Glenn DawsonReset-U Fitness · Owner and CEO of Reset-U Fitness

Air Force Vet with 8 Surgeries Now Pain Free

26 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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In this first‑person testimonial, an Air Force veteran recounts a decade‑long battle with chronic neck and back pain stemming from two serious car accidents in his early twenties. The injuries resulted in multiple herniated discs—three in the neck, two in the upper back, and two in the lower back—and led to a series of seven to eight surgical injections that provided only temporary relief. After becoming accustomed to constant pain, he was skeptical when a health coach suggested a rapid, comprehensive solution. He decided to try a short‑term ketogenic “reset” diet, combined with daily rolling, stretching, and posture correction. Within two weeks of implementing these practices, he experienced a 90‑95% reduction in pain, lost roughly 17‑18 pounds of fat, gained about 5‑7 pounds of muscle, and feels as youthful as he did before the accidents. He emphasizes that the keto reset is a tool rather than a permanent diet, and encourages others in chronic pain to consider similar lifestyle changes.

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As an Air Force veteran, I used to be in and out of the gym quite a few times. When I was 20, I was in a car accident that jacked up my neck. And then again at 22, I had a second one. Had 3 herniated discs in my neck and 2 in my upper back, 2 in my lower back. Went through 7 or 8 different surgical injections, you know, would have the pain come back 3 or 4 months later each time. Basically just got to a point where I was just living with the pain, chronic pain, just got used to it. On the call, I mean, you were telling me you're going to fix all my pain in no time flat. I'm like, okay, I've had 7 or 8 surgeries, so we'll see. The whole diet thing. I mean, keto is something I've never been a big firm believer on, but when we were on the call too, you were like, keto is only for really for resetting yourself. It's a tool to use. It's not something for, for a long-term type thing. I finally pulled the trigger about 2 months ago, and then within 2 weeks of doing rolling and stretching and fixing my posture, Pretty much 90, 95% of all my back pain and neck pain's gone. Yeah, in the last 2 months I've probably lost about 17, 18 pounds of fat and put on about 5 or 6, 7 pounds of muscle, something like that. I feel like I'm 20 again before the car accident, to be honest with you. There is something better out there rather than just feeling glum all the time and not realizing that you can get out of that pain if you're in pain and you can lose the weight if you don't think you can.