Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt (born 12 August 1942 in Leerhafe, today part of Wittmund, East Frisia) is the former club doctor of Bayern Munich. He was a club doctor for the club between 1 April 1977 and 16 April 2015.[1] He resigned after the medical staff was blamed after a 3–1 loss to Porto in a UEFA Champions League match.[1]
Many of the German doctor's treatments are controversial, including using injections of a substance called Hyalart,[2] extracted from the crest of cockerels, which is claimed to help lubricate knee injuries and take away the pain. He has also injected honey or Actovegin into patients.
Müller-Wohlfahrt's use of homeopathic medicine to treat players is also controversial.[3][4][5]
Players treated
He has treated many footballers including Jürgen Klinsmann,[6] Ronaldo and Jonathan Woodgate[7] and other sportsmen and women such as Paula Radcliffe [8] Kelly Holmes,[9] Maurice Greene [10] and Usain Bolt.[11]
He helped cure Michael Owen's hamstring problems in time to play at the Euro 2000 tournament[12] and has also helped Owen's Liverpool F.C. and England colleague, Steven Gerrard [13] and Harry Kewell.[14] Darren Gough [15][16] and Alex Tudor,[16] Essex cricketers, have benefited from the German doctor's pioneering treatments. On 6 May 2009 it was announced that he was helping Akpo Sodje recover from a longstanding hamstring problem
José María Olazábal,[17] the 1994 US Masters golf champion was suffering from the crippling effects of rheumatoid arthritis when he visited Müller-Wohlfahrt but was able to win at Augusta again in 1999.
Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood [18] is another who has benefited from the doctor's treatment after 8 months with a groin problem. Weeks later he was staking a claim to a recall to the England team.
Even international sportsmen as far away as Australia have sought treatment from Müller-Wohlfahrt - Australian rules footballers Ben Reid, Max Rooke and Mark Coughlan were treated for chronic soft tissue injuries.[19] Likewise he has also treated professional cyclists including Stephen Roche.
One of his more unusual treatments was when St Johnstone F.C. striker Peter MacDonald was prescribed goat's blood injections in a bid to cure a recurring hamstring problem.[20]
In 2010 he treated Bono (singer for U2) and Usain Bolt for severe back injury.[21]
In 2012 he was given the job of repairing the hamstring of Dylan Grimes of the AFL club the Richmond Tigers
In 2013 he treated knee-injuries of Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe both players of Italian club Juventus FC and Moharram Navidkia from Sepahan F.C..
Work
- Mensch, beweg dich!, Zabert Sandmann, ISBN 978-3-423-34093-9
- So schützen Sie Ihre Gesundheit, Zabert Sandmann, ISBN 3-932023-52-8
- So gewinnen Sie mehr Lebenskraft, Zabert Sandmann, ISBN 3-89883-037-3
- Verletzt, was tun?, with Hans-Jürgen Montag, ISBN 3-9806973-1-2
- Besser trainieren!, Zabert Sandmann, ISBN 978-3-89883-170-3
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External links
- Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt in the German National Library catalogue
