Being an athlete is never smooth like butter. Thousands of them have suffered extensive scenarios, including accidents and accumulating chronic diagnoses over the years. When it comes to bodybuilding, bodybuilders often overdo their training and exercises, thus straining their bodies in excess. When it lasts for a while, its consequences can have a sky-high limit. The bodybuilding legend, Ronnie Coleman, has had his own misfortune and has been required to undertake a treatment illegal in the USA.

The eight-times consecutive Mr. Olympia title holder Ronnie Coleman is without any doubt one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. His trophy-like body back in his peak days is sculpted unearthly. However, this entity had to go through something horrible that required medical attention.

Ronnie Coleman updates about his health

In a recent interview video, posted by The Iced Coffee Hour on their YouTube channel, Ronnie Coleman is reported to speak on a wide range of things. One of the interviewers asks him to follow up on the comment that he made on a certain Joe Rogan video. It backs up the context of his chronic pain cure which he had been treating with the stem cell treatment for a while. However, due to its origin from the placenta, it becomes both ethically and financially hard to get. Years after first revealing it on Rogan’s when he is asked again about it, he says, “I don’t, I can’t remember. It’s been so long now that I don’t know if I was already doing it or not”.

Furthermore, he remarks on his latest memory, which he has been going through quite recently. He says, “I know for the last, at least the last two years I almost two years that I’ve been getting stem cells. And it’s been the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life.”

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Mentioning how one has to go outside of the USA to get their stem cell treatment, Coleman emphasizes on the politics. Even though it is not as feasible as other things, Ronnie still goes for it because of its advantages that he got.

Ronnie Coleman speculates on the importance of these stem cells for him

In the interview, Coleman talks about the origin of these stem cells, which happens to be the placenta, and thus quite an inconvenient treatment as it is bad in the USA. Even still, Coleman proceeds to exemplify its merits. He had been taking it because of his chronic neck and back pain, which he claims to evade after this treatment session every four months. As a benefactor, he says that the treatment has helped him so much that it wiped the pain away. His urgency to go outside of his country for better treatment really testifies to his unimaginable pain.

Ronnie Coleman is one of the brightest stars in the realm of bodybuilding. He makes news with every word and every bit of action. His health and well-being is a public concern for his fans. From Chronic neck pain to catastrophic low body fat amount, a few things made him suffer. Although Coleman has gone through a series of medical emergencies, he actually never stopped himself from being the best version.

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