Louise Mohn's Story

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PAIN FREE, FIT AND HEALTHY - WITHOUT SURGERY OR PAINKILLERS

Louise Mohn is the sole founder and investor of Luzmon International, Inc. Her personal journey of organic recovery from childhood sports injuries provided the driving force for the creation of the business, and the impetus to make it work.

Fit, healthy and toned, despite no exercise or a single visit to the gym for the last 21 years, Louise is eager to share her passion for the treatment that got her "back on track".

Louise lives her life with vitality and passion, and at an early age, this passion was focused on sports. At the tender age of just 10 or 11, she was exercising up to 20 hours a week.

However, many activities can be harmful in excess and exercise is no exception. One injury led to another and in particular, her calves and knees were a particular problem area. She saw various doctors and physiotherapists, with different explanations given; infection, irritation, muscle bags that were too small for the muscles, cramping and poor blood circulation, but no solution was ever found.

At the age of 15, Louise played for five different basketball teams, competing in national competitions. Learning that she had a natural talent for the game, she practiced avidly – never slowing down. Unfortunately, her health deteriorated. The pain in her calves escalated, and she had various injuries in the knees and the hips.

Eventually, Louise could barely walk. She mobilised only on crutches, and since she stopped exercising so abruptly, the weight piled on. The pain in her calves was intense. She found herself waking up three or four times a night, every night, with heavy cramping in her legs.

Doctors gave Louise Valium and suggested surgery. However, there were no guarantees. Consultants advised that while the surgery might solve the problem, it also carried with it a risk of cutting nerves and consequently becoming wheelchair-bound for life.

Louise threw the Valium away and sought desperately for her own, healthy solution. She used ice bags against her calves, took hot baths followed by ice cold showers and rubbed her calves with Tiger Balm every day in an attempt to boost the circulation and get rid of the pain. Attending physiotherapy twice a week, she also tried ultrasound and laser technology – in fact, every technology that she found available at the time. Nothing helped.

By this point, Louise’s calves were so tight that she could barely move. She began to see a neurologist on a weekly basis. Again, no progress was made. In her own words: “I was sitting still all day and eating. The thought of having to give up my two favourite outdoor pursuits was hard to swalllow. The feeling of running in the forest with cold rain pouring down my face, or going cross country skiing in the beautiful Norwegian mountains, my sanctuary, was going to become a distant memory. I couldn't get used to all the pain and the lack of sleep - in general it was a big change for a 15 year old.”

This painful state of affairs continued for Louise until the age of 25 – the year in which she discovered the KESTOS machine, combined electrostimulation and heat technology, in a beauty salon in Oslo, Norway.

Initially, Louise attended the salon to lose weight after piling on a few stone. With regular treatments, she found herself returning to a healthy weight over the course of six months to a year. Weight loss was not the only benefit, however. She recalls the immediate relief she felt with the therapy:

For the first time since she could remember, Louise was pain-free.

“What amazed me the most was that for the first time in about 14 years, I actually slept through the night without waking up once due to heavy muscle cramps.” For the first time since she could remember, Louise was pain-free.

She lived in Norway up until 2003, attending for regular treatments. At this time, she decided to do a Masters degree in International Business (MIB), and flew to Los Angeles, Malibu, for an interview at the Pepperdine University.

Louise passed the interview and was accepted to the course with just one condition – she would need to take a GMAT test. Her self-esteem took a blow when she failed to pass this complicated hurdle.

Assuming that the failure was down to poor English skills, Louise applied for an English course at the London School of Economics (LSE) in the summer of 2003. Walking into the classroom on the first day, her professor was astounded that, with her fluent English, she was there to learn the language. Instead, she attended the six weeks course of International Business at the LSE.

Those six weeks in London were the first significant period of time that Louise had been without the KESTOS treatment in several years – it was not available in England. She remembers painfully: “I could barely walk. Obviously I couldn’t do any exercise, so without that treatment, I was completely lost. I tried every single treatment I could find in London but nothing could compare to this.

“That’s when I decided – never mind the Masters degree, I’m going to set up my own business.”

It was a significant turning point in Louise’s life.

She began to set her plans into motion. Travelling to Spain, she began talks with the distributors of the KESTOS machine, Rös’s. Every morning and night, before attending the course at LSE, she wrote her business plan. After a diligent search she discovered the Kensington premises and bought them - 10,000 sq feet – in January 2004, and hired a team of 30 people for the refurbishment.

In the meantime, Louise hired a team of around 45 people – including bankers and traders, accountants and lawyers, to help her to set up the infrastructure. With a business degree and six years of university level education under her belt, she had a solid background in business – “but obviously,” she says, “it’s a learning curve when you do it in the real world, outside the classroom.”

The clinic opened on November 8th, 2004.

Louise is clear about her vision to merge traditional and alternative medicine:

“This treatment can take my pain away, boost my circulation and tone my body. I'm incredibly happy with the fact that I've never had to do surgery or take a single pain killer in all these years. Despite having to give up exercise at the age of 15, my general wellbeing is phenomenal. I believe that’s something that everyone should be able to experience and The Luzmon will strive to facilitate this. The Luzmon will be part of a cluster where traditional and alternative healthcare is merged, forging a healthy middle ground that draws on cooperation and forward thinking”

Visit Louise Mohn's business, The Luzmon