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NAME: David Fisher
OCCUPATION: Dealer Principal - Chris Variava Mitsubishi Nottingham
AGE: 50
During a weekly Wednesday night football game, myself and another guy were racing to reach the ball, however, it seemed that I was outpacing him and so he ran even quicker but only for us to collide at the ball, whereby the other guy elbowed me out the way! But he caught me off balance and so when I landed on my left foot I fell sideways over my ankle to the floor. The pain was immense and I knew immediately that something was wrong with my ankle. Luckily, because it was my left ankle and I drive an automatic, I was able to get myself to the QMC but some concerned others came with me because it was starting to balloon and they were worried about me getting into A&E on my own!
The Doctor who saw me said I that I had torn a ligament in the ankle. They advised rest and elevation, so I went home and did just that. However, I was very worried, because on the Friday I was going on holiday to Spain and was concerned about the flight and my swollen ankle.
I called Therapeople and explained the situation but because I had a lot on work wise prior to going away I could not fit in a visit to the practice. Julie said it wasn’t a problem and would come to the Dealership with her table and her magical machine! She told me that Carl Froch, the boxer, had just endorsed this Deep Oscillation therapy she uses and so I was keen to see this machine work.
The machine was called a Hivamat 200, which I think is the one she normally uses at her practice and she gave me a good 40 minute session which amazingly took a majority of the swelling down, so much so, that I could put my foot down again without pain and it sort of felt numb. It did not hurt as she was applying it either. I went on holiday in a much better way than I thought I would!
When I got back from holiday I called Julie to book in again but she said with that sort of injury it needed treatments 3 times a day and I would be better hiring the DEEP OSCILLATION PERSONAL SPORTS machine to work on myself.
I was a little apprehensive though, because I didn’t know what it actually involved. Julie brought the unit to me and went through the treatment. It was very easy to do. I used a programme especially for Ligament Ruptures, 15 minutes in all, 3 x 5 minute settings. I had the unit for 3 days and I did around 9 treatments.
I can see why Carl endorsed it; it took the swelling completely down and took away the pain from the injury making it almost normal. Being able to self-treat at my leisure was great and it was so handy I could take it to work with me too. In fact, I am seriously considering buying the personal unit because it also works on muscle aches; from memory, I think there is a 25-minute programme for muscle aches. I can imagine it would be great before and after a game. Now I am back at football, I guess it took 4 weeks off the normal recovery time of this injury. . I won’t hesitate to call her again if I get any more injuries and I have recommend her to colleagues and friends who have had successes too.