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Hear directly from patients about their experience with regenerative care at Revitalize Wellness Solutions, from their first consultation with Dr. Brown to life after treatment.

Medal of Honor Recipient Earl Plumlee on Chronic Back Pain

Retired Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee, a former Force Recon Marine, Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient, talks about the back injuries from his 25 years of service, his treatment with Dr. Brown at Revitalize Wellness Solutions, and the pain relief he has experienced so far.

I’m Master Sergeant, retired, Earl Plumlee. I was a Force Recon Marine and then later a Green Beret. I did 25 years of total service. On August 28 of 2013, I participated in the battle of FOB Ghazni, Afghanistan. During that battle, I was exposed to several different explosive devices, survived and thrived on the battlefield, and was later awarded the Medal of Honor.

Throughout my career, I was injured as a Force Reconnaissance Marine and as a Green Beret. Even if nothing happens to you on the battlefield, there’s significant wear and tear. So I have a plethora of injuries. Almost every joint that I have is not in great condition. My significant injuries were from that battle. I herniated several discs in my back that have deteriorated as I’ve aged, and I also have early onset of arthritis around those injuries.

I provided all the records I have from the military and from the VA, and that’s all they needed, and then instantly I had a date on the calendar and got treatment. From that initial meeting to actually getting treatment, I want to say it was two or three weeks. It was the most simple thing I’ve done medically, other than getting an ibuprofen in the field from your medic.

During the intake process, I had a lot of questions about how and why, and they had all the information on hand. They really told me how this is going to interact with my body, what the benefits were likely to be, and when I would see them. So I really feel like, by going and being involved in the treatment, I came out almost as a subject matter expert in the therapy, which is neat. I enjoyed learning about how and why it’s going to work.

I’m still early on in the treatment, and apparently we’re expecting more results, but thus far it’s been amazing. My relief in pain in my back has been profound, and I’m giddy with excitement to see exactly how far this is really going to go. Of note, this is the longest I’ve gone, since my injury over a decade ago, without needing other medical interventions: steroid injections, radiofrequency ablation on the nerves, and then just drugs. I haven’t had any of those interventions, even though I was due for them to manage my chronic pain, and I’m not currently taking any drugs for prolonged pain.

So I’m really excited to be coming through this pain management chapter of my life and using something that I know is not a trade-off. All those interventions have significant downsides. By switching to the stem cell therapy, I’m getting much better relief in my day-to-day pain, and I’m not causing secondhand injuries from the intervention or from the drugs. So I’m just really excited about that.

From my experience watching other veterans and service members use it, and then my direct experience having participated in it, it would be my first stop for injuries, especially if they’re going to limit your career or you need to manage chronic pain. I really feel like this is not a last-resort type of therapy. This is the first stop. I wish this was available when I originally got injured. I can only imagine the gains I could have had if I could have gotten it at the point of injury or thereafter, saving me over a decade of different therapies and drugs that have negative effects on your health.

So to me, stem cell therapy is the first thing you should try, rather than some of these more tested methods that, A, don’t work that great, and B, are going to cause, in most cases, horrific side effects when you use them over a prolonged time period. And the results just aren’t that great either. Most guys with back injuries do end up being involuntarily separated from the military. If you’re trying to go the distance, I think this should be your first stop.

My experience with Dr. Brown was that he’s not just doing the therapy. He really understands what your benefits are going to be, short term and long term. He understands at a nauseating depth how this system works. So you get exposed to a preeminent expert on what you’re involved in, and he explains to you exactly how he’s going to conduct the treatment. I felt like I could have done it myself if I had extra arms by the time I got done with him. And he was also just a great person to be in the room with. I kind of look forward to my next treatment just so I can hang out with a really good person who’s obviously in love with his profession and understands it at a very deep and profound level.

Dr. Steve Thompson: Recovery for Toe, Shoulder and Knees

Dr. Steve Thompson explains why he chose stem cell treatment with Dr. Brown over surgery for a bone spur in his big toe, bicep tendonitis in his shoulder and knee soreness from pickleball, and describes the treatment experience and his progress.

I had a bone spur that had cracked off, and then I had another mild pain in a joint of one of the small bones. So that was issue number one. Issue number two is my shoulder. I had some bicep tendonitis from working out and lifting weights. And then issue number three was my knees. I just started playing pickleball about a year ago, and I think all of the activity from playing pickleball created some soreness in my knees. So those were the reasons why I sought out stem cells, and well, I’m glad I did.

I had already had a really positive experience with stem cells about 10 years earlier with another shoulder-related issue. So I wasn’t too concerned about trusting stem cells, because I knew for a fact that they had worked for me. My orthopedic surgeon suggested that I have my big toe operated on to immobilize it and put a metal plate in there, and that didn’t sound like a really good option for me long-term. So that’s the reason why I opted for the stem cell treatment again.

Well, it was surprisingly convenient and easy. Dr. Brown came over, he put his ultrasound on the areas that were in question, he almost immediately identified the problem, showed it to me, and then we came up with a game plan to inject the stem cells.

Now, I was a little leery of having stem cells injected into my big toe, because the last time I had something injected in my big toe was steroids, way back years ago when I had the original bone spur issue, and that hurt so bad I almost passed out. I don’t know what Dr. Brown did, but man, injecting those stem cells in that big toe was not a big thing at all. I was really shocked by the lack of discomfort or pain from the injection.

I would say that my toe responded the quickest, and everything else started getting better at probably about the two-to-three-week mark. My toe is just so much better. It has really improved the quality of my life, because before I had to be really careful with what shoes I would wear, what activities I would do, and how I would step, because it would just jar that thing. And now, during the course of my day, I don’t have anything at all. The shoulder, I would say, is probably 95% better at this point, and the knees are the same. But the cool thing about it is that I am still really early on from my injections, which means that things are going to continue to improve and continue to get better. And that’s the neat thing about stem cells.

Oh man, Dr. Brown’s bedside manner was fantastic. He was very empathetic. He listened, understood what my issues were, and made sure that I understood the exact condition and the exact problem. He even showed me some pictures, and then I was able to see that same issue on the ultrasound. He had a relaxed, calming, trusting bedside manner that I really appreciated.

I think stem cells should be considered a first line of defense for any kind of joint, muscle or tendon-related issue, because the power of the stem cell is such that it can prevent you from getting to the point where surgery is necessary, or to the point where you could end up having a joint replacement or something more serious like that. So we need to change our mindset on stem cells. They need to be considered first and foremost, and only after that a potential surgical solution.

Dr. Jan McBarron Liberatore: A Physician's Choice for Her Own Knee

Dr. Jan McBarron Liberatore, a medical doctor told surgery was her only option for a triple meniscus tear and degenerative arthritis, explains why she researched and chose Wharton’s Jelly stem cell treatment with Dr. Karl Brown at Revitalize Wellness Solutions.

I had a problem with my knee. I was told I had to have knee surgery; that was my only option. I had a triple tear in my meniscus. It had been bothering me for years, and degenerative arthritis had started to set in. And they said surgery was my only option.

Having been researching stem cell therapy and looking for other therapies in medicine that help people more conservatively, I turned to stem cells for myself. I researched it long and hard. After all, I am a medical doctor. I looked at all the different sources and all the available modalities for stem cell therapy, and I chose Revitalize Wellness Solutions because, number one, it was Wharton’s Jelly, true Wharton’s Jelly, a rich source of stem cells: their track record, the lab they use, the processing, the handling of it.

And second of all, Dr. Karl Brown. I was very comfortable having an MD, because I’m one, come to my house and treat my knee and do my injection. He has a great bedside manner. He was comfortable, and he treated me with respect. He talked to me on my level, but I’ve sent him other patients, and they say that he talks to them the same way he talks to me, with regard. They understand him, he’s compassionate, he’s got a tremendous bedside manner.

The doctor came to my house, a medical doctor, an MD, came to my house and injected my knee, the same way he will your knee or whatever joint your problem is in. That injection, when you receive it, is under the guidance of an ultrasound, so they see exactly where it’s going, so it’s exactly in the right spot.

Now, stem cells don’t work overnight, but neither does surgery. For me, it was probably about four to six weeks when I started to notice no more swelling, no more pain. Well, the pain got less and less and less, and by two months out, I was pain free. I was back walking wherever I wanted to walk, going 10,000 steps a day, feeling great.

I encourage people to really look into stem cells. You will never regret it. I think the regret will come if you don’t. In my best opinion, for patients and people just like yourself, think about your options, investigate your options, and do what’s right for you, what makes the best sense for you. We are all part of our disease; we should all be part of our own healing. One of the best decisions you can ever make about your health is an informed one. So my message is: stay informed, realize you do have other options, and then exercise whichever option is right for you.

Cody “Donut Operator” Garrett: Veteran and Former Police Officer on Joint Pain

Cody “Donut Operator” Garrett, a 39-year-old military veteran and former police officer, talks about years of knee, shoulder and lower back problems, his in-home stem cell treatment with Dr. Brown, and why he recommends it to fellow veterans and first responders.

From my military time and my time as a police officer, both of my knees were very torn up and very arthritic. My shoulder was very arthritic, and I had some tears in it, and my lower back was doing pretty horribly from everything.

What gave me the confidence to go to RWS as my provider, and to seek out this type of help in the first place, is that I never really got much help from the VA. I never really went to many doctors, and I could tell that my knees and my joints were doing very badly. What I saw on their website and the research they were doing gave me the confidence to finally seek help for problems I’ve had for the past 15 years.

I noticed it was working after about three weeks. I was sleeping better than I did before I joined the military, like I slept when I was 17 or 18 years old, which is amazing. I’m 39 now, and I was just sleeping like a baby all of a sudden. So I started working out again, and nothing hurt. Normally everything hurts when I’m pushing weights around. Nothing was bothering me, so I worked out, gave it a day, and nothing was bothering me still. So I worked out again, and nothing was bothering me, and I just kept ramping up my workouts from there. My shoulders didn’t hurt, my back didn’t hurt, my knees didn’t hurt. It was amazing.

The day of treatment, Dr. Brown came straight to my house. He’s a very courteous, very professional man. He sat me down at my kitchen table, brought up a laptop, showed me everything that he was doing, and explained the entire process to me. I was blown away by the professionalism and the comfort he brought me during this entire thing. I thought I was going to have to lie down in my bed or on the couch, but we did it right there in my kitchen. He brought an ultrasound machine and went over my knees. He showed me exactly where the arthritis and all the tears were, and then he put the ultrasound directly on everything, took a needle, went past all of the nerves, and injected the stem cells. I didn’t feel anything.

Dr. Brown and the team answered every single one of my questions. They always picked up my phone calls and answered my emails, and even after the treatment, they called and emailed me periodically to make sure everything was good.

I would highly recommend the treatment to any prior military and first responders, especially police officers, firefighters, EMTs, anyone who puts their body on the line to help other people, anyone who wrecks their body for the general public, because it helps you so much. I feel so much better after that period in my life. The treatment helped with my issues so much that I recommended it to my mother, and she’s already started looking into it and seeing how it could help her in the future. I’m really excited about that.

Tiffany Gomas on Years of Back Pain

Tiffany Gomas, a former cheerleader of 18-plus years and CrossFit athlete, describes the back pain and sciatica she lived with, the treatments she tried first, and her in-home stem cell treatment with Dr. Brown.

I looked into stem cells because I cheered for 18-plus years, and with the wear and tear on your body, along with CrossFit and working out, my back just continuously got worse as I got a little bit older. I had sciatica and trapped nerves, and just constant, constant pain.

I tried so many different treatments before stem cells. I did physical therapy, I did dry needling, I did acupuncture, I did massages, anything and everything you can think of besides surgery. Some of the treatments helped, but nothing ever fully healed it.

Dr. Brown came to my house to inject the stem cells, but beforehand he spent at least two hours going over any questions and concerns, really diving deep into what the process is like and how you’re going to heal. The process was so smooth. The fact that you can do it at your dining room table was mind-blowing. He did a sonogram, did the injection, and also gave me an IV. Overall the process was smooth and easy. It was a little lengthy just because he answered any and every question you had. He answered a million and one questions, poor guy.

Dr. Brown was phenomenal. His bedside manner is a thousand out of 10. He couldn’t have been better. He’s very knowledgeable; you can tell he’s extremely intelligent and has been doing this for a long time. He was knowledgeable in every single aspect of it. There’s not one question that I asked that he couldn’t answer with an essay.

When you have back pain, it’s just constant and it’s always there. Getting the stem cells has made it a pain-free life. I go to bed, and I don’t have to take 10 minutes to stretch out and walk around in the morning for my back to feel decent again. For the most part, I would say the stem cells definitely improved my quality of life. In the gym, I’m not as scared to work out and push myself harder, because my back truly feels like it’s at its best that it’s probably felt in 20 years.

I was scared to do things, and now I feel like I just have an overall healthier life because I’m able to do much more than I was. A lot of times I was so scared to do things that my quality of life wasn’t as good as it could have been. So I think overall it’s a huge benefit, and it’s a positive outlook on the future, because if I can be pain free, man.

Allison's Recovery from a Torn Meniscus

Allison, an active runner, describes her experience with stem cell treatment at Revitalize Wellness Solutions for a partially torn meniscus in her left knee, from her consultation with Dr. Brown to an in-home injection and her return to running, soccer, ballet and weightlifting.

I had a partially torn meniscus on my left knee. It was super uncomfortable to run. I felt constant clicking and catching in my knee, and it prevented me from doing the daily activities that I really enjoyed.

The whole process was super straightforward and easy. I was able to talk with Dr. Brown, and he really just eased all my fears and also gave me an understanding of how stem cells work. So after that I felt super comfortable to proceed and go ahead and get the injection.

Nurse Brittany came by our house, and she was able to super quickly give me the injection in my knee. She made the whole process super easy. I felt very comfortable.

I felt like my knee had very noticeable improvement within four weeks. My knee no longer had that full feeling. It felt like it had before I had torn my meniscus, which was super awesome.

It’s been about six months since I initially received my stem cell shot, and at this point I am able to do all the activities I used to do. I play soccer, I’m able to do ballet, I run daily, and I also lift weights, and I have not had a single issue with my knee.

I would strongly recommend Revitalize Wellness Solutions to my friends and family. They did an amazing job. They are reputable, and they just made the whole process very positive for me.

Tom's Story: Knee, Back, SI Joint and Shoulders at 71

Tom, a 71-year-old skier and hiker, describes seeking stem cell treatment from Dr. Brown for his knee, SI joint, lower back and rotator cuffs to avoid surgery, and how his pain and activity levels have changed over the following year.

I sought treatment from Dr. Brown for a knee that’s bone on bone, a worn-out right sacroiliac joint, extensive damage to my lumbar vertebrae, and two rotator cuff injuries. So I had very extensive injuries when I saw him last year.

I sought out the treatment with Dr. Brown because I wanted to avoid extensive surgeries. In the case of my lumbar, I really don’t want back surgery, since it’s not always very successful and it’s a very long recovery period. I also like to do a lot of outdoor sports: hiking, skiing, swimming, bike riding. I really don’t want to have a lot of downtime.

Dr. Brown was very thorough. He spent a lot of time explaining the procedure and explaining the potential risks, which are fairly minimal. I felt very, very comfortable with his explanation of things. His bedside manner was really good. He wanted to make sure that I understood everything before we did the procedure. I was really impressed with his bedside manner.

The actual treatment itself was really pretty easy. I’ve had PRP therapy, where they inject platelets into a tendon, and that’s extremely painful. Having treatment by Dr. Brown was not nearly as painful as that, and actually much more effective.

My shoulders were so sore that I could only sleep on my back, and I had to take tramadol. My shoulders started feeling better in 10 days. My left knee and my SI joint took a couple of months. For my back, it was probably more like four to six months. So there was a varying time period for the treatment to work. But it’s been over a year, and I think I’m still continuing to improve.

In my knee, my pain was probably a three, and now it’s maybe a one. Sometimes it doesn’t even hurt at all. I don’t even ice it anymore. My right SI joint, I would say it was a five or a six, and now it’s a zero. For my lumbar, the pain was probably about a four, and now it’s down to a one or a two. And for my shoulders it was probably about a six, and now it’s down to about a one. In fact, my right shoulder has no pain. My left shoulder still has some pain when I overexert, since I’m missing a tendon.

Now I’m able to ski the way I used to, although since I’m 71, I kind of avoid the black diamond runs now, since that’s where I got myself into trouble with a couple of crashes and my shoulder. I can hike further. I actually just turned 71, and in terms of pain and activity level, I feel much better than I did 10 years ago, which says a lot. There’s not a lot of people who can say they feel better at 71 than at 61, but I feel remarkably better compared to 10 years ago, and even compared to prior to my treatment with Dr. Brown.

I heard about him from a friend of mine who I met skiing. He had had an Achilles tendon issue, and he got PRP on it and it eventually got better, so we sort of traded notes on various therapies to treat injured body parts. He had a very sore knee, and yet he was back skiing again. So he told me about the treatment that Dr. Brown does. I probably wouldn’t have done it if I hadn’t heard from him. But the fact that he was back skiing the black diamond runs, when previously he had worn out five tips on his crutches getting around his property, I knew that it was an effective therapy.

It’s by far superior to having major surgery, whether it’s back, knee, shoulder, or SI joint. It’s much preferable to surgery, and I think in some cases probably more effective, particularly in the back, since back surgery is very tenuous and not very successful.

Carol's Experience with Shoulder and Back Pain

Carol, who learned to downhill ski at 68, talks about her rotator cuff injuries and a bulging L4/L5 disc, her thorough consultation with Dr. Brown, and her recovery after stem cell treatment as an alternative to more surgery.

I learned how to ski very late in life. I was 68 when I learned to downhill ski, and you can’t ski and not fall. I had a few pretty good crashes, and I ripped out my right rotator cuff pretty badly, to the point where it was a massive repair. It wasn’t a replacement, but it was a massive shoulder repair. My left shoulder also has a torn tendon in the rotator cuff, and I do not want to go through that surgery again.

I have issues in my back, which they determined through MRI to be a bulging disc at L4/L5, and it was causing me a lot of trouble, to the point where I could hardly walk from a sitting position. It was very, very painful and weak, but I do not want surgery on my back. Back surgery isn’t always successful, and there’s a lot of recovery time involved that I would like to avoid at all costs if possible.

I was very impressed by his knowledge. He took the time to thoroughly read the MRI that I had printed. He read it there with me, and then he examined me physically, pressing on my back in different areas. He used his little ultrasound wand, which is hooked up to a camera where he could see the fluid in my shoulder. It was definitely full of fluid. But he explained everything very thoroughly. I had not had any doctor ever go over everything as thoroughly as Dr. Brown did.

The treatment I had was October 6th of 2025. I wasn’t really down for a long time after the treatment, but it did take a while of doing gentle movement exercises to start rebuilding strength. And I think that’s very important with stem cells, just like it would be if a person had surgery. You have to let it heal and let it build. I didn’t have much pain at the beginning, but to build it back up, it probably took three to four months to really be strong enough to cross-country ski for two hours at a time, with maybe a little bit of soreness, but not enough pain to be noticeable. So yes, three to four months.

Well, my husband, Tom, has a friend he talked to on the ski lift. They were talking about healing, and he told Tom about Dr. Brown, and of course Tom came home and told me all about it. I thought the whole idea of what Dr. Brown is doing made much more sense than the other type of stem cells that we had previously. So yes, I was on board with it.

I think when you have an injury, you have to trace down exactly what the injury is. A lot of times the only way you can find that out is through an MRI, and insurance won’t authorize an MRI unless you do physical therapy. Sometimes you get relief from physical therapy. But if that doesn’t work, an orthopedic doctor is going to tell you surgery every time. If it isn’t past the point of no return, I would definitely recommend this alternative method. It’s much, much less invasive, and the recovery is simple. It just doesn’t take long to get back on your feet at all.

Dan Fernandez on Knee Pain from an Old Injury

Dan Fernandez describes his ultrasound-guided stem cell treatment at Revitalize Wellness Solutions for knee problems dating back to a broken leg 30 years ago, and how his day-to-day pain and quality of life have changed.

I was injured about 30 years ago. I broke a leg and also had issues with my knee at that time.

The treatment was very easy. It only took a few minutes. It was painless, no problems. They had an ultrasound machine, and they ultrasounded my knee first to find out where the issues were. I told them where it hurt the most, and they went ahead and put the stem cells in that area. A couple of different areas, actually, is what they did.

My pain level before, from one to ten, was about a nine. Now it’s maybe a one, depending on what I’m doing. My quality of life is just great now.

I will recommend this treatment to everybody that I talk to who has any kind of pain, whether it be knees, shoulders, whatever. I think it’s the answer.

The nurse practitioner was very knowledgeable when they came in, answered all my questions, and I was very comfortable.

Baker Leavitt on Hamstring and Groin Tears from Jiu-Jitsu

Baker Leavitt, a 51-year-old jiu-jitsu competitor with two hamstring tears and a groin tear from a tournament, explains why he chose stem cell treatment with Dr. Brown, what the ultrasound-guided injections felt like, and his recovery and sleep since.

The condition that led me to look into stem cells originally was a jiu-jitsu tournament where I got injured in late July. I had two hamstring tears and a groin tear.

Did I try any other remedies before? No. Mine was an acute injury that needed to be fixed. It wasn’t an older injury or a dated injury; it was kind of an instant thing. Normally, with a hamstring injury of this severity, you’re looking at four to six months for it to fully heal, and the groin about the same. I could have let it heal naturally, or I could have tried peptides, which would have sped the process up. But this was a situation where stem cells would be the perfect solution. I opted for stem cells because I knew it would speed things up rapidly. It would take weeks instead of months.

I sat down with him. He pulled out the ultrasound, went over the injuries, located the injuries, and looked over some other things. Incredible bedside manner. Then he told me exactly what he was going to do, why he was doing it and how he was going to do it, and walked me through the whole process. It was one, two, three, four injections and one IV. I think the whole thing took about an hour.

He’s been practicing medicine for a very, very long time. I didn’t have any questions that he didn’t have an answer for, which was very reassuring. Even some hypotheticals; he had answers to everything.

The shoulder injection was painless, and the IV was painless. He put an inch-and-a-half needle directly into both hamstring tears, which I thought was going to be unbearable, and I didn’t feel it at all. The groin was a little bit uncomfortable, but just for a split second.

The improvement in the hamstrings was pretty rapid, within a week; the groin took a few weeks. The thing that’s really blown me away is the sleep. This is the best sleep I’ve had since I was in high school. I’m 51 years old, and I don’t have any recollection of sleeping this well in my adult life.

If you’re hesitant, I completely understand. It’s relatively new in the public eye, but my experience and the experience of several of my friends has been what I would describe as truly life-altering. Do some research and then reach out to RWS, and they’ll answer any questions you have, with case studies, examples, and all the information you could possibly want.

Tracy Spruill on Sjögren's, Knee Pain and Better Sleep

Tracy Spruill, a former teacher living with Sjögren’s-related dryness, headaches and painful knees, describes learning about RWS at an educational lunch, her in-home treatment with Dr. Brown, and how her sleep and outlook have changed.

I was a teacher, and some of the issues that I had were major dryness, headaches, and my knees were really bad. Climbing stairs was very difficult. I wasn’t sleeping well at night, because I had such horrible dryness from my Sjögren’s in my mouth that it would cause me to wake up frequently.

We attended the meeting; it was like a lunch. We had done a little bit of research on the company before, and we had questions that we needed answered, and at that little workshop we got all those answers and solutions. It really felt like a more positive way to, I guess in a way, fix me, because I have so many different ailments and issues and problems, and all I was doing in the past was putting band-aids on things.

The day of my injection, Dr. Brown actually came to my house. When he came in, he sat down and just started talking, asking questions about all the reasons why I was doing this, the things I was hoping to fix, and what I’d done and why. He really listens. He makes sure that all your questions are answered. He took his time with us; he was in no hurry. He was very kind, sweet and patient, explained everything, and I was very comfortable getting the injection.

The first positive thing I noticed after the treatment was that I was sleeping through the night. I wasn’t waking up four or five times a night to drink. I would wake up in the morning and have saliva in my mouth; with Sjögren’s, you have a lot of dryness. I wasn’t having to put eye drops in my eyes just to open my eyes. So I think sleeping through the night was probably my first indicator that, oh my goodness, I’m not as dry as I used to be.

I wasn’t putting ChapStick on. It seems like a little thing, but it’s a nuisance to constantly be putting ChapStick on, and I wasn’t having to do that anymore. I wasn’t getting eye infections and having to put my drops in. And really sleeping through the night, that was huge too.

My outlook on the future has changed tremendously. I feel like I’m going to be an active older person in 20 years and not attached to machines. So I think my outlook is really positive. I was nervous, at my age, at 54, about what I would be like in six years. So to think that in 20 years I won’t be in a wheelchair or attached to a dialysis machine or a COPD oxygen tank, it’s a good feeling. It’s a good feeling to think that I might live a normal life and not be at the doctor and attached to machines.

Charlotte Mann on Living with Systemic Lupus

Charlotte Mann, diagnosed with systemic lupus in the 1980s and a longtime researcher of natural approaches, explains why RWS’s approach matched her research and describes her treatment experience and the energy and endurance she has noticed since.

I was diagnosed with systemic lupus; it’s in my lungs and in my blood. I was diagnosed in 1986, 1987, and I began doing all types of research, and I’ve been pursuing that since 1988.

The lupus limited me physically, emotionally and mentally. Things I was not able to do included extensive exercise and hiking as much as I wanted to. I just had a smaller scope of ability and endurance.

The reason we chose RWS is because everything rang true. It rang true with all the research I had done. I was able to ask questions, and I got appropriate answers that I felt were excellent. It tracked with everything that aligned with my research as far back as 20 years.

It was amazingly simple. There was no pain, there was nothing. It was just very, very thorough. They asked if we had questions, and they answered our questions. I’ve never been treated with such great respect and understanding and guidance.

I began noticing results early, even two and three weeks in. I would think, well, this normally would make me tired. And it worked out phenomenally well; I began to hit my stride early on, and it keeps growing. I keep getting better and doing more, and having the strength and the energy and the endurance to be able to do it. It’s improved my rest; I don’t require as much sleep as I did. I can’t say enough good things about how I feel, and I just have something to look forward to for the rest of my life.

I continue to improve and get better in ways I didn’t even dream possible. Living with systemic lupus, I’m excited about what my future has to offer. If someone’s hesitating, do your due diligence, do your research, and then when it rings true, follow your ability to make good decisions and believe in it. Everything I’ve tried in 30-plus years, all the natural approaches, has done well for me, but this was like the coup de grâce. It is the best and the most elite of anything I’ve done. I’m grateful for that.

Elizabeth's Experience with Lower Back Pain

Elizabeth, a busy mother of four with degenerative disc disease, scoliosis and back pain after an accident, shares why she looked for an alternative to repeated nerve ablation and what she experienced after stem cell treatment at Revitalize Wellness Solutions.

I have degenerative disc disease, and then I have scoliosis. And due to an accident last year, I had a lot of inflammation around my sciatica, which was caused by whiplash, from my neck all the way down. I had pain primarily in my lower back. So those are the things that I was diagnosed with: whiplash, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, and arthritis in my back.

I had already tried primarily everything that was offered to me by my doctors, which was obviously pain meds and the steroid injections, which didn’t do anything, not even temporarily. And then I was offered to get my nerves cauterized. They call it nerve ablation. While I was there in the waiting room talking with other people, they were like, "Oh, this is your first time?" And the nurses were like, "Oh, you’re gonna love it when you come back." And I’m like, "Wait a second, I have to come back?" And they’re like, "Oh yeah, you have to come back every couple of years because your nerves grow back." And then you’re in the same position again. I’m like, "So I have to burn my nerves every couple of years?" And they’re like, "Yeah." So I was like, "I’m not doing this."

I have four kids, six with my stepkids. I have horses, animals. I’m active, moving. I’ve got a lot to do. My kids range from three to 21, so I’m busy. And with my lower back not at its best, I lost the ability to clean my house by myself. I had to have help with my kids. I had to have help with everything, basically, and I was taking a lot of time off work just to keep up with my health.

I think because I had just lost all trust and hope in anything medical, I didn’t expect much, and I definitely didn’t expect anything right away. I expected maybe I would feel something in a couple of months, because that’s kind of what I was reading.

And the very next day, I felt amazing. Sorry, I’m not even an emotional type of person, I’m just thinking about it. But for the very first time in, I want to say, two or three years, I woke up without having to take medication. Usually what I would do is wake up already in lower back pain, take pain meds, go lay back down for about half an hour, and wait till it kicks in so that my body is strong enough to get up and start the day. And the very next day, I didn’t have any pain waking up. So then I was kind of like, maybe I’m just psyching myself out. And it’s been the same ever since.

Dr. Karl Brown was the person who did the injections, and he was super great. Very professional, very informative. He gave me all of the information on what they do, how they do it, and the ethics behind it. It was very comforting to know that this isn’t some shady company. I knew where these stem cells were coming from, where they were harvested from, and how they were accredited. I went to the website, and he gave all of that to me ahead of time. It was very informative about what to expect with the procedure. It was very pain free.

Individual results vary. These testimonials reflect the personal experiences of individual patients and are not a guarantee of results or a substitute for medical advice. Talk with a qualified provider about whether regenerative therapy is appropriate for you. Transcripts have been lightly edited for readability.

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