Step 01: ALS Reversals Are Real

Summary of this Step

• Step 1 focuses on establishing the core belief that ALS progression is not always inevitable and that reversals have occurred.
• The step relies on personal stories and video case histories of individuals who report partial or full ALS reversals.
• It introduces the idea that ALS outcomes can vary and that stabilization or improvement is possible in some cases.
• Multiple reversal examples are presented to reinforce credibility and reduce the sense of isolation or hopelessness.
• One featured case (Stephen Sherry) is used to illustrate a multi-step healing approach, previewing themes explored later in the course.
• The emphasis is on mindset, awareness, and motivation, rather than medical protocols or scientific mechanisms.
• Step 1 sets the emotional and psychological foundation for engaging with the remaining steps in the Healing ALS program.

Watch these videos of ALS Reversals

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS disease is a neurogenerative condition that can be treated and reversed with holistic ALS treatment and methods.

These are just a few examples of ordinary people who reversed ALS symptoms. As you will discover, ALS life expectancy is not set in stone.

Today, Nelda Buss is in her 80’s.

Today, Mark Manchester is living a full life.

Kim was diagnosed in 2011 with ALS at age 63. He was given 1 year to live, not only because of ALS but also since he had severe heart disease. As a result of holistic treatments, Kim reversed almost all of his ALS symptoms, and was able to golf until his last year. Kim lived an additional 12 years beyond expectations, and eventually succumbed to heart failure at the age of 76.

1. Homework: At the end of this video please write down the 15 steps Stephen used to reverse ALS.

2. Homework: Subscribe to our YouTube channel.

• Please note there are many more videos with ALS reversals or ALS presentations on the Healing ALS YouTube channel @HealingAdvocates.
• Please subscribe to keep updated on new videos to our channel. Healing Advocates – YouTube

3. Homework: Visit HealingALS.org and click on “ALS Reversals” in top menu.

• Click on either the picture of each person or their name to read more about them.
• We will be adding more ALS reversals as we find them.
• If you know of any ALS Reversals, partial ALS reversals or long term survivors who are not listed, please email info@healngals.org. Thank you for your help!

4. Homework: Write 3 new gratitudes and 1 “best moment” every day.

• Writing down gratitudes daily changes the physiology of the body to healing mode. Most ALS reversals do this daily.
• Gratitudes should be written down either on paper, in a journal or typed on a computer or phone
• A “best moment” can be from the past 24 hours or any event in the past it makes you smile to remember.
• This should take only a few minutes each day. Writing them down once per day is important. Feel free to think and feel gratitudes throughout the day in addition, to return your body chemistry to healing bode.

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2023: Click Here to View The Recording of Step 1

Check for Understanding and Completion of Step 1:

I watched / reviewed the Nelda Buss video and understand that Nelda was diagnosed with ALS in 1983 at age 43. As of 2023 she is still healthy in her 80’s.

I watched / reviewed the Mark Manchester video. I understand that Mark had a tracheostomy and feeding tube and was not able to move, eat, breathe or speak for three years. Today he can walk and had his trach and feeding tube removed.

I watched / reviewed the Kim Cherry video. I understand that Kim was diagnosed in 2011 at age 63 and is able to walk and speak after ten years with bulbar ALS.

I watched / reviewed the 33 ALS Reversals video. I understand some of these are “full ALS reversals”, which we consider 90% or more back to full functionality and some are “partial ALS reversals” which means they have reversed some ALS symptoms and have stabilized at a level at less than 90%

I the watched / reviewed the Stephen Sherry Video and I have written down the 15 steps that Stephen used to reverse ALS.

I have gone to YouTube.com and visited the Healing ALS (@HealingAdvocates) YouTube channel to see what videos are there. Ideally I have also subscribed to the channel.

I have visited the ALS Reversals tab on HealingALS.org and noted the number of ALS reversals and some of their bios.

I now write down 3 gratitudes and one best moment daily in a journal, either hand written or typed on a phone, tablet or computer.

I have noted the peer-reviewed scientific journal articles in the References section below in case my neurologist would like to see them.

If you have checked all boxes, Congratulations! You have completed Step 1!

References

• How common are ALS plateaus and reversals? Richard S Bedlack, Timothy
  Vaughan, Paul Wicks, et al. Neurology. 2016 Mar 1;86(9):808-12. doi:
  10.1212/WNL.0000000000002251. Epub 2015
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26658909/
• Study of “ALS reversals”: LifeTime environmental exposures (StARLiTE)
  J Crayle, M Lutz, J Raymond, P Mehta, R Bedlack
  Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2023 Feb;24(1-2):54-62. doi:
  10.1080/21678421.2022.2090846. Epub 2022 Jul 1.
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35775279/
• The frequency of ALSFRS-R reversals and plateaus in patients with limb-onset
  amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a cohort study. Nan Hu, Dongchao Shen, et al.
  Acta Neurol Belg. 2022 Dec;122(6):1567-1573. doi: 10.1007/s13760-021-01849-
  1. Epub 2022 Jan 16.
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35034333/
• ALS reversals”: demographics, disease characteristics, treatments, and co-
  morbidities. Harrison D, Mehta P, van Es MA, et al. Pooled Resource Open-Access
  ALS Clinical Trials Consortium. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2018
  Nov;19(7-8):495-499. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2018.1457059. Epub 2018 Apr 2.
  PMID: 29607695 
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29607695/
• https://mndresearch.blog/2020/09/30/als-reversals-do-they-exist/
  This web page has information about ALS reversals
• Harrison D, Mehta P, van Es MA, Stommel E, Drory VE, Nefussy B, van den Berg LH, Crayle J, Bedlack R; Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials Consortium. “ALS reversals”: demographics, disease characteristics, treatments, and co-morbidities. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2018 Nov;19(7-8):495-499. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2018.1457059. Epub 2018 Apr 2. PMID: 29607695.
• Abreu MM, Hosseine-Farid M, Silverman DG. Total Reversal of ALS Confirmed by EMG Normalization, Structural Reconstitution, and Neuromuscular-Molecular Restoration Achieved Through Computerized Brain-Guided Reengineering of the 1927 Nobel Prize Fever Therapy: A Case Report. Diseases. 2025 Nov 12;13(11):371. doi: 10.3390/diseases13110371. PMID: 41294911; PMCID: PMC12651036.
• Diana Noland, Rhett Bergeron, & Larisa Syrow. (2025). Case Study on ALS Reversal: An Integrative Medicine Approach to Sporadic Limb-Onset ALS (P12-11.018). Neurology, 104.
• Bedlack RS, Vaughan T, Wicks P, Heywood J, Sinani E, Selsov R, Macklin EA, Schoenfeld D, Cudkowicz M, Sherman A. How common are ALS plateaus and reversals? Neurology. 2016 Mar 1;86(9):808-12. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002251. Epub 2015 Dec 9. PMID: 26658909; PMCID: PMC4793781.

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