I went to a friend’s birthday brunch at a bar this morning, and had to walk quarter mile or so to get there because of limited street parking. Combined with the heel raises and pool walking I did today, my tendon is pretty swollen, even after icing and compression. The gait continues to improve as slowly as my walking pace.
I’m pretty sure my diet of fast food and frozen pizza isn’t so great for healing, so I searched online for any nutritional supplementation that might help with tendon healing specifically. I suspect a lot of people on here, including myself, are lost due to a lack of guidance from their OS and PT. Here’s a University of Maryland Medical Center article I found that appears legitimate. After reading this, I bought 3 bottles of a Bromelain-Turmeric-Boswellia joint supplement to augment my daily placebo of Glucosamine HCI MSM, Vitamin C, Calcium Mg, fish oil, and multivitamin. Hey, it can’t hurt, right? I’ve also been taking Supper Cissus and eating jello based on another Achilles blogger’s advice, but have found no scientific support that either of these helps heal tendons, just anecdotal reports.
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BobFV // Aug 9th 2015 at 4:12 am
Hi Oscillot, nice to hear you are getting around so well. I have been taking a supplement that I will link to 2X day since the surgery, as well as 1000mg vitamin C and 500mg chelated magnesium. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L9IULF6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00
oscillot // Aug 9th 2015 at 9:55 am
Nice find, Bob, though a much smaller dose of bromelain then the protocol suggests (100 v 2500 mg).
skelonas // Aug 11th 2015 at 6:23 pm
Here is some info I put together from the research/searching I did: http://achillesblog.com/skelonas/category/nutrition/ (bottom post has the most info). I’ve been eating lots of Jello and Pineapple still at 6 months. I’ve used the injury as an excuse to eat better!
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