Dear Subscriber,
All of you know of our work in ozone therapy for the past decades. It helps so many, but not all. But sometimes a case comes in that just grabs you and leaves you stunned at what ozone can do. In a video we just uploaded to YouTube, you will see a man who came to us in very long term, chronic severe, 24/7 intractable back pain. Yes, he is out of shape. Yes, he severely abused his back in his work.
In his quest for relief, he tried just about everything possible. He had physical therapy, acupuncture, decompression, and very painful (and expensive) stem cell treatment. The only thing that gave him relief was nerve ablation, and that was only temporary, and a dangerous procedure as it severs your consciousness from the damage going on. But not sensing the pain of the damage, you are more likely to abuse the afflicted area and speed destruction.
He was a very difficult case to work with, due to shape. He knew it. He searched us out online and came in based on his own research. His body morphology made treatment landmarks about impossible. In the back of my mind, I was thinking of sending him to our outstanding colleague and friend Aldon Williams, MD of San Antonio. He is a leading pain specialist who does ozone under imaging guidance, a technology we don’t have. While terrific for localizing injections, it does make the treatment far more expensive due to the cost of the technology, and also incurs some radiation. Dr. Williams has done my back and neck. I am happy to say I had a very favorable outcome. Terri continued my treatment in the office absent imaging.
San Antonio would be a several thousand mile uncomfortable trip for this man. We do and teach the use of kinesiology (muscle testing) to determine injection location sites and limit the extent of therapy. Over the years, we believe it has dramatically increased results over generic prolozone therapy, and reduced or eliminated unnecessary injections. That is what was used here for guidance. But that is not all. Every day we give thanks to the Creator for the patients who come to us, and the Gifts and techniques to which we have been guided, for helping those in need.
Terri and I are well into our 70s. This video is very moving, and tells you why we simply cannot walk away from the work, despite the rapidly increasing hardships and hostility we face in the regulatory environment of performing the work. Our mission in life now is to serve. And, we do like to teach these methods to open minded physicians. Hopefully we can find an apprentice to study and work with us, and take over when we just cannot do it anymore. If you know of one, or are one, please inquire.
To Your Excellent Health,
Robert Jay Rowen, MD and Terri Su, MD
PS Nearly 24 hours later, long after the local anesthetic (used for ozone administration, which otherwise would sting) wore off, the patient is still without pain, except for expected soreness at the sites of injection.
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We don't know. Sometimes a single treatment lasts indefinitely .SOmetimes we need more. This was an outstanding outcome and prognostic sign for long term relief. But he has to take better care of himself.