WEBVTT 00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:07.040 From active martial artist to patient with chronic back problems. 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:11.400 In recent years, Jan Plohmann has had to completely reorganize his life. 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.360 What started as a light pull became stronger over time. 00:00:15.600 --> 00:00:20.480 Occasional complaints turned into constant pain and even life in a wheelchair. 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:24.600 The cause Congenital spondylolisesis, also 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:27.600 known as vertebral bodies, glide. 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.600 After several operations, there was no improvement. 00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:35.080 It was only with Liam Chu, senior physician in charge of special 00:00:35.080 --> 00:00:39.080 spinal surgery at the German Spine and Scoliosis Center, that 00:00:39.080 --> 00:00:42.960 Jan Ploman finally found the medical care he had wanted for so long. 00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:48.720 Can you remember the time before your first surgery? 00:00:48.720 --> 00:00:54.120 What complaints did you have and how did they affect your quality of life? 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:58.440 I was actually very fit 00:00:58.440 --> 00:01:01.440 before all this happened. 00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:04.040 I have 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.720 worked a lot and trained on the side. 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.560 It actually started pretty much with an umbilical 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.560 hernia that developed in a training fight. 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:18.560 Shortly before, right? 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:22.560 Yes, I would say that two or three months before 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.680 that, I had already noticed the 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:28.680 pulling on my back from time to time. 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:30.680 But also 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.960 I had inserted a net in the groin, which, 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:36.960 I unfortunately only found out much later, 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:40.960 then tore and tortured the nerve and 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:44.960 several other things, for example the 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:48.960 seminal canal constricted etc and so I 00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:53.120 could no longer do my sport and could not stretch. 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.120 And that's why the other thing got worse and worse. 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.560 So then the vertebral body sliding got worse. 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:06.720 With the spondylolisesis, also called vertebral body sliding, 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:09.080 a vertebra slides forward. 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.960 This can cause back pain, instability and nerve irritation. 00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:21.560 So at the very beginning, it was labeled as physio somatically. 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:26.160 After nine months, you saw it and said: Yes, uh, I 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:31.200 wouldn't wait much longer, I would operate on it immediately. 00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:36.320 But at that time I already had this net. 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.920 In addition, I also had a splinter in my knee. 00:02:40.440 --> 00:02:44.440 In addition, the umbilical hernia was still present, which means that 00:02:44.440 --> 00:02:48.440 I couldn't do any physiotherapy at all after the back operation, because 00:02:48.440 --> 00:02:51.600 all the other things had not yet been operated on. 00:02:51.600 --> 00:02:57.520 My physiotherapist at the time said I don't know what to do with you. 00:02:57.720 --> 00:03:01.640 The first operation, which then worked. 00:03:01.640 --> 00:03:03.840 Or were there complications? 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.200 Afterwards, I learned that no space 00:03:07.200 --> 00:03:10.200 had been left for the spinal canal. 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:14.360 And because of this, a spinal canal 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:18.360 stenosis had developed afterwards, 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.120 which led me to the second back operation. 00:03:24.200 --> 00:03:26.400 The operation is then performed. 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.400 How did you feel after the second operation? 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:33.520 What I can say in any case is that the nerve 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:37.520 pain, which was almost 24/7, was mainly 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.520 in the left leg, was actually better 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:44.520 shortly after the operation. 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:48.840 Of course, the after-effects of the pain 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:52.120 were still great and the restriction 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:55.120 of movement was also quite high. 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:59.120 Even after the second back operation, 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:03.120 a few months later I had a knee operation, 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:07.120 er, a bladder operation, a pretty 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:10.920 strong epididymitis. 00:04:10.920 --> 00:04:15.600 There were still herniated discs, small herniated discs. 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:26.360 Again and again hospitals, doctors, appointments and 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:29.760 yeah... 00:04:29.760 --> 00:04:33.760 When I finally came here, I was of 00:04:33.760 --> 00:04:37.760 course so relieved that I was 00:04:37.760 --> 00:04:42.920 perceived as a person, that I was taken seriously. 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.920 Yes, that the doctors here have taken the time 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:49.960 to take a close look, what is there? 00:04:49.960 --> 00:04:52.640 Something can't be right, etc. 00:04:52.640 --> 00:04:56.240 In the Sports Clinic Hellersen and Jan Clement is 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.080 thoroughly examined. 00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:02.880 Spine specialist Liang Chu takes his time and finds the cause. 00:05:03.400 --> 00:05:07.000 Loose implants, poorly fixed screws and an unstable 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.000 intervertebral disc replacement. 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:11.720 A third operation is necessary. 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:17.240 But this time there is a clear goal: stability and finally living pain-free. 00:05:17.760 --> 00:05:20.160 The operation is successful. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:22.000 The way back begins. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:26.640 When did you feel the first improvements after the third operation on the spine? 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:29.560 Since then, I have made very, very much progress. 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:32.880 Well, it's my turn every day. 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:35.720 So I won't be able to fight anymore. 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:38.000 That's a very clear thing. 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.000 Restrictions are there, of course, but 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:47.000 I also know how it can be worse and that's 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:51.000 why I'm grateful that I can stand or walk 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:55.000 and meditation helps everyone, i.e. me 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:59.000 personally, a lot to shape my everyday 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:03.000 life and to know what works, what doesn't 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.600 work, what do I want, what don't I want? 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