I want to share my joint supplement experiences with you

[Lumberg]

I have had a serious injury to my elbow (tore lateral ligament off the humerus and shattered the radial head) for which I have had 2 surgeries in the past 13 months. The first was to put 3 screws in the radial head an a pin to hold the ligament on the humerus. The second was 2 months ago to remove two of the screws, soem bone, and some scar tissue.

Anyways since the secodn surgery I have tried Glucosamine/Chondroitin, Fish Oil Caps, and A 7g packet a gelatin a day.

I have either forgotten to take or taken time off each of these supplements individually, and I find that I only notice a difference in how my elbow feels when I don't take the gelatin. I think the glucosamine and fish oil do very little.

Just thought I'd share. If you're having joint problems, go with the simplest, cheapest supplement out there: pure, unflavored Knox gelatin.

 

[goldenone]

Thanks for the post. Have you heard or used MSM? Heard people using it for joints. But I think the results were not positive using it.

 

[Island Son]

What kind of fish oil? Some old fishermen used to swear by small amounts of shark oil.... but it's all anecdotal.

 

[Lumberg]

It's kirkland signature fish oil. High rated in Consumer Reports.

 

[believer1]

The only bad thing about supplementing with gelatin is that it REALLY plugs you up.

 

[Lumberg]

If you mean it makes you constipated, I have not had that problem at all.

Except now that you mention it, my tp hardly ever has brown on it. So it is making my $h!t more compact. But it's still passing through fine.

 

[anthrax]

Glad it worked for you

BTW, have you tried the good ol' Jell-O (w/o sugar of course)

it tastes a bit better than plain gelatin