Healthy Joints --- Supplementation

I've had success w/ Glucosamine as well. It helps when I've done a particularly tough wkout. I'll take it at night, then in the morning I'm not as sore and can get right into another wkout. My chiropractor has suggested the Omega supplements. I have a troublesome right shoulder/neck issue, very stiff. I never really liked them though.
 
I take magnesium malate for myofascial pain (it can get quite serious for me) or simply for upper body doms.
For joint/spinal creakiness, I have tried a good many supplements (including most from the article) without any significant results, to be honest.
(I am not poo pooing these....if they work for a good many people, they must be doing something. Just hasn't for me.) For knee joint inflammation, I have had moderate results from taking Devil's Claw lately. I take it infused in vinegar from a local herbalist, although it isn't that difficult to do myself. Probably next time...lol. So far, it is working just as effectively (although not as immediately) as Aleve.
Doing gentle physical multi-plane mobility work with my joints (particularly when I have time in the morning), seems to work best for my youngish (late thirties) joints. Whether it's free flow, or something more structured like qi going, yoga, feldenkrais etc.

Take care of your plyo legs Nathalie!!
 
tlc93 said:
I never really liked them though.
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I had a big jar full of big capsules I couldn't swallow.
I had a "wonderful" idea of grinding the full jar to mix the powder to my electrolyte drink. Trust me it was
absolutely vileo_O:rolleyes::mad:

Yes they do not taste good but they are effective. I will now cyle them with omega 3.
I wish I could find the gel capsules instead of powder.
 
I take Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and MSM supplement. I had actually stopped taking it for a couple weeks and to see if it was really helping and I started aching more. I just started taking it again. I also have concoction that I mix up turmeric, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, and coconut oil in warm water and slam it down. It tastes absolutely horrible but seems to help some. I haven't found something that I could say "wow this really has made a difference in how I feel". I do want to try Magnesium malate. I have heard people have really good luck with that. I would like to give it a try and see what it does for me I also take an Omega 3. With all the stuff I take for joint pain and inflammation, I still ache quite often, which stinks. That's why I want to try the magnesium malate to see if that helps more than the other stuff I'm taking.

Thanks for posting the article.
 
mbmundt said:
That's why I want to try the magnesium malate to see if that helps more than the other stuff I'm taking.
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Hey. Just to note that I find it works better for me when I take it with a calcium source like kefir or yoghurt or something before bed. I've been recommending it a lot lately as it has helped with my myofascial pain, when nothing else really did. Start with a lower dose as it can cause loose stool (sorry TMI) for some folks just like any other form of magnesium.
 
Thanks for the tip Elsie. Did you find yours in a store or did you have to buy it online? I've been looking in stores and only see magnesium citrate.
 
mbmundt said:
Thanks for the tip Elsie. Did you find yours in a store or did you have to buy it online? I've been looking in stores and only see magnesium citrate.
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I did buy online just due to the cost. I purchased it from National Nutrition here in Canada (I have SISU which is an affordable, mid range & local brand) There are some like Nature's Answer brand & AOR that blend glycinate & malate which some people actually prefer due to it's digestive system tolerability. (Malate indicates that it is magnesium blended in a specific way with malic acid FYI) Kirkman Labs (good brand) offers one that is high dose & I know some people who have taken that one with good results. I just don't rec starting off with higher doses. You can also get loose/powder to control the amount you are taking. Here is a powder form that I found online, although it appears to be out of stock at the moment. http://www.vitacost.com/natures-life-magnesium-malate-12-7-oz

Sorry to be so long winded!! Magnesium is complicated! lol. ;) Which brings me to the next point .....if you are taking blood pressure medication, check with your doctor first. As heart patients probably know, potassium-magnesium-sodium balances are highly important.
 
I take Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and MSM, too. I've been taking it for 15 years. Before I started taking the supplement, my knees and hips were so stiff in the mornings that I had to hobble down the stairs upon waking each morning. Roughly 2 weeks later (it does need to load in your system), I realized I was jogging down the stairs in the morning. My sports orthopedist recommended it to me. She said they've been using glucosamine and MSM in the horse world for decades. And I had a "duh" moment as it dawned on me that I had been giving it to my competition dog for a couple of years to stave off joint pain.
I've never looked back. My husband even willingly started to take it without any prompting from me. His knees were stiff from pushing big gears on his bike in his youth and thinking he could still do that in his 50's. Uh, no, dear. You're not 23 anymore.
 
tlc93 said:
I've had success w/ Glucosamine as well. It helps when I've done a particularly tough wkout. I'll take it at night, then in the morning I'm not as sore and can get right into another wkout. My chiropractor has suggested the Omega supplements. I have a troublesome right shoulder/neck issue, very stiff. I never really liked them though.
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I took Glucosamine for years and years, and I am glad you had success with it; I still need to use ice and so on.
 
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