Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfarth

Dr Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfarth is the club doctor at Bayern Munich and is a world leader in the treatment of sports injuries.He has treated many footballers including Jürgen Klinsmann [cite web | title=Spurs Call International Rescue | work=4thegame.com | url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/thfc/news/37593/SPURS+CALL+INTERNATIONAL+RESCUE.html | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] , Ronaldo and Jonathan Woodgate [cite web | title= Newcastle open the way for Woodgate's £15.7m Real deal | work= telegraph.co.uk | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/08/20/sfnwoo20.xml | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] and other sportsmen and women such as Paula Radcliffe [cite web | title= Crying shame | work= thesun.co.uk | url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,3-2004390620,00.html| accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] Kelly Holmes [cite web | title= Injury curse hits Holmes | work= telegraph.co.uk | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/08/04/soholm04.html | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] and Maurice Greene [cite web | title= Injury ends Greene campaign | work= bbc.co.uk | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/2774847.stm | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] .

He helped cure Michael Owen's hamstring problems in time to play at the Euro 2000 tournament [cite web | title= Owen shrugs off fitness fears | work= bbc.co.uk | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/euro2000/teams/england/760562.stm | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] and has also helped Owen's Liverpool F.C. and England colleague, Steven Gerrard [cite web | title= Profile - Gerrard | work= liverpool.rivals.net | url=http://liverpool.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=890&p=2&stid=195573| accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] and Harry Kewell [cite web | title= Kewell Can't Help Out In Striker Crisis | work= liverpoolfc.tv | url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/mediawatch/drilldown/a_MW7840050330-1057.shtml | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] .

Darren Gough [cite web | title=Interview:Darren Gough | work= timesonline.co.uk | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-1357444_2,00.html | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] and Alex Tudor [cite web | title= Pacemen get German help | work= ecb.co.uk | url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/england/tudor-and-gough-reach-full-fitness,4229,EN.html | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] , Essex cricketers, have benefited from the German doctor's pioneering treatments.

José María Olazábal [cite web | title= Hensby seeks Olazabal's help to defend title | work= scotsman.com | url=http://sport.scotsman.com/golf.cfm?id=1123672006| accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] , the 1994 US Masters golf champion was suffering from the crippling effects of rheumatoid arthritis when he visited Muller-Wolfhart but was able to win at Augusta again in 1999.

Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood [cite web | title= Case for Atherton's return to the fray | work= telegraph.co.uk | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/07/27/sctrel27.html | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] 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.

Many of the German doctor's treatments are controversial, including using injections of a substance called Hylart [cite web | title=Rooster booster could be the solution | work=guardian.co.uk | url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329423533-119884,00.html | accessdate=December 19| accessyear=2006 ] , 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 calves' blood in to patients.

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