--- title: "Experience report Martin Schroth Bechterew's disease - Gastein Healing Gallery" url: 'https://www.gasteiner-heilstollen.com/en/magazin/experience-report-by-martin-schroth-diagnosed-with-ankylosing-spondylitis/' description: "Martin Schroth's experience report on Bechterew's disease. A patient tells his story about the Gastein Healing Gallery. " date: '2025-10-01' modified: '2025-10-06' lastUpdated: '2025-11-21' type: website site: 'Gasteiner Heilstollen' --- # Experience report Martin Schroth Bechterew's disease - Gastein Healing Gallery Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis =================================== success story ------------- Martin Schroth 67, Keltern, Germany --- I came for treatment for the first time in 2015, with 10 visits to the Gastein Healing Gallery. When I arrived, I couldn't drive my car myself and had to be chauffeured. After completing the entire treatment here, I drove myself home. I could hardly believe it, but my pain got better every day. I was then pain-free for almost 10 months and didn't need a single pill. This also brought back my zest for life, and my life was finally beautiful and worth living again for the first time in a long time. It is a personal concern of mine to communicate my story and the effects of the healing gallery to other people. Many people don't dare to try it or find the journey too much effort. But healing gallery therapy is a miracle that must be shared with others. It has made my life beautiful and worth living again." 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