Here are few top suggested complimentary supplements for Muscles, Joints, Bones, Ligaments, Tendons etc., for your long-term wellness. Consider taking them as per your peculiar condition, signs and symptoms.

Make sure to talk to your doctor for the right dosage etc., if you are using a dietary supplement or if you are thinking to start taking one, as all supplements are not safe.

• Vitamin D3 is optimal for bones and joints health that aids in calcium absorption, prevent breakdown of cartilage and helping prevent osteoporosis and fractures.

Its supplementation is associated with increased bone density and is especially helpful in winter and for elderly people who don’t get sufficient exposure to sunlight those who live mostly indoors or in nursing homes etc.

• Vitamin D deficiency can cause bone loss and an increased risk of fractures.
• Vitamin C is an antioxidant. It protects cells from free-radical damage; builds and maintains collagen and connective tissue, to improve fracture healing and crucial supplement for pain relief.
• Vitamin B12 is an essential for tendons, ligaments, and their flexibility.

It also helps your body produce red blood cells, which are responsible for delivering oxygen to the muscles.

• Vitamin K helps activate certain proteins called osteocalcin that helps with bone health such is their formation, density and prevent the weakening of bones – essential for osteoporosis.
• Calcium is an essential mineral that maintains strong bones and teeth; regulates and relaxes muscles contractions; its deficiency can lead to thinning and weakening of the bones and osteoporosis.
• Calcium supplements combined with vitamin D can slow the rate of bone loss by as much as thirty percent.
• Collagen is a kind of protein found in our bodies that helps build joints and keeps connective tissue strong – actually it works like a natural “glue”, holding organs such as our skin and joints together.

Collagen provides our cartilage and bones with structure in improving bone density and supporting healthy muscle growth, decreasing arthritis symptoms and helping us recover from workouts etc.

• Magnesium strengthens bones and maintains joints, nerves and muscle function and is required for proper calcium metabolism – helpful in osteoporosis.

Magnesium may help aid healing in tendons and ligaments by reducing inflammation around the site of the injury.

It is also helpful for restless leg syndrome and it can help with muscle relaxation.

Magnesium helps decrease uric acid formation in the body if you are low in this vital nutrient – you may be susceptible to gout!

• Zinc plays an important role in the development of healthy bones – especially effective for women in their post-menopausal phase.

Zinc helps the protein you eat become part of your muscles.

• Glucosamine and chondroitin are both found naturally in healthy cartilage, which is the tissue that cushions the joints.

Glucosamine may accelerate repair processes in tendons.

It appears to stimulate cartilage cells in the joints to make proteoglycans and collagen – two important proteins for the proper function of joints and also help prevent collagen from breaking down.

Glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM taken together can help support healthy bones and joints as they both are widely used for the treatment of osteoarthritis

• Omega 3 fatty acids outsourced from wild-caught fish, ground flaxseeds or chia seeds etc., may help increase bone mineral density and reduce pain, stiffness and inflammation in rheumatoid, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis etc., which are mostly related to chronic inflammation.

Fish oil can help strengthen knee joints, lessens the pain associated with herniated discs.

• Several studies have shown that body utilizes the collagen formed by fatty acids in repairing the damaged discs.
• They may work by enhancing the production of substances that keep cartilage healthy and flexible and be effective for treating or preventing tendonitis.
• Certain digestive enzymes like bromelain Proteolytic Enzymes can treat gout shown to reduce uric acid and inflammation and pain in joints or muscles.

They can even help with pain, bruising, and swelling after surgery.

• S-adenosyl methionine – SAMe helps build strong joints and cartilages that can relieve symptoms of arthritis with potent analgesic effects.
• A better choice than conventional pain killers like aspirin or ibuprofen etc as it has far fewer side effects.
• MSM a natural anti-inflammatory anti spasmodic agent that can greatly improve digestive symptoms, and may help prevent joint and connective tissue breakdown.
• Silicon is another trace mineral that’s really important for the development of healthy bones, as well as tendons and ligaments, to increase bone density and reduce fragility.
• Strontium is effective as another aid in the treatment of osteoporosis as it can help improve bone density.
• Iron – In several studies restless leg syndrome has been linked to low levels of iron in the blood!
• Potassium deficiency can lead to cramping.

For your particular health problem(s), or to change your medications it is strongly suggested to avoid self-medication and consult your GP / health provider or Mind & Body Holistic Health Clinic.

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