Louise Mohn (born 14 January 1974) is a Norwegian businesswoman who is the founder and

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of Luzmon Medical Technology. After a promising career as a

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player, it was cut short due to debilitating injuries in her teenage years. The combined thermal and electric muscle stimulation proved to be the answer to her injuries, leaving her pain-free and leading to the start of a new career. She established Luzmon Medical Technology in 2016.

Biography

Mohn was born to a

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and businessman,

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, and his wife, Mette, in

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, Norway, and immediately took an interest in sport. By the age of 15, she was playing basketball at a national level for five different basketball teams. Her training schedule caught up with her, and she started experiencing injuries and muscle pain. She was forced to give up basketball as her health further deteriorated, leaving her with chronic pain. Mohn refused risky surgery and

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. Within the next ten years, she went through different medical evaluations and simultaneously tried various treatments, including

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, and

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to no avail. By chance, she came across cTEMS at a clinic in

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, Norway, and it proved to be the solution to her condition. After six months of treatments, she was pain-free and able to sleep through the night. In November 2004, she opened The Luzmon Clinic in

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, London, acting as a distributor for cTEMS passive exercise. In 2008, not content with existing equipment, the company invested heavily in

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in new electrodes. After two years of investments in the UK, the pad prototype developed was unsuccessful, and Mohn decided to end her distribution agreement for the equipment. Consequently, she closed the clinic and went on to pursue further research and development in Norway. In 2008, Mohn was examined by doctors at

Haukeland University Hospital Haukeland University Hospital ( no, Haukeland universitetssjukehus) is a hospital in Bergen, Norway, and one of the eleven institutions that make up Bergen Hospital Trust. Haukeland is the largest in Norway in terms of number of patients, and serv ...

, after experiencing episodes with potential cardiac symptoms. The medical team was positively surprised by her physical performance during the tests and her physique was primarily due to the result of cTEMS. Mohn turned over documentation from 10 000 treatment sessions in London to a medical team at

who began designing a program of

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. Luzmon Medical is now working to create technology that can treat pain, nerve, and muscle problems, as seen in 2022.

References

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