How it all started

The journey truly began as a heap on the floor, unable to stand.  At 26 I was reduced to pile of body parts, my extremities feeling disconnected from what was an uncontrollable core, involuntary contractions engulfing my entire frame, feeling like a collapsed wooden push puppet.

My core had buckled under the tightness and lack of strength, with the inability to stand, I attempted to crawl towards the bathroom, the need to grab onto something so I could to try and alleviate the pain.  As the contractions began to subside, my breath slowing, I tried to move from a state of panic to a place of calm and practicality, still unaware of what happened and what would trigger another onslaught, my head flooded with thoughts and questions, why?, how? and what? It was only two weeks prior that I was able to overcome my shoulder pain and my pins and needles across my back. I felt the strongest I had ever been, what the hell happened??

When I say this is when the journey truly began, this was the pinnacle moment where I had two clear choices, to accept or try one last time. I had already spent the past 7 years trying to resolve my niggles, get stronger and get back to where I was whilst at swimming camp.  In my mind I had tried everything, maybe there was no fix, I had done all the tests, I had all the results, maybe this was it for me.  Maybe I should just accept it…

Reading this, if you haven’t realised already, I didn’t!

With this burning desire to become better, the persistence to improve, now infused with this necessary need to understand and overcome a life changing injury, brought about this sense of power and intense focus that I new once I had figured it out, I could help other people find a path or serve as the inspiration needed to chase and overcome their own adversities.

I was assigned a strict 2 year rehabilitation program, 3 x (ABC) Advanced BioStructural Correction sessions per week. I embarked on this journey and proceeded with skepticism.  This was nothing I had seen or experienced before, but, for the first time, whilst watching this video it made sense, I had finally got some answers.

Sport and nutrition formed a big part of my life from the ages of 7 – 26, I sore myself as a fit and healthy individual, I have competed at various swimming club championships, where others perceived me as the slim althletic healthy one. So why now could I only stand up for 10 minutes before needing to lie down?  What had contributed to my blind demise? What had I done wrong? This is where my approach towards health and fitness started to change, not just how I went about achieving it, but also how I went about accessing it. This blog will take you through some of my key experiences, thoughts, moments and challenges along the way, with resources, findings and experiments about what I have tried too help me understand how truly healthy I am.

The vision

Revelo, latin for reveal, embodies the whole essence of this new vision and focus. Through this process I have wanted to understand what truly happens inside.  Having failed by accessing health on the outside, the truth must surely lie within!? Have we been focusing on the wrong thing, are symptoms our friend or foe? We all know the old saying that ‘prevention is better then cure’ especially when it comes to avoiding sickness, but how can we prevent what we don’t know, can’t see, or can’t feel?

I want to help move myself and humanity towards a healthy existence, to be able to achieve and monitor our own health and wellbeing.  Helping people understand what constitutes health, what can make or break it and how we can measure it.  And together, we can create solutions, services and the tools that we want to use.  I truly believe the more understanding and access we have, the better decisions we will make and a healthier future we can build.  Let’s not live a limited life, health is our greatest gift, and without it, nothing else truly matters.

Lee Jay Robertson