Joint pain after taking joint supplements?
Joint pain after taking joint supplements?
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smiffy180

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6,029 posts

179 months

Friday 15th November 2013
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My arms are in agony, the elbow joint closest to body to be more specific.
It's affecting my lifts and general day to day tasks.

I've changed nothing in diet and training, all I've added in is the following:
  • Multivit
  • Odourless garlic
  • Magnesium
  • Cod liver oil
  • Iron
  • Glucosamine sulphate
I've only had joint pain since taking them, is there any possibility that it's causing joint pain as opposed to fixing it!?

smiffy180

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6,029 posts

179 months

Friday 15th November 2013
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In fact all off my arm aches laughfrown

LordGrover

34,156 posts

241 months

Friday 15th November 2013
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No idea mate but simple enough to stop them and see if it improves.
If that 'fixes' it add them one at a time until you find the one or combination that does it. Sorted.

Bill's in the post.

smiffy180

Original Poster:

6,029 posts

179 months

Friday 15th November 2013
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Didn't know if anyone's experienced similar. I started yesterday what you've said to do. When you lift more than me I'll pay your bill wink

mattikake

5,110 posts

228 months

Friday 15th November 2013
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Most joint supplements are a fad. It's blood flow that matters and joint have little. Cod liver oil AFAIK has been proven to stop joint degeneration but does absolutely nothing to make a joint better.

Google Golfers elbow. It's progressing, degenerative and annoying. Kind of a burny sore twingy sort of niggly pain, in it's early stages.

Something I was getting. In my case it was simple over-training. I'd only feel it when I grabbed a banister and hauled myself up stairs, as you do when you execute good upper body power out of leg laziness.

First time I noticed it, after 10 months of religious 3 - 5 times a week exercise and only 1 week off, I stopped immediately and had 4 weeks off. I've just come back on slowly doing 60 rep routines, just finished a 21s set routine this week, not a hint of the problem. smile Full-on strength routine next week, so we'll see.

Treat your body with respect and it will return in kind. Tendons and ligaments have poor blood flow so they heal very slowly, but if you give them time and don't come back too soon, you should be ok. IF you ignore it and try to power though it, you'll create a problem you may never recover from...

Edited by mattikake on Friday 15th November 22:37

steve_bmw

1,591 posts

204 months

Friday 15th November 2013
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Glucosamine sulphate
Someone recommended this in the gym to protect joints, I didn't have any joint problems so I thought I would give it a go to help with recovery ect.
Since taking it I've had clicky knees, shoulders and elbows, stopped taking it and I'm back to normal.

steve_bmw

1,591 posts

204 months

Friday 15th November 2013
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Glucosamine sulphate
Someone recommended this in the gym to protect joints, I didn't have any joint problems so I thought I would give it a go to help with recovery ect.
Since taking it I've had clicky knees, shoulders and elbows, stopped taking it and I'm back to normal.

smiffy180

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6,029 posts

179 months

Sunday 17th November 2013
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I've obviously had weekend off which will help but joint pain has only gone a bit.
I'd go to doctors Monday but ours is ridiculous. For what ever reason you can book days, weeks in advance yet if you want an appointment that day good luck. I don't understand why????
Unless someone cancels its as and when

mattikake

5,110 posts

228 months

Sunday 17th November 2013
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Book it, you'll have plenty of time if it's something like tendonitis...

Pvapour

8,981 posts

282 months

Sunday 17th November 2013
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why did you add them in the first place?

smiffy180

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179 months

Sunday 17th November 2013
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Pvapour said:
why did you add them in the first place?
Thought I was best doing it as apposed to waiting until I need it/advised taking it

goldblum

10,272 posts

196 months

Sunday 17th November 2013
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smiffy180 said:
...is there any possibility that it's causing joint pain as opposed to fixing it!?
No.

You have either an overtraining/poor technique injury or the onset of osteoarthritis.

Bet I can press more than you right now. smile

Hoofy

79,993 posts

311 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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mattikake said:
Treat your body with respect and it will return in kind. Tendons and ligaments have poor blood flow so they heal very slowly, but if you give them time and don't come back too soon, you should be ok. IF you ignore it and try to power though it, you'll create a problem you may never recover from...
So true. I properly fked a finger from doing pull ups on just two fingertips a few years ago*. Couldn't close my hand to make a fist. Thought I'd have to put up with it for life as my climbing partner had a similar injury at the time which never seemed to go away but fortunately got into strength training and climbed less frequently than I thought I would so my finger made a complete recovery. My climbing partner still has the problem because she kept climbing twice a week despite the injury...










* - was showing off at the time. People were suitably impressed despite me feeling something go pop in my finger joint. nuts

smiffy180

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Monday 18th November 2013
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goldblum said:
No.

You have either an overtraining/poor technique injury or the onset of osteoarthritis.

Bet I can press more than you right now. smile
Bet you can't smile

goldblum

10,272 posts

196 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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smiffy180 said:
Bet you can't smile
OK, on a good day I hover around 4x6-8 @ 125 180.

You?

smiffy180

Original Poster:

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179 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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goldblum said:
OK, on a good day I hover around 4x6-8 @ 125 180.

You?
Last week I did 10 x 125 200kg.
Going for 9-10 reps 132.5 210kg on Tuesday wink

goldblum

10,272 posts

196 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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smiffy180 said:
goldblum said:
OK, on a good day I hover around 4x6-8 @ 125 180250.

You?
Last week I did 10 x 125 200kg.
Going for 9-10 reps 132.5 210kg on Tuesday wink
Ha you weakling. Me win!

smiffy180

Original Poster:

6,029 posts

179 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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goldblum said:
Ha you weakling. Me win!
Proof or it didn't happen. HA!

goldblum

10,272 posts

196 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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smiffy180 said:
goldblum said:
Ha you weakling. Me win!
Proof or it didn't happen. HA!
Bugger


smiffy180

Original Poster:

6,029 posts

179 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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hehe
Been to docs, all they want is samples!
We'll see how it goes