How I Healed My Tendonitis

Back in August, I developed some tendonitis in my adductor (one of the groin muscles). What is tendonitis? It’s when a tendon gets inflamed, and starts to hurt. I guess it can come with being a competitive powerlifter (ie I lift heavy things for no good reason. Here’s a video of me squatting 372 pounds at a bodyweight of 145). But enough about me. In this article, I’ll show how you can heal your tendonitis relatively quickly, without stopping what caused the tendonitis in the first place.

Original source: here.

            But first, wouldn’t it be logical to stop what caused the tendonitis in the first place? Yes, it would. But try telling an athlete that they can’t do their sport for a period of time (usually 2-3 months). Good luck with that. Tell a runner to stop running, and you might get some tears. Tell a powerlifter to stop squatting, and he’s not happy either. So sure enough, I didn’t want to stop squatting, but I also didn’t want to have tendonitis anymore.

What Did I Do? 

In January, I started taking a course at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition, called “Supplementation in Clinical Practice.” The instructor is Baljinder Chhoker, ND and he’s a teacher of teachers. He teaches at the naturopathic college. I figured he’d be a pretty good person to ask what to do about my tendonitis.

1. Proteolytic enzymes. What??? Proteolytic enzymes have names like “trypsin, chymotrypsin, bromelain”, and others. They are naturally found in the body, but when the body is injured, our requirements for these increase beyond what we naturally make. What proteolytic enzymes do is they remove inflammation and scar tissue that has formed. The specific product I used was Wobenzyme.
2. Silica. This is used to bring strength and elasticity to collagen structures. Typically, when you do a workout while you have tendonitis, you weaken the tendon even more. Silica allows continued workouts without weakening of the tendon. The specific product I used was Biosil
3. Dr. Reckeweg R55. This is a blend that helps reduce inflammation, and reduce stiffness at the site of the tendonitis.
4. Dr. Reckeweg R30. This is a topical anti-inflammatory (you rub it on your skin). After workouts involving that tendon, I would rub it on the inflamed tendon, which helped reduce stiffness.
5. AOR’s Inflammation Relief. This was the magic bullet that finished the job. It’s a potent herb, called “curcumin” (comes from turmeric) that helps relieve inflammation. Fast.

 

Original source: here.

And by the way, I have no financial interest in any of these products. So when I mention a product name, it’s because it works. Not because I’m getting paid to say that name.

The Results 

After taking the first 4 of these for 2 weeks, the pain of tendonitis was reduced by about 75%. But then, it was stuck at that level for another 3 weeks. Enter AOR’s Inflammation Relief. I only took 1 capsule, 3 times per day, for 3 days. Then I did a workout that involved squats. And I didn’t realize until after the workout that I didn’t feel my tendon at all. Awesome.

To put things in perspective, with complete rest, tendonitis should go away in about 2-3 months. Of course, as an athlete “complete rest” to me is a foreign concept. So if you continue exercising, you naturally continue aggravating the issue, and it can take years to heal, if it heals at all.

What was most impressive to me about this “recipe” was that despite continuing to exercise, my tendonitis went away after 1 month of use. That’s after completely no improvement between August and January.