Preventing knee and joint injuries

Techguy said:

Is there any kind of consensus in this group about which supplements
are best at preventing knee and joint injuries/pain? Or should I just
not take any supplements and live naturally. I don't have any pain
now, but I amsure that it will be coming.
Thanks
Darrin

my $.02:

I don't take supplements, and really don't have any problems with my
knee's and joints. I also play a ton of basketball along with running
20-30 MPW. I am a bit heavier than I would like, and probably am a
great candidate for knee problems. The thing that I do is preventative
medicine. Icing at even the slightest bit of soreness. I would be
willing to bet that if you eat properly then you will get the
nutrients that you need.

Having said that I used to work for a company called Melaleuca.
(Google it for more info) They are a Multi level marketing company so
there are membership fees and other [censored] to deal with. But they have a
product called Replenex.
(link- http://www.melaleuca.com/ps/index.cfm?f=ps.productDetail&pid=1691&sCatId=5).
I never tried the product but they make claims that its great and the
customers seem to like it and claim it works. You might be able to
find it on ebay...

Checking Ebay...

There are a couple of sellers that are selling it for fairly cheap
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=Replenex&category0=&submitSearch=Search
It sells to Melaleuca's preferred customers for about 10 a bottle so
picking it up for 12-14 (including shipping) aint all that bad.

John

Omega oils are good for joint inflammation, if that is a problem.

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Quoted message said:

Is there any kind of consensus in this group about which supplements
are best at preventing knee and joint injuries/pain? Or should I just
not take any supplements and live naturally. I don't have any pain
now, but I amsure that it will be coming.
Thanks
Darrin

Ok, I am no expert... But I don't believe that supplements "prevent
injury". They may support certain body functions enabling the body to make
repairs better/faster, but I don't think you can take something to prevent
damage or injury. That being said, I have heard great things about
glucosamine and msm.

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Techguy said:

Is there any kind of consensus in this group about which supplements
are best at preventing knee and joint injuries/pain? Or should I just
not take any supplements and live naturally. I don't have any pain
now, but I amsure that it will be coming.
Thanks
Darrin

Darrin,

Back to my knees need to have quads kneaded to keep them strong and
elongated. Also the hams if too tight, often because of slouching
posture while sitting (pelvis rolled back, sitting on tailbone rather
than sitz bones of pelvis) shorten the hamstrings. So you end up with
quads that have to work against shortened hamstrings causing more
problems to the knee in the long haul.

Check out:

http://www.mindfulness.com/of5.html

if you haven't already. All the rolling on the quads years back that I
talked about you can now find in the number of books on foam rollers and
fascia release.

In health and on the run,

Ozzie Gontang
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/rec/rec.running.html
Director, San Diego Marathon Clinic, est. 1975

Mindful Running http://www.mindfulness.com/mr.html

Very light-weight knee extensions, very light, slowly, will strengthen
the muscles that support the knee. The onlin running mags give
directions on technique for this goal.

For ankle joints, Google some of Dot's foot exercises from summer
2004; very helpful for building ankle strength.

I find that the stairmaster is excellent for building good knee
strength, if you use good/proper technique; also, it strenghtens your
gluteus/butt, which then offers better resilence for your impact upon
running.