Hello all,
I figured it might me time for me to give you some information about myself. Why do I want to try raw paleo and what do I hope to get out of it.
Well I talked about this briefly in the welcome section of the forum but what led me to this way of eating was my injury. I injured my upper back/scapula/neck about 3½ years ago. I was doing a one arm military press with a 50lbs dumbbell in my left hand (not my dominant hand). I felt something in my upper back/scapula give way when I tried to force (cheat) the weight up using terrible form. Ever since then I’ve had some sort of pain in my upper back/neck/scapula area.
I tried western medicine. I did exactly what the doctors told me to do, to no avail. I tried physical therapy for months 3 different times. I tried lidocane patches. I tried muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatory drugs, and an anti-depressant (that was supposed to help with pain). I have had trigger point injections. I’ve been to two different chiropractors and an acupuncturist.
My best results have come from physical therapy (my shoulder feels more stable) and from adopting a cooked paleo diet (as it reduces inflammation throughout the body). My success with cooked paleo has led me to the forum and led me to trying Raw Paleo (from reading this forum it appears to be a healing diet).
Even if raw paleo doesn’t help with my injury, if it helps improve my overall health and well being I will happy. Some things that I hope the raw paleo diet will help are losing fat, gaining muscle, constipation, acne, and sleeping problems.
So right now I am doing scapula stabilization physical therapy exercises and have started eating raw paleo.