Iris van Diepen: Ten-year-old girl can laugh again after battling dystrophy and disbelief.
Our daughter Iris broke her metatarsal bone because she misstepped in the house. The process that followed was a real hell. As a result of the fracture, Iris was put in plaster, the beginning of all the misery…
Iris van Diepen
Jeannette de Ridder: I now feel as if a miracle has happened
Due to all the pain I had in my back, neck, hands, etc., the diagnosis was made: osteoarthritis
Various painkillers and physiotherapy helped for a while. It made me depressed. At times I thought: “Do I have to continue like this!!!!!”
When I think about my complaints now, I hardly believe that I no longer have them…
Jeannette de Ridder
Emko Bos: ‘From healthy to disabled’
I started having complaints in my hip. At first I was particularly sore after running. Gradually I also started walking less well. The GP referred me to the physiotherapist. However, my complaints got worse and worse until I was in terrible pain.
My hip was stiff and people noticed that I was not walking well. After taking an X-ray, the diagnosis was clear: major osteoarthritis in my hip. The cartilage in my hip joint was seriously damaged and the doctor gave me the message that it was not going to get better…
Emko Bos
Mies de Blauwe: ‘Osteoarthritis and much more – after every treatment I felt reborn’
Last year I was in a lot of pain. That took a lot of energy. The doctors even wanted to give me some heavy medicine, but I didn’t want that. A lot of pain in my left thumb and elbow. The ischium in my buttock is worn, muscle rheumatism and shoulders and buttocks. A masseur ruined my Achilles tendon in my leg, which has left me with many limitations. So I was very tired and in a lot of pain…
Mies de Blauwe
Maike Bartels: ‘The beginning’
A few years ago I was walking past Wim’s practice when I saw a note hanging on his window about “Free from Pain”. I worked in home care and there I saw many people with pain complaints. My interest was aroused. Wim wanted to discuss this with me.
In that conversation he also talked about osteoarthritis, a condition I have in my fingers. I soon noticed that I wanted to be treated by Wim myself. I felt very clearly: this is what I want, this makes me happy…
Maike Bartels
Sven Spaans: ‘Horrible to see your child in so much pain’
Sven was diagnosed with post-traumatic dystrophy in his right foot and leg. He badly bruised his big toe during a football match. The result was that from the end of January he was on our couch for 4 weeks, unable to walk and unable to wear a sock or shoe on his foot.
He had touch and nerve pain from his big toe all over his foot and leg to his right hip. Even the slightest breath of air was painful for him…
