John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz

During the last 12 months I have been helping someone with limited mobility. She had a combination of sore and stiff muscles combined with painful knee joints.

Subsequent MRI and other diagnostics were inconclusive. As a consequence, she could barely walk and managing stairs was almost impossible.
In cases where there is no clear medical diagnosis I step back and use a process of elimination to find a starting place for nutritional therapy.
The main source of her pain and stiffness seemed to be muscular; though again an MRI showed no structural muscle or joint damage. And she was not on statin cholesterol-lowering medication, which is probably the most common cause of muscle problems that I assist with.
My goal was to reduce inflammation throughout her body while adding nutrients to improve muscle energy; and therefore muscle function.
Our body repair systems, including our immune response and antioxidant systems, are all nutrient-dependent. We made an alteration to her diet and put her on a three-month intensive supplement programme.
I started her on therapeutic doses of my multi antioxidant, mineral and vitamin formula. We added high doses of the best CoQ10 available, starting with higher doses.
We added solid Omega 3 Fish oil doses, a combined anti-inflammatory and a specific anti-inflammatory joint formula at higher initial doses.
Within a few months she started to notice some progress. The improvements have continued to her being able to walk, bend down, bend her knees and use stairs with relative freedom.
Most of the pain has gone. She is delighted and is starting to get her old life back. Give me a call if you need more information.
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John Arts is a qualified Nutritional Therapist and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559. To read more go to: www.sunlive.co.nz