Nursing a Shoulder injury (supplements)

[LightBearer]

What's up guys, I tore my labrum in my left shoulder in Dec 2011, I didn't have insurance but got a MRI and didnt follow up. Anyway, 95% of the year my shoulder is fine, I lift moderate weight, and avoid certain things. But every now and then I over-do it and re-injure it. It's a weird injury, not really painful (aside from e initial re-injuring part) but I won't be able to lift for a few weeks.

ANYWAY, anyone have any recommendation on vitamins/mineral/supps I should take to move this along? Pretty inconvenient timing for this injury. I'm taking a generic joint support supp, and fish oil.

I read that vitamin C and B help with connective tissue repair (although my injury cannot heal without surgery, the surrounding area is inflamed since re-injury) anyone have any input on this? If so, should I use a b-complex or focus on particular B vits? Anything else recommended ?

 

[Burrn]

Hey Light: Sorry to hear about your shoulder....bummer.
Along with your fish oil formula, you might want to look into curcumin. You can get it in capsules and it is one of the best Anti-inflammatory natural supplements out there. Dark or tart cherries either right off the vine or in capsules is another very high anti-inflammatory. Inflammation is one of the things you want to fight in any injury.
Also, you might want to do some VERY light dumbell lateral raises with many reps to keep nourishing blood in the area. The new research for older bodybuilders who have sore joints show very high reps are therapeutic. Good luck light.
Burrn

 

[LightBearer]

Thank you bro ill look into that, thing to vitamin shoppe later


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[Dr.G]

just be aware that vitamins and anti-inflamatory help but they are not significant, what is important and what you need to do is be careful how you train and how you ,manage your injury, if you don't, then no medication will be of any help.

 

[AmM]

just be aware that vitamins and anti-inflamatory help but they are not significant, what is important and what you need to do is be careful how you train and how you ,manage your injury, if you don't, then no medication will be of any help.

Good points, OP I would save your money and as long as your injury isn't in need of surgery, just give it time to heal. This last year I battled several injuries including my delts and I took 4 weeks off then worked back in slowly. Time is all you need IMO.

 

[Burrn]

With all due respect gentlemen, being a cancer survivor, I can tell you that inflammation is one of the hottest topics in nutrition and health. Not only can it lead to cancer in the body, but it can make it harder for joints and muscles to heal properly. I don't tout supplements, but there is just too much research on certain natural elements that are beneficial in healing. Not drugs, but real food isolated compounds. I have had several friends with gout who were helped with pain management and healing by using Black unsweetened cherry juice and prescribed by their DOCTORS. Lets look at this logically: If cigarette smoke, alcohol, and drugs are harmful to the body and can cause damage, there must a number of counter substances with a beneficial effect. Vitamins, minerals, water, protein, and the like. I mentioned Curcumin....this is basically a food. No I don't work for a supplement company. But I do know from many of my own injuries, that doctors and physical therapists are more and more prescribing natural products for healing. The workout is only half the battle.

 

[HFO3]

pendulum swings may be a good idea for warming up prior to any exercises that utilize your shoulder.

 

[LightBearer]

Thanks for the replies guys. Well as I said, the injury cannot heal, but it will get back to a pain free state where I can lift moderate weight again. But each time this happens, it makes me a little more afraid of my limits. When the labrum in the shoulder tears, it cannot heal without being "fixed" into correct position with screws/anchors.
When I first injured it, it was a micro tear (amazing given the 3 clicks and a SNAP I heard when I missed the notch while racking my bar on military press)
I'm interested to see if its torn any more or healed improperly after re injuring it 3x in 2 years.
If you're not familiar with the labrum, it's like a disk of tissue, imagine the wafer you eat at church (the flesh) that's Inbetween your bicep and shoulder (ball joint) or better yet picture a beach ball on a dinner plate, the dinner plate is the labrum (now break it) beach ball would be the arm connected (or something)


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[dave 236]

Is there a reason surgical repair isn't an option? Since you admit thats the only remedy for the problem. I know several people who've had labrum tears repaired and have little to no issues from it. That said msm and cissus have helped me alot with nagging pain in muscles and joints and sam- e has some benefits as far as reducing inflamation. None of this will change the fact you need surgery and a good physical therapy rehab program to be back to normal though.

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[MissionHockey]

I have pain in my right shoulder from lifting over the years. When I train my chest it becomes the worst. I stretch it out before training but nothing completely takes the pain away. I have heard of some people spot injecting with peptides... Any input on this?

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[LightBearer]

Is there a reason surgical repair isn't an option? Since you admit thats the only remedy for the problem. I know several people who've had labrum tears repaired and have little to no issues from it. That said msm and cissus have helped me alot with nagging pain in muscles and joints and sam- e has some benefits as far as reducing inflamation. None of this will change the fact you need surgery and a good physical therapy rehab program to be back to normal though.

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The issue is the risk of re-injury in spite of surgery. There's a high re-injury rate


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