Can we rebuild the cartilage in our joints once it has started to degenerate away? Most of my readers are over 45. so this is an important question for them. In truth, our joints start wearing down from age 25 on, but usually, we don’t feel it for 20+ years at least, unless we […]
Last week I wrote about feet, and it seemed logical to simply move up a bit and write next about the knees. Next to back and shoulder issues, I probably see more knee problems than any other joints in the body crying out for help. This is not surprising considering the amount of force […]
What is collagen and why are so many people taking it? Simply put, collagen is a type of protein your body uses to make skin, bones, joints, organs, and hair. It is the stuff that holds everything together. Those of us sneaking up on aging are well aware of how our stuff does not […]
I have been having a lot of patients with knee problems lately. A few of them have had actual knee replacements. These knee replacements are pretty ugly surgeries in terms of recovery. Hip replacement surgeries seem to be a piece of cake by comparison. The knee replacements only seem to work in about half […]
In my last newsletter I mentioned the idea I had that osteoporosis is really a collagen disease rather than what the mainstream medical community is telling us. I have been continuing to dig into this subject and I am finding more information. My initial hit that collagen formation was a critical aspect of osteoporosis appears […]