Testimonials
I am a Biokineticist working with patients in a clinical rehabilitation practice in Mossel Bay. I have been trying to get back to road running (marathons) since I experienced a knee cartilage injury in 2000. I have not participated in marathons since the 2000 Comrades.
In 2001 I had a cartilage tear Arthroscopically removed in my left knee. Since then I was told by the Orthopaedic Surgeon that I will never be able to do long distance running again. In June 2008 I started running again. My wife is a pharmacist and she recommended I use Glucosamine / Condroitin supplements, which I did. It helped but did not really sort out my problem for I still experienced knee pain.
My wife then heard about Genacol® and your rep gave her a free sample that she gave to me to use. I started using it in in October 2008, and initially was very skeptical, but after the first month I definately felt less pain, and I bought another lot.
I was for the first time in 8 years able to increase my mileage without experiencing knee pain. I completed my first Marathon in 8 years, November 2008. I used Genacol® throughout my training. I managed to do another 4 marathons in 2009, Two Oceans 2009 (bronze medal time) and I successfully completed Comrades on the 25th of May 2009 also in bronze medal time. Since I started to use Genacol® in Oct. 2008, I have progressively felt less pain and even with the grueling down Comrades I have had no knee pain at all.
Although my preparation included lots of weight and strength training I am convinced that Genacol® made the difference. I spoke to one of our local Orthopaedic Surgeons that I know well both on a personal and professional level. Dr. Dan Potgieter is also a patient that I regularly see for rehabilitation of his knees and shoulder. He experiences symptoms of early onset Osteoarthritis. We spoke about Genacol® and he was very interested for he attended a conference in Germany earlier this year where the latest research on collagen injections into specifically the knee joint was a very hot topic. He thinks that collagen supplementation is the future in treatment as well as prevention of OA.
Since I have had such good results with Genacol® I have prescribed it to several of my patients and all of them have shown great improvements, better than they have had with anything else. Genacol® is much safer than long-term Cox II anti-inflammatories and I personally think it works better.
Dr. Potgieter is also prescribing Genacol® to his patients now, since he started using it himself.
Francois Swanepoel, Registered Biokineticist
