I invite my former patients to share their experiences in their attempts to find pain relief. Please be assured that you will remain anonymous.
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I invite my former patients to share their experiences in their attempts to find pain relief. Please be assured that you will remain anonymous.
I sought Dr. Marcus for pain control this Spring after 7 years of constant pain after back surgery (Laminectomy 3/4,4/5/ L5/S1 and BAK cage fusion of 4/5, L5/S1 with pedicle screws). I had immediate relief in some of the muscles treated and it literally straightened my shoulders, I was so excited! I only had half the muscles treated and stayed for a week. While I had marked relief at first I still had to take the pain meds, the pain has gradually returned with a vengeance and I now have radiating pain and weakness in my left leg (sciatica)as well as low back pain. I would like to know if I had the rest of the muscles treated would it relieve the pain? I do the exercises every day and also walk every day. I cannot sit for more than 20 minutes and my legs start to go numb. I am very discouraged. Could it be something other than muscles causing this?
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I just recommended Dr Marcus and his team to someone and found his website. I'd lost touch because after years of back pain he dealt with my trigger points and I've been pain free for 18 years now! At the slightest twinge I fall back on all the skills I learned and unless someone presses on exactly the "right" spot I can forget I ever had 24 hour pain for two years before I met Dr Hans Kraus and Dr Marcus.
My neurologist had told me that since workers comp wouldn't cover the MRI he said would prove him right I should pay for it myself and when he was proven right they'd reimburse me. Luckily I found Dr Kraus through a friend and he and Dr Marcus immediately knew my neurologist was on the wrong track entirely. Their diagnosis in their exam room found in ten minutes what other doctors had missed for two years.
But even if Dr Marcus hadn't got rid of the triggers I still think I'd have found relief because of his team approach.
I'd also like to say that Dr Marcus truly understands what it's like when workers comp or friends or less well educated doctors tell you "it's all in your head" just because it doesn't show up in an MRI. Back when I was at the clinic few people knew about fibromyalgia and it literally was adding insult to injury when people suffering from it were treated by the uninformed.
I could go on and on about how Dr Marcus saved my quality of life if not my life itself but I think the best endorsement I can make is to say that not only did I find relief, the relief has lasted nearly 20 years, enough that I'm still recommending him today.
Hello,
My name is Paul Mazzaferro and my experience with Dr. Marcus was excellent. I was in sheer agony from my back and leg pain for almost 4 years. I had been to numerous doctors and spent 88K out of pocket for a variety of treatments. I also was disabled and out of work for 2 years due to this injury.
I was skeptical and when he tested all my muscles in my back and said my back was 100%. However, when he put the device in my groin i nearly jumped off the table and he told me i have a groin problem and not a back problem. Over the next 2 days he gave me injections and the pain in my back disappeared and the leg pain ceased.
However, upon any type of activity it returned. However, this GREAT DIAGNOSIS led me to a specialist in Philadelphia who discovered that I have 2 complete tears of my adductors (pectineus and longus) as well as a complete tear of my rectous abdominous from my osteo pubis. My condition is called athletic pubalgia and I am having surgery Wednesday and should be 100% in 2 months. I have been able to live comfortably since I knew it was a groin injury and stopped back excercises that re-tore it.
If it were not for Dr. Marcus and his device I would have continued to look lumbar and who knows where I would be. I felt I was at the end of my rope and could not stand the pain any longer. Come to find out the leg pain I had was a compartment syndrome from the edema from the injury.
Thank you Dr. Marcus.
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