The Spero Difference
In her book, Putting Out the Fire, Founder and CEO of the Spero Clinic, Dr. Katinka van der Merwe, explains that “very few people understand daily chronic pain, not to mention conditions such as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) or CRPS. These conditions are like an uninvited bully quietly taking possession of your body. It rarely shows its face to the world as it tears you apart from the inside.”
The Spero Clinic wants to change that situation as the only facility in the world offering its unique treatment program. This treatment approach, designed by Dr. Katinka van der Merwe, is deeply rooted in basic chiropractic philosophy which stems from the belief that the body is a self-healing organism, capable of surviving and healing even catastrophic injuries. At the root of this self-healing mechanism of the body is the central nervous system, which regulates pretty much all functions in the body – from the brain to the different organs. Read the full article here.
EASTON, Md. — An Easton family was able to travel to a holistic medical facility in Arkansas for much-needed treatment for a teenager suffering from long COVID, all thanks to help from the community…
“I can move all of my body. I have the feeding tube out. I can talk, I can speak fully. Nerve pain is down to a zero, when it was at a 10,” Dylan said.
“It’s amazing isn’t it? It’s a miracle, it’s a miracle,” said Dylan’s mother, Stacey Smith.
The Spero Clinic has been successful with pediatric long COVID patients by treating the vagus nerve, a key part of the nervous system. For Dylan, progress was slow at first, but then, at the eight-week mark, it all changed. Read the full article here.
Fourteen years ago, Founder and CEO of the Spero Clinic, Dr. Katinka van der Merwe, treated her first patient suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Since then, she has created a world-renowned system and surrounded herself with a dedicated team, capturing the attention of the media and doctors from across the globe.
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Imagine excruciating pain every single day. Imagine the sensation that your limbs are on fire, your bones are being crushed, and the feeling of being stabbed and electrocuted constantly. This isn’t medieval torture—it describes the symptoms of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a debilitating condition that affects approximately 200,000 Americans, including many teens.
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Crameri, who part owns star galloper Fully Lit, has battled Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a rare and painful neurological condition, for four years. She was told by Australian doctors that there was nothing to be done to help ease the excruciating pain that she likened to being ‘tortured non-stop’. However, after ending up in a clinic in Arkansas, the United States, she has revealed the amazing news that she is now pain-free and has gone into remission.
“I had lost all hope. My days had become full of me screaming out loud in pain with an endless stream of tears…I had become a prisoner in my own body and I was being tortured non-stop.”
She added that CRPS is commonly known as ‘the suicide disease’ and that she tried taking her own life ‘on three separate occasions’. The disease affected the dominant side of Crameri’s body, making ordinary day-to-day tasks extremely painful.
She has been pain-free for two weeks, with the Spero Clinic claiming to be the ‘only facility in the world’ to offer the kind of treatment that has helped cure Crameri. Read the full article here.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — One Kansas City, Kansas mom’s fight to walk again is bigger than just her. She wants the simple joys that many take for granted back. Things like playing with her four-year-old or going somewhere without having to call ahead. She lost her ability to walk, to move around, she relies on a motorized wheelchair. The condition is so painful that an epidemiological survey found nearly 50 percent of people with CRPS contemplate suicide.
“That has went across my mind regularly, that they would be better off without me just because of everything you deal with. After finding the Spero clinic, it’s given me hope, it’s given me hope and made me think completely different,” she said.
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It took six months to get her CRPS diagnosis, and unfortunately due to the timing of her injury, her physiotherapy was interrupted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Physiotherapy is one of the most important ways to treat CRPS, said Griffin, but it’s most effective shortly after the injury. To this day, Griffin cannot walk without the use of crutches, which she has been using for five years in order to navigate. The condition has also come with spontaneous reactions to foods or other allergens, despite Griffin herself not having any lasting allergies…
…Griffin has found an opportunity in the Spero Clinic in Arkansas, which boasts an 84% rate of success without remission for five years after treatment. However, as it is private medicine, it requires significant investment that she is unable to save funds for, prompting her to begin to collect donations in hopes of finally getting the treatment she needs.
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Through its unique Long COVID treatment program, the Spero Clinic aims to help those most affected by this condition – primarily seniors and children.
Says Dr. Katinka van der Merwe, Founder and CEO of the Spero Clinic, “Long COVID symptoms are temporary and can be reversed with The Spero Clinic’s Long COVID treatment program. I have made it my life’s mission to treat patients who suffer from so-called ‘impossible’ diseases – those that have been given up by the medical community.”
“I can help them” she continued, “by treating them with non-invasive, holistic therapies that all aim to heal the issues occurring in your central nervous system. Our Long COVID Treatment Program is based on holistic principles to allow the body to heal itself.”
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Unique treatment program offers promising results for Long COVID patients who are experiencing extreme symptoms related to the virus.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., August 14, 2024 (Newswire.com) – While the COVID pandemic has taken a brutal toll on millions, a significant percentage of people continue to experience extreme, persistent and recurring symptoms for weeks or even months after clearing the infection. This condition is commonly referred to as “Long COVID,” or Post-COVID Syndrome.
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“This last year and a half have been the worst it has ever been, every day my pain is at a 9 to 10 on the pain scale and it doesn’t go down at all. “Over the last few years, I’ve been on pregabalin, amitriptyline, codeine, naproxen alongside pain relief patches and paracetamol and ibuprofen. At one point I was taking 33 tablets a day and still no relief.”
According to the NHS, CRPS is a poorly understood condition where a person experiences persistent severe and debilitating pain. It added the pain typically affects only one limb, but it can also spread to other parts of the body. While the condition has no known cure, the family is seeking treatment options at the Spero Clinic in Arkansas, in America.
Lisa said: “We’re not hoping for a little bit of a change we are looking for him to be treated to be able to get on with his life as he should. We are desperate to get our child back – he’s missing out on growing up. The pain he is in at the moment is in his whole body, we cant touch him at all, we can’t stroke his hand and sometimes he says he wants a hug but I can’t give him one as he’s in so much pain. And I haven’t been able to give him one in years – that’s when I know he’s better, when I can give him a cuddle again.”
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