Return to Health
overcoming the unimaginable and beating the odds
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One thing I notice about the patients that come to me in my practice is that whether they realize it or not, they are all looking for something more than pain relief and for the great majority of them, that something is a return to health. With a sense that their bodies are breaking down and poor health is rapidly engulfing them, they want to recapture the vitality, vigor and good health that seem to have long since left them.
Their bodies ache, they move slower, they feel uninspired about life and they are taking numerous medications just to make it through each day. In most cases, just sitting in the exam room with them, I can sense the weight of the world on their shoulders. Once minor, occasional health concerns have now turned into daily worries. Little aches and pains that used to appear only after overexertion or extra long days at work now rear their ugly heads with great frequency. Obesity and immobility are the rule, not the exception.
Most people that I work with are now dealing with severe fatigue, some level of depression related to their poor health and a smattering of health problems ranging from acid reflux to migraine headaches. The number of people coming to my clinic that are taking high blood pressure medication and high cholesterol medication has skyrocketed over the last several years and the amount of people who have heart disease, cancer or diabetes is absolutely mind-boggling. They are stressed out; burned out, feel like they are just trudging along and for many of them you can cut the sense of desperation with a knife.
Chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, hypothyroidism, sciatica, headaches and restless leg syndrome are now affecting a large portion of the population. Autoimmune conditions are running rampant. Sadly, many of these patients are misdiagnosed, mistreated, and while these patients used to be few and far between, they are now commonplace.
Here’s the kicker: the majority of people I am referring to here are under the age of 50! What??? Yes, that’s right. People under the age of 50 are in such poor health these days that it’s almost inexplicable. How can this be? Doesn’t the United States spend more money on healthcare and research than any country in the world? You bet we do! So how can Americans have such disgustingly poor health?
Believe it or not, the answer to that question is pretty simple, and understanding it can help you get your life back. While simple, it’s not just as easy as saying “well, you just need to eat better food,” although that’s a great place to start. My inspiration for writing this book is YOU! I assure you that contained in the pages of this book are the answers to why people in America are dying of sickness and disease faster than any other industrialized nation in the world, but let’s be honest, you the reader want to know what it will do for you. My hope for you is that no matter what you are dealing with or where your current level of health is at right now, reading this book will not only help you regain your health, but it will transform you, inspire you and set you on the road to fulfilling a brighter future.
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For three long years, the entire Kuhn family suffered through a mysterious illness that no doctor could identify. They had been everywhere and tried everything. MRIs, CT scans, diagnostic ultrasounds, panels of blood work, hormone testing, urinalysis; you name it, they did it. Visiting general practitioners, emergency room doctors, specialists in every field of medicine and several different hospitals provided no answers.
They were in trouble. Dr. Rob Kuhn, his wife, Wendy, and their three children, Alex, Nick, and Nolan, rode this rollercoaster of misdiagnosis and non-diagnosis nearly all the way to their graves. Finally in May of 2008, through a truly synchronistic event, they discovered that they were being attacked by a deadly biotoxin. At last, they had an answer.
Sadly, the new challenge became the fact that traditional medicine has a very poor track record in treating biotoxic illness. Another solution had to be found. In Return to Health, Dr. Kuhn shares with you the challenges that his family faced and how they were able to overcome them through the use of functional medicine techniques. Inspired by his own health turnaround, he changed the focus of his practice and began taking care of people with chronic conditions.
Now board certified in integrative medicine, Dr. Kuhn enjoys the rewarding feeling of helping people whose health problems are the worst of the worst. Autoimmune conditions, type-II diabetes, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, biotoxic illness, and those strange mystery conditions are all in a day’s work for this natural healthcare physician.
This situation may sound familiar to you. You may be watching your health deteriorate while getting no answers. If you have been suffering with health problems that nobody has been able to figure out, read Return to Health.
About the Author
Dr. Robert Kuhn has been in full time practice since 1999. His wellness-based practice focuses on taking care of people with chronic conditions, autoimmunity, weight problems and numerous undiagnosed pain syndromes and health problems. Dr. Kuhn is Board Certified in Integrative Medicine and holds a diplomate in Whole Medical Systems. He has been helping patients regain their health utilizing functional medicine and functional neurology techniques in his practice for the past several years.
In 2008, Dr. Kuhn and his entire family experienced their own healthcare nightmare. After three years of misdiagnosis, functional medicine came to the rescue. This event caused Dr. Kuhn to shift the focus of his practice toward taking care of chronically ill people.
Dr. Kuhn lives with his wife and three children in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he maintains a very busy practice. He enjoys the study of personal development, traveling, public speaking and physical fitness. His personal mission is to help as many people as possible that suffer from chronic pain and chronic health problems and for he himself to be a prime example of optimal health.