German Press

Look over our shoulder, while we are at work, for example by watching the TV-features (german) broadcast on May 14th and September 19th 2008 on TVtouring.

(Dr. med Florian Maria Alfen in an interview published at the Kieser Training Customer Review "Reflex 27" on"How strength training supports children's human strength":)
Prevailing prejudice has long been overcome and positive effects of children’s strength training in terms of flexibility can be observed.
_{Reflex 27, June 2008}

From the point of view of Wurzburg orthopaedist and spine specialist Florian Maria Alfen, MD., Medical Strengthening Therapy is the future concept when it comes to treating and preventing back pain.
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In our Wurzburg practice, we apply the medical strengthening therapy since 2002 with ever growing success for the treatment of back pain. It has been so successful that we offer this treatment also in Oman for two years now
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About 5.000 spine patients have been treated in our Wurzburg practice with conservative and surgical methods so far.
_{Reflex 13, February 2006}

A revolutionary technique helps Wurzburg spine specialist MD Florian Maria Alfen tackle disk problems.
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The Wurzburg physician Florian Maria Alfen implements surgical techniques only used by a very few specialists worldwide. The magical word is Endoscopic Transforaminal Nucleotomy (ETN)
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90 % of his surgeries are successful, says MD Alfen and refers to many letters of thanks received from his patients in top athletics and show business.
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This is MD Florian Alfen, a physician with worldwide reputation, who has found a remedy against annoying and dreadful back pain
_{Mainpost, 22.07.2004}

By means of this innovative technique, the so-called minimum-invasive endoscopy, the surgeon, who was born in Aschaffenburg, operates on patients with herniated disks since the beginning of 2003 at the Helios Private Clinic in Volkach
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Today, he is one of the twelve surgeons outside the Alpha Clinic, who command this highly demanding surgical technique.
_{Mainpost, 09.05.2004}

Due to the great success achieved in Munich – over 90 %of the patients are satisfied –, MD Alfen is convinced that this new surgical method holds great chances.
_{Stadtbuch Würzburg, 2003}

Last, but not least, cost effectiveness makes endoscopic techniques the coming surgical methods, as MD Alfen puts it.
_{Stadtbuch Würzburg, 2003}

International Press

Dr. Florian, a distinguished doctor from Germany, is one of the five experts all over the world...
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The surgery, the first of its kind to be conducted in the Middle East, was performed by Dr. Florian Maria Alfen, a specialist in Medical Strengthening Therapy, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Chirotherapy, at the recently established Oman-Germany Spinal Centre at Al Shatti Hospital.
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…the ETN technique is more accurate and has a 97 per cent success rate, he said.
_{Oman Daily Observer, Tuesday 21, 2005}

Dr. Florian Maria Alfen from Germany claims it´s the first endoscopic transforaminal nucleotomy surgery in the region_.
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The ETN is recommended to people who suffer from herniated forminal access, Dr. Alfen said.
_{Times of Oman, Tuesday 21.06.2005}

Press Reviews for  Download:

• Reflex 13 
  (PDF, 976 KB)
• Oman Daily Observer  
  (PDF, 444 KB)
• Oman Tribune (PDF, 812 KB)
• Times of Oman 
  (PDF, 496 KB)
• Spine Journal
  Medical Strengthening
  Therapy