Adam Devine shares his wellness journey and Stem Cell Therapy
- joejohnson1002
- Jan 9
- 2 min read
From starring in the Pitch Perfect franchise to entertaining audiences as a stand-up comedian, Adam Devine is a pro at making people laugh. But fans of the funnyman might not realize that Devine has battled health challenges stemming from a terrifying childhood accident in which he was struck by a cement truck. These struggles came to a head about three years ago.
“I just started having all kinds of pain and weird spasms, and at one point, the doctors told me that I had stiff-person syndrome,” the Workaholics star tells Yahoo Life. “So, I thought I was dying right before my son was born, and [later] I found out I don't have stiff-person syndrome, and they couldn't figure it out, and they finally just landed on 'your childhood accident has finally caught up to you.'”
Now, Devine is laser-focused on his well-being, going to physical therapy three times a week and undergoing bodywork — which can include acupuncture treatments and chiropractic therapy — twice a week in addition to “stretching all day long.” He's even traveled to Medellin, Colombia, for stem cell therapy. Along the way, he's learned a lot about what it means to put your health first. Here's what we can learn from him.
Be willing to go the distance for your health!
Devine says his pain got so bad for a while that he could hardly walk or stand. “I was on a trip to New York about this time last year for my podcast, This Is Important," he recalls. “We went on a podcast tour, and my guys, Blake [Anderson], Anders [Holm] and Kyle [Newacheck] from Workaholics were like, ‘Let's walk here.’ And I tried, and I walked a block, and I'm like, ‘I'm gonna catch a cab.’ And it was only three blocks away. So I caught a cab, and the cab driver was like, ‘No, what are you doing? Just walk.’ And I'm like, ‘I can't, man.’”
That's a moment Devine can’t help but think of when he explains why he made the trip to South America to undergo stem cell therapy to treat his pain. “I had a few friends that have done it, and I had my doctors look into it, because I didn't know anything about stem cells,” says the actor. “They were like, ‘On the record, we don't do that here in the States. I can't say that you should do it, but off the record, if I were you, I would take advantage of this opportunity and go do it.’ So I went to this clinic called BioXcellerator and did the stem cells.”
It’s been about two months since his treatment, and Devine is already feeling a little better. “I’m able to hold my son a little longer,” he says. “I'm able to take longer walks. I'm able to stand a little longer.”
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