I am writing this in gratitude to Dr. Mark and Dr. Kristi, who, despite my skepticism at the beginning of my treatments, changed my life and allowed me to resume regular life activites, such as walking standing, sitting, dressing (putting on my socks was a joke) and as trivial as it may sound – sleeping. Above all, they gave me back my feeling of well being. To clarify, I am one of those men who sees a doctor once every 25 years (maybe). We all hear stories about how certain procedures may or may not be effective, how some approaches are better than others, so in all I was somewhat uncertain to say the least.
But back to my story…
About a year or so ago, being in pain 24/7 did not go unnoticed by my family members and one day, my sister-in-law recommended that I go see Dr. Mark botha, who was helping her at the time. With some apprehension, but desperate, I made a call and began treatments. At first, I went several times a eweek, depending on the level of pain I was in, then gradually lowering the number of visits to twice a month. Dr. Botha’s expert knowledge combined with technique or what I like to call his “MAGIC” started to produce results. At first, by relieveing the pain while increasing flexibility little by little, then, most importantly, I was able to sleep at night again. At around this time, I was lso able to go back to my workout routine and with some additional suggestions regarding diet and mental exercises I am here today virtually pain free. There is still an occasional reminder that there is more work to be done, but given the circumstances, I am ecstatic. In my estimation, the damage to my lower back/sciatica may have started perhaps 10 ears ago due to some horseback riding incidents that were never attended to, perhaps unbalanced lifestlyle for long periods of time, who know? Reasons may be many, but what is important is to realize that in my case, it took at least 10 years to cause the damage, so the fact that I am doing this well today is incrediblte and I learned a lot in the mean time. Thank you Dr. Botha.
-D.C.
