I herniated my L4-L5 disc quite severely in January of 2000 from competing in indoor rowing, and after the injury immediately started rehabilitation. The rehabilitation was to minimize and hopefully eliminate the herniation. I was in physical therapy for 18 months with minimal relief, and wondering what the next step would be. I wanted to continue running, cycling and lifting weights, plus just being able to play with my kids.

Nothing was helping, so I talked with Diane and decided to start receiving treatment for the severe pain in my lower back, abdomen, and for the nerve pain radiating down both of my legs. With just a few treatments, I noticed a significant relief of all of the pain, in addition to a huge relief of my emotional stress resulting from the pain. Because of my long-term goals of running and cycling, I decided to have surgery in August of 2001 and have the disc partially removed. After the surgery, I continued with Diane’s treatments, and was able to complete my first full marathon in May of 2002. Also, as I trained for my marathon, I developed a sharp pain on my kneecap with just two weeks to the start of the marathon, and after just one treatment from Diane, it was gone and never came back.

I am again training for the NYC marathon, and along the way I have developed small injuries accompanied by pain in both my lower back and my knees. Diane has successfully treated those also, which has allowed me to continue my run training along with being able to augment my training by cycling.

I know for sure, that without Diane’s acupuncture treatments throughout my struggles with pain and emotional stress, I would not be able to train and accomplish my goals.

Thank you Diane!

Steve