“All doctors treat, but a good doctor lets nature heal.”
- Hippocrates
How It All began
Pain Punch™ was created by Andrew Hyman, MD, FRCP(c). Dr. Hyman is a Board Certified physician in Internal Medicine and Nephrology from the University of Toronto. He also completed fellowships in Kidney Transplantation and Integrative Medicine. In addition to his medical training, he has an MBA in Healthcare Management.
The Backstory
Dr. Hyman has first-hand experience about what it is like being a pain patient. He suffered a serious back injury, which left him severely debilitated to the point where he could hardly walk a block or climb one flight of stairs.
He desperately tried to avoid surgery, as he sought treatment from chiropractors and physical therapists, but the pain persisted. Given his ongoing disability, he elected to have surgery which briefly helped but then the pain came back with a vengeance. He was labeled as ‘failed back syndrome’ and he was also diagnosed with inflammatory spinal arthritis.
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings”
- Lao Tzu
The Discovery
Despite being on maximum doses of pharmaceutical anti-inflammatory agents (Naproxen and Acetaminophen), he was still in significant pain. In a desperate attempt to control his pain and avoid the addictive and dangerous side effects of opioids, he turned his focus towards finding a natural way to treat his pain.
He scoured the scientific literature and experimented with different botanicals and vitamins in order to find the most effective and synergistic anti-inflammatory formula. After 10 years of hard work and trial and error in the lab, he came up with his groundbreaking natural health formulation, Pain Punch™.
Pain Punch™ is the culmination of his hard work, he calls it his ‘Labor of Pain’, borne out of necessity and his hope is that from something good will come from a very bad situation.
From Doctor To Customer
Andrew isn’t just the creator of Pain Punch™; he is a customer as he uses the product daily to help keep his chronic pain in check.
As Dr. Hyman states:
“Pain Punch™allowed me to keep practicing medicine, re-start my exercise program, and return to enjoying life once again. Although things will never be the exact same, I have a newfound appreciation of all the things I can do, instead of focusing on the things I can’t do anymore.”
Today he is passionate about helping as many people as possible cope with pain and minimize chronic inflammation in a natural way.