One of the problems with Tendonitis/Tendonosis/Bursitis/Gout is that the symptoms can mimic or overlap each other so one is in a diagnosis quandary. Remedies for these can overlap each other. I think many people don't really know what the root problem is but when a remedy and label works, they go on with their life maybe never really knowing. I will tell you my story. I think this is useful info for anyone with connective tissue problems. I am a 61 year old male.
I think the problem started many years prior to that. I felt some very slight minor pain in my arm. I had severe peripheral artery (PAD) disease about 12 years ago. I cured that with nattokinase-serrapaptase over 10 years ago. The pain felt somewhat similar to PAD so I brushed it off as sparse remnants of PAD. Another symptom came maybe 4 or 5 years ago where I had difficult reaching my arm around my back to scratch myself. Since I had other more important medical stuff to focus on and it was relatively minor enough where I just brushed it aside and would get to it later when I had time.
I first became aware that I had some problem about two years ago when one of my Rotator Cuff became sore. I brushed it off as an overuse problem since I swim. I thought it would get better on it's own with rest. I had difficulty sleeping on that side. Over a year went by and it did not heal. I started to focus on the problem a lot more when my other shoulder developed the same pain. The last 6 months I started to really put the pedal to the metal in focusing on the problem.
I had RA which I cured with borax 3-4 years ago. I thought maybe it was returning but I eventually decided that was not the problem. I thought maybe Gout may be the problem so I went to the doctors to get a uric acid test. The doctor said I didn't have gout. I didn't have the classic symptoms of gout either.
So I proceeded to focus on tendonitis. That lead me to such terms as bursitis,tendonosis and tendinopathy which get buried under tendonitis term. Since bursitis was a synovial fluid problem, I felt that it was a dead end also since I take supplements that replenish that fluid. I didn't have overt inflammation so I thought tendonosis. I did exercise the shoulder and it improved some so I though it had to be tendonosis. The problem developed in other shoulder. I started to focus in on a more restricted diet and noticed it was still getting worse. I should be getting better but I wasn't. I was eating meats and fish. So I started to loop back around to revisiting gout. As I made an effort to lower my uric acid, the problem did not worsen any longer. I remember thinking my uric acid level was 5.2 but I realized I misread it and it was 6.2. That is still supposedly within normal range but seen by some as in the risk level.
Eventually i diagnosed myself with Atypical Gout and that has empirically worked. I think many other people have gout but never realize it since many of these ailments overlap. I don't think The uric acid levels test tells all. They say the crystals only precipitate at uric acid levels of 6.8.
Along the way I scoured the internet for information about those other related ailments so I will give you a synopsis in what I found out since there is no post which truly brings together these related problems which can mimic each other. Many people are looking for solutions to CONNECTIVE TISSUE problems so hopefully this post helps accomplish that to some degree.
I think one needs to take a multifaceted approach to healing these problems. Diagnosing things can get murky.
BURSITIS
I probably had bursitis somewhere in my body but some aspects of RA can mimic bursitis so it can be murky. I already take supplements to keep the synovial fluid problems at bay.
Bursitis is a synovial fluid problem. Synovial fluid problems are healed with a quality hyaluronic acid (HA). The HA I found the best was a highly absorbable kind called Biocell. Most HA supplements use that. Look at the back of the label. It contains a highly absorb able HA, type 2 collagen (Tendons are type 1 collagen) and chondroitin. It needs to be taken on an EMPTY stomach and with a cup of water. You can take entire day dose at once. It accumulates in the body. This also heals herniated discs and gum recession. It takes 6 weeks for herniated discs so probably a lot less for bursitis. Take 4 or more capsules until healed. You can do loading since it stores in the body. That means you can double or triple the dose for fast results.
GOUT
For gout, it will take a while for the uric acid crystals to dissolve. The remedy I am using is
1) Life extension Uric Acid Control supplement
This inhibit xanthine oxidase, an enzyme involved in the synthesis of uric acid. In one study, this has been tested and found to work nearly as well as the medications but without side effects. It is dose dependent. The higher the dose, the more the uric acid levels will fall. They say it needs to be taken after meal which may mean it could be fat soluble herb extract. I just take it with some nuts. I take 3 capules per day. The studies used 2 capsules. I take 1 capule every 4 hours with food.
http://www.lifeextension.com/magazi...-attacks-by-lowering-uric-acid-levels/page-01
Pantothenic Acid works to eliminate uric acid from kidneys and also works synergistically with riboflavin (i am constantly deficient in this) so I take these also.
2) Baking soda in water
The alkaline is suppose to speed up the dissolving of the crystals. I put 1/2 tsp of baking soda in glass of water. I drink 6 glasses a day. Some will mix in lemon juice. Some will just use water. There are other things used like apple cider vinegar and lemon which are also alkaline for the body but those tend to deplete me of minerals plus they are acidic for teeth.
3) Diet
I just make sure I don't over due it with the high purine foods. Low purine foods are seeds, nuts and grains. I minimize sugar also.
For Maintenance ... To Be Determined when gout fully cleared.
Other
Quercetin also inhibits enzyme also to some degree also. Tart Cherry is also used by many people. I just take Life extension supplement.
Many tendonitis cures are suspiciously like gout cures so tendonitis is a murky subject. Here is a synopsis of the remedies.
ALFALFA
Alfalfa capsules or powder. Powder is for those who don't like to swallow so many capsules. These make your system alkaline. They also provide certin minerals like Manganese.
Apple Cider Vinegar is another cure that works for people. This alkalinizes the body also.
MANGANESE
Another cure for tendinitis revolves around MANGANESE. Supplements are primarily of the chelated type. The therapeutic level for manganese is at least 35 mg to 40 mg of chelated type like manganese glycinate.
The RDA upper limit for manganese is 11 mg so many people assume that the therapeutic level is toxic but that is misleading. The RDA upper limit assumes elemental (or pure) manganese.
For example in one brand, 100 mg of manganese biglycinate would contain 16 mg of elemental manganese.
Manganese Bisglycinate Chelate (16% Mn)
Manganese Bisglycinate Chelate is a 2:1 molar ratio (glycine:manganese)
mineral amino acid chelate
https://apps.ubifrance.fr/BlogBO/me...klet-04092012-spreads-v3_15_10_2012_16_27.pdf
Studies have shown that people can take high doses of elemental manganese (50 mg) for 6 months has been shown nontoxic. That doesn't mean that some may not be negatively affected at way lower doses. If ones liver is too weak, that could created toxicity. It could cause iron levels to drop in some people. It's like any other supplement. Just monitor yourself and beaware of overdose symptoms.
Manganese should be taken on empty stomach for maximum absorption at least an hour before a meal. You should not combine these supplements with any other minerals like calcium, iron, zinc or copper will interfere with absorption along with Phytates (most grains, seeds, nuts).
Looking at the ligament and tendon strengthening formulas etc, other important cofactors seem to be vitamin B12 and B6.
MANGANESE and Cobalt
Someone said that manganese needs the cobalt within the B12 to make an important coenzyme which cures tendinitis. This coenzyme could be the bullet to heal tendinitis also. I found this recipe on a body building site that sums up the cure for tendinitis in healthier and/or younger people.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5 mcgs of sub lingual B-12 (the only place in nature we get Cobalt...the red part of B-12)
5 mgs. Manganese (not Magnesium)
Alfalfa tablets....about 15....3 times a day.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
RESTRICTING DIET
Probably the best approach for chronically ill people to resolving tendonitis like problems is RESTRICTING DIET for a couple weeks. That means No dairy, No sugar, No gluten etc. and see if one gets improvement or inflammation subsides then try to isolate what is causing it.
SULFUR
I dabbled in this area also.
Sulfur is the third most abundant mineral in your body, after calcium and phosphorous.
MSM is 34% elemental sulfur so 1000 mg MSM contains 340 mg Sulfur. MSM water soluble supplement so can be taken without food.
4/5 of glucosamine sulfate consists of pure glucosamine, so if you have 500 mg of glucosamine sulfate, approximately 400 mg are pure glucosamine and 100 mg is sulfur.
MISC
Sometime back, I thought I found a cure for my supposed tendinitis by using a product called Primaforce Cissus. It immediately minimized the SUPPOSED tendonitis pain the first day so I was optimistic but it never resolved the problem. It did solve my sleep problem. I wrote a post on it. Try this if you have sleep problems. Researching this supplement, I found it was very beneficial for many other things so I take it every day.
TENDONOSIS
Gout could effect tendon sheaths also.
I think barriers to healing may be the extent of scar tissue causing tangled collagen fibers (tendonosis). In tendonosis, the tangled collagen fibers need to be broken down first in order to rebuild and repair tissue I think. This may be something that could speed up healing. There has been some success with eccentric exercises. I think the key to exercises is creating a MUSCLE BURN so the muscle will break down the tissue so the tangled collagen fibers can reform into healthy muscle. This is not practical for too many sick people. They have to be done correctly also or one risks aggravating the situation further. Using exercise rubber band is best. There are videos on youtube.
Serrapeptase definitely works to dissolve internal scar tissue so maybe proteolytic/serrapaptase/nattokinase enzymes could help so something to experiment with. Some people have been told by doctors that they would have to live with the internal scar tissue problems but cured themselves with serrapeptase.
I would add JarrowSil silica supplement (Many people say BioSil tastes horrible) since it helps with building the collagen cross fibers in bones which in turn builds the bone. May do the same for collagen in tendons. Bioavailable silica is what makes bones fracture proof. I think Jarrow Ultra Bone Up is best bone building supplement on market. It contains MCHA calcium which is the only real anecdotally proven bone builder calcium.
Some research suggest that 50% of Gout does not have classic symptoms and can happen in other areas of body. Uric Acid levels may fluctuate more than research suggests causing that 6.8 uric acid level to be reached intermittently over time hence forming uric acid crystals. Maybe they can form at lower levels in some situations. Remedies suggest that Gout may be more widespread with the all encompassing tendonitis label slapped on it.
It's been a week and I feel a little better each day so I assume I am on my way to curing it. Complete heal time will be anywhere from 1 to 12 months to remove all the crystals. Hopefully the baking soda speeds things up. The practical heal time will be when most pain subsides and the shoulders become mostly flexible. Hopefully that will be within 3 months.
Most of the time I wait till I am completely cured before posting but Gout needs time to fully heal. Better my story gets out there sooner than later. I hope this can help people trying to find solutions to their connective tissue problems.
I think the problem started many years prior to that. I felt some very slight minor pain in my arm. I had severe peripheral artery (PAD) disease about 12 years ago. I cured that with nattokinase-serrapaptase over 10 years ago. The pain felt somewhat similar to PAD so I brushed it off as sparse remnants of PAD. Another symptom came maybe 4 or 5 years ago where I had difficult reaching my arm around my back to scratch myself. Since I had other more important medical stuff to focus on and it was relatively minor enough where I just brushed it aside and would get to it later when I had time.
I first became aware that I had some problem about two years ago when one of my Rotator Cuff became sore. I brushed it off as an overuse problem since I swim. I thought it would get better on it's own with rest. I had difficulty sleeping on that side. Over a year went by and it did not heal. I started to focus on the problem a lot more when my other shoulder developed the same pain. The last 6 months I started to really put the pedal to the metal in focusing on the problem.
I had RA which I cured with borax 3-4 years ago. I thought maybe it was returning but I eventually decided that was not the problem. I thought maybe Gout may be the problem so I went to the doctors to get a uric acid test. The doctor said I didn't have gout. I didn't have the classic symptoms of gout either.
So I proceeded to focus on tendonitis. That lead me to such terms as bursitis,tendonosis and tendinopathy which get buried under tendonitis term. Since bursitis was a synovial fluid problem, I felt that it was a dead end also since I take supplements that replenish that fluid. I didn't have overt inflammation so I thought tendonosis. I did exercise the shoulder and it improved some so I though it had to be tendonosis. The problem developed in other shoulder. I started to focus in on a more restricted diet and noticed it was still getting worse. I should be getting better but I wasn't. I was eating meats and fish. So I started to loop back around to revisiting gout. As I made an effort to lower my uric acid, the problem did not worsen any longer. I remember thinking my uric acid level was 5.2 but I realized I misread it and it was 6.2. That is still supposedly within normal range but seen by some as in the risk level.
Eventually i diagnosed myself with Atypical Gout and that has empirically worked. I think many other people have gout but never realize it since many of these ailments overlap. I don't think The uric acid levels test tells all. They say the crystals only precipitate at uric acid levels of 6.8.
Along the way I scoured the internet for information about those other related ailments so I will give you a synopsis in what I found out since there is no post which truly brings together these related problems which can mimic each other. Many people are looking for solutions to CONNECTIVE TISSUE problems so hopefully this post helps accomplish that to some degree.
I think one needs to take a multifaceted approach to healing these problems. Diagnosing things can get murky.
BURSITIS
I probably had bursitis somewhere in my body but some aspects of RA can mimic bursitis so it can be murky. I already take supplements to keep the synovial fluid problems at bay.
Bursitis is a synovial fluid problem. Synovial fluid problems are healed with a quality hyaluronic acid (HA). The HA I found the best was a highly absorbable kind called Biocell. Most HA supplements use that. Look at the back of the label. It contains a highly absorb able HA, type 2 collagen (Tendons are type 1 collagen) and chondroitin. It needs to be taken on an EMPTY stomach and with a cup of water. You can take entire day dose at once. It accumulates in the body. This also heals herniated discs and gum recession. It takes 6 weeks for herniated discs so probably a lot less for bursitis. Take 4 or more capsules until healed. You can do loading since it stores in the body. That means you can double or triple the dose for fast results.
GOUT
For gout, it will take a while for the uric acid crystals to dissolve. The remedy I am using is
1) Life extension Uric Acid Control supplement
This inhibit xanthine oxidase, an enzyme involved in the synthesis of uric acid. In one study, this has been tested and found to work nearly as well as the medications but without side effects. It is dose dependent. The higher the dose, the more the uric acid levels will fall. They say it needs to be taken after meal which may mean it could be fat soluble herb extract. I just take it with some nuts. I take 3 capules per day. The studies used 2 capsules. I take 1 capule every 4 hours with food.
http://www.lifeextension.com/magazi...-attacks-by-lowering-uric-acid-levels/page-01
Pantothenic Acid works to eliminate uric acid from kidneys and also works synergistically with riboflavin (i am constantly deficient in this) so I take these also.
2) Baking soda in water
The alkaline is suppose to speed up the dissolving of the crystals. I put 1/2 tsp of baking soda in glass of water. I drink 6 glasses a day. Some will mix in lemon juice. Some will just use water. There are other things used like apple cider vinegar and lemon which are also alkaline for the body but those tend to deplete me of minerals plus they are acidic for teeth.
3) Diet
I just make sure I don't over due it with the high purine foods. Low purine foods are seeds, nuts and grains. I minimize sugar also.
For Maintenance ... To Be Determined when gout fully cleared.
Other
Quercetin also inhibits enzyme also to some degree also. Tart Cherry is also used by many people. I just take Life extension supplement.
Many tendonitis cures are suspiciously like gout cures so tendonitis is a murky subject. Here is a synopsis of the remedies.
ALFALFA
Alfalfa capsules or powder. Powder is for those who don't like to swallow so many capsules. These make your system alkaline. They also provide certin minerals like Manganese.
Apple Cider Vinegar is another cure that works for people. This alkalinizes the body also.
MANGANESE
Another cure for tendinitis revolves around MANGANESE. Supplements are primarily of the chelated type. The therapeutic level for manganese is at least 35 mg to 40 mg of chelated type like manganese glycinate.
The RDA upper limit for manganese is 11 mg so many people assume that the therapeutic level is toxic but that is misleading. The RDA upper limit assumes elemental (or pure) manganese.
For example in one brand, 100 mg of manganese biglycinate would contain 16 mg of elemental manganese.
Manganese Bisglycinate Chelate (16% Mn)
Manganese Bisglycinate Chelate is a 2:1 molar ratio (glycine:manganese)
mineral amino acid chelate
https://apps.ubifrance.fr/BlogBO/me...klet-04092012-spreads-v3_15_10_2012_16_27.pdf
Studies have shown that people can take high doses of elemental manganese (50 mg) for 6 months has been shown nontoxic. That doesn't mean that some may not be negatively affected at way lower doses. If ones liver is too weak, that could created toxicity. It could cause iron levels to drop in some people. It's like any other supplement. Just monitor yourself and beaware of overdose symptoms.
Manganese should be taken on empty stomach for maximum absorption at least an hour before a meal. You should not combine these supplements with any other minerals like calcium, iron, zinc or copper will interfere with absorption along with Phytates (most grains, seeds, nuts).
Looking at the ligament and tendon strengthening formulas etc, other important cofactors seem to be vitamin B12 and B6.
MANGANESE and Cobalt
Someone said that manganese needs the cobalt within the B12 to make an important coenzyme which cures tendinitis. This coenzyme could be the bullet to heal tendinitis also. I found this recipe on a body building site that sums up the cure for tendinitis in healthier and/or younger people.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5 mcgs of sub lingual B-12 (the only place in nature we get Cobalt...the red part of B-12)
5 mgs. Manganese (not Magnesium)
Alfalfa tablets....about 15....3 times a day.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
RESTRICTING DIET
Probably the best approach for chronically ill people to resolving tendonitis like problems is RESTRICTING DIET for a couple weeks. That means No dairy, No sugar, No gluten etc. and see if one gets improvement or inflammation subsides then try to isolate what is causing it.
SULFUR
I dabbled in this area also.
Sulfur is the third most abundant mineral in your body, after calcium and phosphorous.
MSM is 34% elemental sulfur so 1000 mg MSM contains 340 mg Sulfur. MSM water soluble supplement so can be taken without food.
4/5 of glucosamine sulfate consists of pure glucosamine, so if you have 500 mg of glucosamine sulfate, approximately 400 mg are pure glucosamine and 100 mg is sulfur.
MISC
Sometime back, I thought I found a cure for my supposed tendinitis by using a product called Primaforce Cissus. It immediately minimized the SUPPOSED tendonitis pain the first day so I was optimistic but it never resolved the problem. It did solve my sleep problem. I wrote a post on it. Try this if you have sleep problems. Researching this supplement, I found it was very beneficial for many other things so I take it every day.
TENDONOSIS
Gout could effect tendon sheaths also.
I think barriers to healing may be the extent of scar tissue causing tangled collagen fibers (tendonosis). In tendonosis, the tangled collagen fibers need to be broken down first in order to rebuild and repair tissue I think. This may be something that could speed up healing. There has been some success with eccentric exercises. I think the key to exercises is creating a MUSCLE BURN so the muscle will break down the tissue so the tangled collagen fibers can reform into healthy muscle. This is not practical for too many sick people. They have to be done correctly also or one risks aggravating the situation further. Using exercise rubber band is best. There are videos on youtube.
Serrapeptase definitely works to dissolve internal scar tissue so maybe proteolytic/serrapaptase/nattokinase enzymes could help so something to experiment with. Some people have been told by doctors that they would have to live with the internal scar tissue problems but cured themselves with serrapeptase.
I would add JarrowSil silica supplement (Many people say BioSil tastes horrible) since it helps with building the collagen cross fibers in bones which in turn builds the bone. May do the same for collagen in tendons. Bioavailable silica is what makes bones fracture proof. I think Jarrow Ultra Bone Up is best bone building supplement on market. It contains MCHA calcium which is the only real anecdotally proven bone builder calcium.
Some research suggest that 50% of Gout does not have classic symptoms and can happen in other areas of body. Uric Acid levels may fluctuate more than research suggests causing that 6.8 uric acid level to be reached intermittently over time hence forming uric acid crystals. Maybe they can form at lower levels in some situations. Remedies suggest that Gout may be more widespread with the all encompassing tendonitis label slapped on it.
It's been a week and I feel a little better each day so I assume I am on my way to curing it. Complete heal time will be anywhere from 1 to 12 months to remove all the crystals. Hopefully the baking soda speeds things up. The practical heal time will be when most pain subsides and the shoulders become mostly flexible. Hopefully that will be within 3 months.
Most of the time I wait till I am completely cured before posting but Gout needs time to fully heal. Better my story gets out there sooner than later. I hope this can help people trying to find solutions to their connective tissue problems.
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