My Personal Experience Taking a Natural Anti-inflammatory: Moxxor

I've been searching for a natural anti-inflammatory for a long time. After reading about green-lipped mussels, long eaten by coastal New Zealand tribes (who suffer almost no arthritis), I decided to try a supplement called Moxxor, which has a high concentration of green-lipped mussel oil.

This particular supplement also contains grapeseed oil. Scientific studies suggest that grapeseed oil helps reduce oxidative stress and has potent anti-cancer potential as well.

Here are some notes, taken from my log, regarding the results I've experienced taking this marine oil with natural anti-inflammatory benefits.

My Health Challenges Prior to Trying Moxxor

Before you read my log excerpts, to help you understand them better, I’ll list my health challenges (written Friday, December 19, 2008). This will provide a frame of reference so you'll better be able to see the results Moxxor, a truly natural anti-inflammatory, has had for me.

1. The most painful health challenge I have right now is pain in both shoulders. It's so severe at times that it interrupts my sleep, even waking me several times in the night. I cry out in pain and wake my wife. My right shoulder is the worst, but both shoulders hurt very much. I don't take any pain relievers or any medication. I’m looking for a natural solution, a natural anti-inflammatory. Sometimes I use an ice pack at night. I've looked into natural anti-inflammatory foods such as cayenne pepper, pineapples, and others, but nothing so far has been able to reduce the pain caused by the inflammation.

The pain shoots down from the shoulder to the elbow in both arms. Putting on my shirt can leave me in pain for anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. I have to sit down and just breathe. Sometimes it's so bad it clouds my vision and I have to shut my eyes. Sometimes I have to ask my wife for help to take my T-shirts off. Taking them off by myself can be extremely painful.

I have had tendinitis for over 33 years and about a year ago I somehow developed a rotator-cuff tear in my right shoulder.

At night it’s a whole process just to change my sleeping position. I have to move the position of the pillow too, and do it all in such a way that it doesn’t hurt my shoulders. For about the last five months, I haven't been able to sleep on my stomach facing the left. I can't raise either of my arms above shoulder height, either in bed or standing.

2. For over 25 years I’ve had pain in my lower back. I have short hamstring tendons and have always had a tendency to feel discomfort in my lower back if I stretch too much.

About 25 years ago I was pushing our car out of the garage when I slipped and hurt my back. That was the beginning of a very painful and debilitating fight to remain mobile and pain free.

I was told I'd have to take an anti-inflammatory, NSAIDs, for the pain by my well- meaning doctor friends. A sports therapist suggested I stay in bed for three days and let it heal naturally, using ice as a natural anti-inflammatory, which I did.

I recovered and with exercises (yoga) I have been able to control this problem, and have only had a few bouts serious enough to land me in bed for up to a three-day stay.

I try to be faithful with my exercises, but most of the time I feel something on a scale ranging from discomfort to pain in my back the day after exercising. I'm anxious to see if with Moxxor, a product with purported natural anti-inflammatory properties, I'll be able to exercise more without pain.

3. I've also experienced some difficulty concentrating at times, something that was never a problem before. I have heard that Moxxor helps relieve this mental fuzziness and hope that it will in my case, helping me work more effectively.
4. I have had high intraocular pressure for almost 20 years. Although the eye doctors said it couldn’t be done, I tried a natural treatment using fish oil and eliminating animal fats from my diet. This reduced the pressure so medicine wasn't necessary, but now over the last few years the pressure has been rising again. I'm hoping that Moxxor will reduce this as well.

   I have no scientific studies that would show that this should happen, but inflammation is such a big factor in so many diseases, perhaps this natural anti-inflammatory will lower my eye pressure as well.

5. I have a congenital heart valve problem. In the last 15 years I have felt at different times a sort of heavy pressure on my chest. This has hindered me from exerting myself too much, as when I do exercise beyond my limits, I feel like I have a bag of cement on my chest, or am just exhausted for several days afterwards. Studies have revealed that marine oils and omega 3 oils can have a positive effect on heart health. I'm hoping that the anti-oxidant and natural anti-inflammatory properties in the oils found in Moxxor will strengthen my heart.
6. I have had pains in my knees, especially after trying to run. These pains in my knees, my lower back pain, and my heart problem have been the reasons I haven't taken up jogging or running, things I used to do and enjoy very much when I was younger.

Sorry to subject you to that little litany of aches and pains, but it’s like a "before" and "after" picture so when you read about the changes I’ve experienced since starting to take Moxxor, you’ll see the difference!

Okay, without further ado, here are excerpts of my log.

My Personal Experience with Moxxor, a Natural Anti-inflammatory

Friday, December 19, 2008

I took my first dose of Moxxor at 11 am. The little capsule went down just fine.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

I took my second single capsule of Moxxor at 8:30 am. No adverse reaction. No burps. No upset stomach. The pills are tiny and almost go down without water.

I haven’t noticed any natural anti-inflammatory effects yet in these first two days. I’ve heard that some people observe fantastic results almost immediately, and with others it can take up to three weeks or more for the benefits to become observable.

I'm taking one capsule at a time just to be sure I don't have any allergic reaction or discomfort from the supplement. I've never eaten shellfish, so I'm not sure if I might be allergic or not. (The makers of Moxxor claim that it's perfectly safe for those with shellfish allergies to take this supplement because the oil is processed in a way that removes 100% of the shellfish proteins from the oil.)

I used to take fish oil supplements years ago, and still remember the discomfort trying to swallow those huge 1000mg capsules. I hurt my throat several times trying to get the capsules down.

Even worse than the size of the capsule was the smell. Just opening the bottle would turn my stomach. Then there were the after-burps that smelled terrible too.

I eventually stopped taking all fish oil products after learning about how oils are especially susceptible to oxidation. None of the companies provided any credible assurances that their fish oil wasn't rancid. Those fish oil capsules smelled rancid, and that was enough for me to stop taking them in spite of their natural anti-inflammatory benefits.

If the oils really were rancid, which now I know they were, I figured that it was like stepping on the gas with one foot and the brake with the other. In other words, I’d probably get some benefits from the fish oil, but along with those benefits, I’d be putting toxins in my body because of the rancidity, which could easily bring on other problems. So I stopped taking fish oil and searched for other natural anti-inflammatory foods and supplements.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Today I took two Moxxor capsules, one in the early morning and the other before lunch.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Today is my fourth day taking Moxxor. Today I realized that I was able to sleep on my stomach with my head facing to the left without pain for the first time in 5 months. That's nice! (Could it be that this oil really is a natural anti-inflammatory?)

Friday, December 27, 2008

I just realized that I haven't been groaning in the night when I turn over or change positions. My shoulders still hurt, but it's not that tremendous pain that causes me to cry out and wake my wife. The pain seems to be diminishing, and I'm sleeping a bit better as a result.

I started taking Moxxor, usually two a day, one week ago yesterday.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Today I feel great!

At the end of the afternoon, I decided to go to the beach to do my exercises. I took off walking and felt so very good. It takes me about 10 minutes to reach the beach from our home.

Once at the beach, I took my shoes off and walked in the sand. I felt so good that I decided to just jog a bit in the sand. I figured that since it was in the sand, it wouldn’t hurt my back. I planned to jog maybe 100 meters and then walk. But what happened was amazing!

I ended up jogging all the way down to the end of the beach. That's 1500 meters (almost a mile). I kept thinking that I'd stop any time and walk the rest of the way. But I didn't. I ended up jogging all the way to the end of the beach.

I wasn't even panting! I felt great. I had been planning to rest at the end of the beach and then return walking. But I felt so good I did 45 minutes of exercises, swam for a bit, and turned around to walk home, but ended up jogging all the way back to the other end of the beach! This is the most I’ve jogged since my son, who is now the father of teenagers, was 5 years old!

When I got home and told my wife, she was a little concerned. She knows me; I tend to overdo things at times and then pay for it the next day. I assured her that I felt fine, and that I hadn’t felt out of breath once, nor had any pains whatsoever in my chest.

We'll see how I feel tomorrow. I’ve been taking Moxxor for 23 days now.

Monday, January 12, 2009

I slept very well last night. Not a lot of turning and tossing, and no pain!

I awoke with no pain in my legs, knees, back, or chest, even after all that jogging yesterday!!

I had to go to the bank in the early afternoon and ended up jogging there and back! That was about 2 kilometers.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Well, it's a beautiful day and I awoke early, full of energy. I decided to go to the beach again before starting on my work. I planned to take it easy, not being sure whether there would be some sort of delayed reaction to all this physical activity.

But when I hit the beach I just had to jog! I thought I'd jog just a little and walk the rest of the way. I really didn't want to push myself too much.

I felt so good that I ended up going all the way to the end of the beach, doing exercises, swimming, and jogging all the way back again! This is fantastic. I feel full of energy!

Oh yes, my shoulders are much better too. I'm sleeping better. No big pains in the night at all. I have more mobility with my shoulders. As a matter of fact, I've started learning some Tai Chi exercises, something I've wanted to do for years.

The Moxxor has not totally taken away all the pain, but the pain is definitely less than before. I only take two Moxxor capsules a day. I imagine that if I were to take three or four a day, the effects would be greater. I'm a patient man, so I'm letting this natural anti-inflammatory do its thing slowly.

Tuesday, January 24, 2009

Because of the rains this last week I haven't been jogging, but I have been doing lots of Tai Chi, and my shoulders are doing great. It's been two weeks since I started practicing Tai Chi.

I believe what has happened is that the natural anti-inflammatory properties of this marine oil have reduced the pain caused by inflammation in the tendons so that I don't have what is called tendonitis anymore, but I do still have another injury called a rotator cuff tear.

Evidently this kind of injury takes longer to heal. As a matter of fact, they pretty much say that it won't heal without an operation or some kind of direct intervention. I’ll keep you posted as to how Moxxor does with this challenge.

At least I can sleep well at night and am able to run, exercise, and do Tai Chi. (Now this is just a guess, but I imagine that Tai Chi is also a natural anti-inflammatory because it reduces stress and tension and re-establishes the body's energy balance. This should also help these pains diminish naturally.)

Sunday, February 1, 2009

I awoke to another beautiful day for the beach, so I ran to the beach, did exercises, swam, and ran home. That's a bit less than other days, but it was too hot and sunny to do more. :) It's wonderful to be able to enjoy the exercise. It feels so good and I have no pain afterwards!! That makes it easier to decide to exercise, knowing that it's not going to hurt afterwards! I'm doing Tai Chi every day as well with no problems with my shoulders.

Stay tuned, as I'll keep updating this natural anti-inflammatory story page. I hope you can benefit from my personal experience with Moxxor.

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