Rugby Tibial Plateau Fracture

June 2001

In late January, while playing Sevens rugby in Argentina I broke my leg, shattering the tibial plateau and rewiring, reconstruction using bone growth pores from my hip. The doctors said I would be lucky if I was jogging in 4 months.

When Heidi came to see me a week after the operation my leg and hip were very swollen and painful. She used the purple light to draw out the bruising and reduce the swelling, the orange light to speed up bone repair and the ordinary light on the scar tissue. When I stood up I was amazed at the absence of pain and the feeling of lightness in the leg. The swelling had gone down noticeably.

I continued using the light this way every day and when I went back to the surgeon 3 weeks later he remarked on how well it was healing. At my 6-week check-up, he again expressed surprise at how fast healing was occurring. By this time my leg felt so good I was back in the pool and on the bike doing light exercise.

During my recovery, I was very active and probably over-used my leg. Bioptron allowed me to continue to travel and kept the swelling down and the pain almost absent. I did not need to use any drugs for pain relief.

I am very grateful to Heidi for introducing me to Bioptron. It certainly cut down the expected recovery rate, eliminated swelling and kept pain to a minimum. It was most useful in helping me with my injury and I will continue to use it with other scrapes and bruises I may suffer along the way.

My grandfather has also benefited enormously. He has very poor circulation in his legs and one of his feet was black. He was in such discomfort he was considering amputation. Using the purple light has restored the circulation and his foot has become normal. A long-standing, rearing ulcer on his leg which flared up a year ago is responding well to Oxy Spray and the ordinary light. Since he lives a fair distance from medical facilities, he is very pleased to be able to heal without the inconvenience of constant hospital visits and drugs.

Eric Rush
All Black Sevens Rugby Captain