A TRUE BELIEVER

By Tom G.

Restorative Remedies products used: Releviate, Releviate Plus

Almost 25 years ago I sustained a lower back spinal injury while carrying a hot water heater out of the house.  Subsequently, this summer I was involved in a golf cart accident resulting in three herniated discs in my upper back.  Severe back, leg, and arm pain has become a part of my normal day.   

I have been evaluated and treated by Orthopedic and Neurosurgeons, Neurologists, and Chiropractors all confirming the same diagnosis and recommending various types of anti-inflammatories to ease the pain.   I declined various surgical options as none of the practitioners could or would guarantee success.

Several months ago I was introduced to Restorative Remedies’ Relieviate and Relieviate Plus products.   I began taking both of them every morning resulting in a significant reduction in back related pain.  My daily activities now include boating, golf, and yard work basically “PAIN FREE!” 

I am a true believer in these products and recommend them to anyone with similar medical problems.

BOUNCING BACK

By John K.

Restorative Remedies products used: Releviate Plus, Muscle Recovery, Prebiotic, Defend, Vitamin D3, Omega 3 EPA/DHA

It was no accident! How could a 75-year-old man recover from 11½ hours of brain surgery with greater vitality and awareness than he enjoyed in years?

Surgeons were curious and astonished, family and friends continue to be curious and impressed. I was out of the hospital and on my feet in less than three days. Feeling better and looking better than I did 25 years earlier. When I was 50.

It was no accident. It was an integrative adventure including the synchronicity of science, modern medicine and a program of personal renewal. That is beyond positive thinking or getting “jacked up” for my surgery. Perhaps central to the renewal and nurturing of my body was supplementing my diet with natural remedies. Thanks to the wisdom and science of Dr. Alexander Shikhman, M.D., Ph.D, FACR. He is the founder and director of The Institute for Specialized Medicine and the Medical and Science Director for Restorative Remedies, Inc.

Two years later, after helping me through my challenge of brain surgery, Dr. Alex suggested I add several of his remedies to my program to prepare my body for 33 radiation treatments. All of my reading and the stories I had heard about the destructive effects of radiation treatments left me convinced I was in for a long recovery from frightening attacks on my body.

By now I had learned to trust in Dr. Alex and his Restorative Remedies. To prepare me for my treatments, he advised me to take daily doses of Defend, Releviate Plus, Muscle Recovery, Probiotic and Prebiotic.

It was no accident. After my recovery from surgery exceeded all prayers, hopes and expectations, I should not have been surprised. My anticipation of the debilitating side effects of 33 days of radiation therapy were reduced to only one more hour of sleeping in each morning. No extreme fatigue. No skin discomfort or damage. No mouth and throat problems. No brain damage or memory loss. No nausea. One hour more of sleep each day. That’s it!

One of my friends said, “that’s not a side effect, that’s a benefit”.

YOU MEAN NOT EVERYONE HAS PAIN?

By Ruth W.

Restorative Remedies products used: Releviate Plus, Joint Revitalizer, Muscle Recovery

I finally said to a doctor in my mid-forties, “What do you mean not everyone has pain in their body all the time.” I just assumed everyone felt pain the same way I did. I never had a day without pain and I got so accustomed to chronic pain in my joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons that I could never really get a handle on where the pain was originating.

I was a physician’s wife in my twenties when I first began to feel severe body pain. But I was busy taking care of my family, raising the kids, and carpooling. One day ran into the next and the days ran into months, then years and all along I was suffering with chronic pain. In those days your pain management options were over the counter aspirin and Anacin or right to the heavy prescription painkillers. I knew myself well enough to know that if I started down the painkiller route, it would be a bottomless pit for me. Also my entire extended family seemed to suffer with similar symptoms and all used heavy pain medications that fed into my assumption that most everyone deals with chronic pain. So I began using Anacin instead. It seemed to work as well as anything but after a few years, I ended up with bleeding ulcers and more chronic pain as bad as ever.

I know you are probably wondering why didn’t I do more to try to get to the bottom of what caused my pain. I had many, many workups over the years and all they ever came up with was osteoarthritis and offered me pain pills. I admit I did take Vioxx and got some relief and was saddened when it was taken off the market. In hindsight, it was the best thing that could have happened to me.

By that time, there was much more physician knowledge around chronic body inflammation, arthritis and fibromyalgia. I began researching body inflammation and by this time, I had also eliminated many foods such as breads and pastas from my diet, because I knew I didn’t do well with them, but I didn’t know why. I also decided to eliminate wine and alcohol. I felt somewhat better overall, but still had lots of joint and muscle pain.

It wasn’t until my late fifties that I became aware of the wisdom and science of board certified rheumatologist, Alexander Shikhman, M.D., PhD, FACR, founder and Director of The Institute for Specialized Medicine and the Medical and Science Director for Restorative Remedies, Inc.

He immediately confirmed my condition of inflammatory osteoarthritis and also tested me for gluten and casein intolerance as well as gout. Gout, who has gout? I overhauled my diet even further omitting all products containing gluten and casein. No more red meat and the alcohol was already gone. He then started me on a regimen of Restorative Remedies that included Releviate Plus, Joint Revitalizer and Muscle Recovery. This combined with the other doctor recommended supplements has literally changed my life.

I now have most days where, if I eat right, take my Restorative Remedies and exercise, I have very little pain. You can’t imagine what it feels like to suddenly realize you aren’t hurting. It is like a heavy weight being lifted. I’m 62, I still have arthritis, but I feel that I am aging very gracefully and I am more pain free and more active now than I was in my thirties. I feel tremendously grateful that I finally got a handle on a chronic condition that had plagued me most of adult life.

My two grown children suffer with the same joint and muscle issues that I have always had, but they have access to much more information and are much more knowledgeable about their body. Thank goodness they didn’t have to spend half their life trying to figure it out the way I did.

As an aging baby boomer, growing older is much more fun than I thought it was going to be. Here’s to all of us aging healthily and gracefully.

A LIFESTYLE RESTORED

By Hannah E.

Restorative Remedies products used: Releviate Plus, Tension Aid, Connective Tissue Support, Nerve and Muscle Integrity, Muscle Recovery, Evening Primrose Oil

It all started right after New Year's 2009. I started working out my upper body – you know that "first of the year” resolution mentality! And a day or two later, my entire right arm started "zinging" and my right forefinger and thumb went completely numb. When it didn't subside after a few days, I became mildly concerned, but assumed it was just a bad case of carpal tunnel syndrome.

After consulting with a few docs, who led me to an orthopedic surgeon, it turned out to be a bit more encompassing than that. I was told my C5 and C6 discs in my lower neck were herniated, I had abone spur and disc degeneration. The surgeon said that he would recommend surgery right away, but was willing to authorize physical therapy and traditional anti-inflammatories as a first step.

I left the office completely stunned. It was my right arm, and I’m right-handed, and I have a 95 lb Rottweiler that I walk every day no less! What was I going to do if I lost function in my right arm (a very likely possibility if the discs continued to deteriorate)? And even if I had surgery, it could take months to bounce back, and even surgery was an uncertain outcome. I saw my life, as I knew it unraveling.

Fortunately, physical therapy including neck traction did help, but the issue of a lifetime of anti-inflammatories still loomed. I am pretty knowledgeable about both Western and Eastern medicines, and knew that ibuprofen, by even the most conservative doctors' standards, is very hard on your liver over time. Mobic wasn't much better, and only yielded a moderate result at best.

Although the numbness in my hand thankfully subsided with therapy, I still had a good amount of arm tingling, could barely carry a coffee cup without setting off the unsettling sensation, and also was experiencing muscle enervation in my right forearm, which was the most unnerving symptom of all. My physical therapist informed me that if I started dropping things (which would happen if the muscle enervation escalated), I would almost certainly be forced to have surgery, period.

As fate would have it, my when I told a friend about my predicament, she urged me to try an all-natural herbal anti-inflammatory from Restorative Remedies. Since they are all-natural, I could safely take them for life. She told me that Dr. Alex, who formulated the products, had made it his life's work to develop the best herbal products on the market, formulated to a standard far beyond any on the market currently in the United States. I started taking Releviate Plus. Within four days, I started noticing a difference. After two weeks, the daily "zinging" sensation had been relegated to a few intervals every few days only, and the muscle enervation was vastly reduced. After a month or so, I started noticing I could once again carry groceries without setting off an entire episode.

It has now been about eight months since I started taking Releviate Plus. What an amazing product! I went from being unable to lift a coffee cup without setting off symptoms to my current ability to carry a 20-lb box if need be. With such a good result from Releviate Plus, I added a few more products to my daily routine: Tension Aid, Connective Tissue Support, Nerve and Muscle Integrity, Muscle Recovery and Evening Primrose Oil. I cannot say enough about the entire line. I feel like I have my life back!