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My Experience Repairing My Torn Biceps Tendon
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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 85051" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Good luck Scott! Patience in recovery!</p><p></p><p>TRT plus any peptide combo (most peptides work better in synergy) or nandrolone are popular in those who can access them and get the real thing.</p><p></p><p>Here is an interesting paper. Others show that GH has no effect on tendon healing, though.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/107/43/18611.full" target="_blank">Acceleration of wound healing by growth hormone-releasing hormone and its agonists</a></strong></p><p></p><p>Also, some super conservative info from (Source: Tendonpain.org)</p><p></p><p>"Nutritional Supplements and Diet/Body Weight/Blood Sugar</p><p></p><p>Basic good nutrition is advisable in order to give your body the best chance to heal, but not much scientific research has been done to investigate the effects of specific nutritional supplements on the healing of tendinopathy. If you are overweight and/or have diabetes, your tendons may improve by losing weight and improving your blood sugar; recent studies have shown a correlation between diabetes and tendinopathy. </p><p></p><p>Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) stimulates Type I collagen synthesis when used in cultures of healthy fibroblast cells. However, when ascorbic acid was added to cells from carpal tunnel syndrome patients, it did not stimulate the normal amount of Type I collagen, and the small amount of Type I collagen that was produced had an abnormally high alpha2(I) to alpha1(I) ratio.[1] Adding vitamin C to the injured cells simply made them produce more abnormal collagen, not normal collagen. </p><p></p><p>Although glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate can be very helpful for osteoarthritis, they are not likely to help tendinosis. Based on the comments I've seen online, most people who have tried glucosamine for tendinosis haven't noticed any improvement. This is not surprising because tendinosis and osteoarthritis are quite different. Osteoarthritis causes a decrease in collagen, proteoglycans, and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in cartilage. Tendinosis causes a decrease in collagen in the injured tendon, but it actually causes an increase in proteoglycans and GAGs, such as chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronan.[7,8,13,18,40] Gluscosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate help build proteoglycans; since the levels of GAGs and proteoglycans are already abnormally high in tendinosis, you wouldn't expect oral supplementation of glucosamine and chondroitin to help. </p><p></p><p>Some supplements are sold with the claim that they will raise growth hormone levels and therefore help heal all sorts of problems, including chronic tendon injuries. Even if these supplements could raise growth hormone levels (which is unproven), the higher growth hormone might just stimulate more abnormal collagen rather than normal collagen (since that was the effect of adding growth factors to cells from carpal tunnel syndrome patients).[1] </p><p></p><p>Other supplements that claim to help heal tendons and ligaments contain the amino acids glycine, lysine, and proline. This idea seems logical since those three amino acids are very abundant in tendon and ligament collagen. However, the problem again is that merely throwing more collagen ingredients at the injured tenocyte cells probably won't change their behavior of making abnormal collagen. You should be sure to get enough protein in your diet so you're not outright deficient in amino acids, but there's no evidence to suggest that extra amino acids can cure tendinosis."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 85051, member: 3"] Good luck Scott! Patience in recovery! TRT plus any peptide combo (most peptides work better in synergy) or nandrolone are popular in those who can access them and get the real thing. Here is an interesting paper. Others show that GH has no effect on tendon healing, though. [b][URL="http://www.pnas.org/content/107/43/18611.full"]Acceleration of wound healing by growth hormone-releasing hormone and its agonists[/URL][/b] Also, some super conservative info from (Source: Tendonpain.org) "Nutritional Supplements and Diet/Body Weight/Blood Sugar Basic good nutrition is advisable in order to give your body the best chance to heal, but not much scientific research has been done to investigate the effects of specific nutritional supplements on the healing of tendinopathy. If you are overweight and/or have diabetes, your tendons may improve by losing weight and improving your blood sugar; recent studies have shown a correlation between diabetes and tendinopathy. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) stimulates Type I collagen synthesis when used in cultures of healthy fibroblast cells. However, when ascorbic acid was added to cells from carpal tunnel syndrome patients, it did not stimulate the normal amount of Type I collagen, and the small amount of Type I collagen that was produced had an abnormally high alpha2(I) to alpha1(I) ratio.[1] Adding vitamin C to the injured cells simply made them produce more abnormal collagen, not normal collagen. Although glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate can be very helpful for osteoarthritis, they are not likely to help tendinosis. Based on the comments I've seen online, most people who have tried glucosamine for tendinosis haven't noticed any improvement. This is not surprising because tendinosis and osteoarthritis are quite different. Osteoarthritis causes a decrease in collagen, proteoglycans, and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in cartilage. Tendinosis causes a decrease in collagen in the injured tendon, but it actually causes an increase in proteoglycans and GAGs, such as chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronan.[7,8,13,18,40] Gluscosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate help build proteoglycans; since the levels of GAGs and proteoglycans are already abnormally high in tendinosis, you wouldn't expect oral supplementation of glucosamine and chondroitin to help. Some supplements are sold with the claim that they will raise growth hormone levels and therefore help heal all sorts of problems, including chronic tendon injuries. Even if these supplements could raise growth hormone levels (which is unproven), the higher growth hormone might just stimulate more abnormal collagen rather than normal collagen (since that was the effect of adding growth factors to cells from carpal tunnel syndrome patients).[1] Other supplements that claim to help heal tendons and ligaments contain the amino acids glycine, lysine, and proline. This idea seems logical since those three amino acids are very abundant in tendon and ligament collagen. However, the problem again is that merely throwing more collagen ingredients at the injured tenocyte cells probably won't change their behavior of making abnormal collagen. You should be sure to get enough protein in your diet so you're not outright deficient in amino acids, but there's no evidence to suggest that extra amino acids can cure tendinosis." [/QUOTE]
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