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Apr 2025
54m 5s

He Had Given Up On Being Normal, What He...

Dr. Shawn Baker
About this episode

Christopher is the founder of Recovery Health Coaching. He helps clients recover from chronic illness, improve chronic pain, and deal with the limitations of their conditions. He does so with principles from neuroscience, behavior management, and personalized lifestyle and supplement approaches from a Functional Health perspective. He developed this system while reversing his 35 years of autoimmunity and severe neuropathic pain and successfully working in intensive one-on-one sessions with over 100 clients.

Christopher's personal journey includes conquering numerous conditions that plagued him for over 30 years, including interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic headaches, and severe neuropathy in 85% of his body. At his worst, the pain was so severe that he would stay awake for over 30 hours per wakeful cycle and relied on numerous medications including max-dose morphine and multiple muscle relaxers for nearly 10 years.

His recovery approach has been primarily meat-based for over 7 years, beginning with the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) in 2017 and then transitioning to a Keto diet. His comprehensive recovery also incorporated about 30 other interventions including lifestyle changes, mindset work, neuroscience techniques learned from former Mayo Clinic doctor Jim Lemons, and Functional Medicine principles.

Today, Christopher is medication-free and physically active, lifting weights 4-6 days per week, running sprints, and going bouldering regularly. He has restored his testosterone to optimal functional ranges after measuring below 200, lost significant weight (from 242 pounds to 160 pounds), and regained his former height after postural issues had left him three inches shorter during his 15 years of disability.

Christopher is currently developing two online courses focused on nervous system health and universal health principles, co-hosting the upcoming weekly podcast "Recover Your Health," and writing a book with Dr. Jim Lemons about using integrated principles to achieve optimal results with chronic health problems.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christopher_blakeslee/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@christopherblakesleeRHC

Website: recoverfromchronicillness.com/

Timestamps: 00:00 Trailer 01:22 Introduction 06:15 Living with limitations and allergies 07:56 Chronic illness journey: high school struggles 13:18 Chronic pain and failed treatment 14:13 Chronic pain: surgery, diet, relapse 19:27 Chronic pain and medication struggles 23:44 Three years of endless struggle 24:38 Terrifying health crisis moment 30:29 Mindset shift: embracing movement 31:12 Celebrating small achievements 36:11 Neuroscience: the essential body manual 39:43 Rebuilding health through minimal movement 42:48 Muscle building and fasting benefits 44:02 Happiness and health transformation 48:07 Preventing pain flare-ups tips 50:22 Optimizing health through routine 53:48 Where to find Christopher

Join Revero now to regain your health: https://revero.com/YT

Revero.com is an online medical clinic for treating chronic diseases with this root-cause approach of nutrition therapy. You can get access to medical providers, personalized nutrition therapy, biomarker tracking, lab testing, ongoing clinical care, and daily coaching. You will also learn everything you need with educational videos, hundreds of recipes, and articles to make this easy for you.

Join the Revero team (medical providers, etc): https://revero.com/jobs

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