not normal; at least after 20 min I need a toilet

 

History
 

 

 

 

DOB: 29 Apr. 1973

Date of accident:
10 July 1999

Motorbike accident

Level of injury:
L1

 

 

 

 

 

Report from the Internationale Rehabilitationsklinik :
Incomplete paraplegia, level L1

 

Progress  

 

Limbs measurements Pinprick tests

 

09/05/2005 15/09/05 05/01/06 11/05/06 05/10/06
23/11/06 01/02/07 19/04/07 26/06/07 27/11/07
06/03/08 20/08/08 25/02/09 08/10/09

 

  No sensation

Click here for an overview of Tanja's pinprick tests (ppt presentation, 3.9 Mo)

  Normal
  Hypersensitivity
  Dull pinprick
  Touch
  Subnormal pinprick
Invagination sensation

Update by Tanja on Oct. 6th, 2009:
I walk completely without my stick since June 2009.

Last update: 8 Oct. 2009


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