I Rebuilt My Spine With Stem Cells In Medellin' Colombia
My Journey
I rebuilt my spine.
Then I built ROVA.
I was told to manage the pain and move on. I chose to rebuild — with discipline, protocol, and relentless recovery. Everything in this store came out of that.
Most people never hear about the option I chose. Their doctors don’t mention it. Their insurance won’t cover it. And most people accept that.
I didn’t.
In 2024, I flew to Medellín, Colombia with one goal — rebuild my spine, when American medicine told me to just manage the pain and move on. What I had done there changed everything.
The procedure was precise and aggressive. My thoracic spine — T9, T10, T11, and T12 — was injected directly with 10 million MSC stem cells. The kind that signal your body to stop breaking down and start rebuilding. On top of that, 120 million stem cells went in intravenously, working systemically to drive inflammation down across my whole body. That’s not a small procedure. That’s a full-scale cellular reconstruction.
The medical team told me to expect 95 to 100% recovery. I didn’t fully believe them — I’d been told a lot of things by a lot of doctors. They were right.
But the recovery wasn’t instant. It was months of disciplined nutrition, targeted supplementation, and relentless consistency. I studied anti-inflammatory protocols the way most people study for exams. I tested everything on my own body, tracked what worked, and eliminated what didn’t.
The protocol that became ROVA
Collagen for tissue repair. Omega-3s to fight systemic inflammation. Magnesium for nerve function and sleep. Turmeric and Berberine to keep inflammation suppressed at the cellular level. Creatine to accelerate muscle recovery. Ashwagandha to keep cortisol in check while my body rebuilt itself.
Every product in the ROVA store came from that protocol.
By month six I was running again. By month twelve I was running faster than before the injury. Today I train hard, recover fast, and operate at a level I honestly didn’t think was possible two years ago.
ROVA wasn’t built in a boardroom. It was built in a recovery room in Medellín — one injection, one protocol, one product at a time.
Nothing in this store is here because it’s trending or looks good on a label. Everything here is what I actually used to go from a damaged spine to full speed. If you’re rebuilding — from injury, from surgery, from years of wear — this was built for you.
— Justin Maxson, Founder, ROVA
Medellín → Missouri → Full Speed