Tendon troubles: can collagen supplements help with tendon repair?

Tendons play a vital part in helping us move. They are a collagen-infused super-strong bridge that connects muscles to bones allowing you to move your limbs. When overused, overloaded or damaged, these same tendons can cause us a lot of pain and movement impairment. Outside of the well-defined medical treatments and physiotherapy rehabilitation programs that assist with recovering from tendon injuries, there has been growing interest in the role of specialised tendon-targeted nutritional supplements in aiding repair and recovery. And for good reason, hydrolysed collagen is a key component of many of these supplements. In this podcast, I’ll look at where the evidence stands for nutritional supplements helping with tendon healing. Links referred to in the podcast Review of nutritional supplements in the management of tendinopathy Review of collagen peptide supplementation on joint injury and recovery Collagen supplements: the science behind the health benefits Systematic review of the effect of collagen supplements on skin ageing Episode transcript To access the full episode transcript, go to the following link and select the individual podcast episode and then click on the ‘Transcript’ tab Connect with me Instagram: doctimcrowe Facebook: Thinking Nutrition Twitter: CroweTim

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Tendon troubles: can collagen supplements help with tendon repair? is an episode from Thinking Nutrition by Dr Tim Crowe.

This episode is 14:51 long.

This episode was published on Aug 14, 2023.

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