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Hyaluronic acid shows strong results in Achilles tendon injuries
Medical Xpress / Isokinetic Medical Group / the Isokinetic Football Medicine Conference ^ | July 26, 2023 | Dr. Matthew Stride et al

Posted on 08/01/2023 8:54:54 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

New data has revealed significant improvement in professional athletes with Achilles tendon injury using a treatment of bio-inductive and multi-fractioned hyaluronic acid (HA) injections.

The discovery gives hope to sufferers of this painful and debilitating injury.

Clinical results indicate that treatment of tendinopathies with bio-inductive and muti-fractioned hyaluronic acid promotes and biologically induces the natural self-repair mechanism of the tendon, ensuring a rapid reduction of pain and a rapid recovery of normal function and physiological structure of the tendon and consequently a pain-free ability to move, maintaining these benefits over time.

The study included 60 patients (39 male and 21 female) with an average age of 32 years, and all professional athletes in football, volleyball, tennis and boxing. All patients trained for 30 hours per week plus competition. Injections were guided by ultrasound. The molecular weights of the hyaluronic acid used are 2-100-200-500 kDalton and 1MLN Dalton.

New data from a separate study on the load borne on the Achilles Tendon (AT) during exercise was also presented at the Isokinetic conference. The Achilles tendon can be exposed to considerable stress during athletic activities and is often subject to pathologies such as tendinopathies. When designing a prevention or rehabilitation protocol, mechanical loading is a key factor to consider.

This implies being able to accurately determine the load applied to the AT when performing exercises. The objective of the study was to investigate load borne by the AT during activities (walking and running) and strengthening exercises that solicit the AT.

The load borne on the AT ranged from 2.7 to 3.95 BW when walking compared with 4.15 to 7.71 BW when running. The data showed that strengthening exercises specifically designed for the Achilles Tendon can mitigate and lower the load borne during exercise.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: achillestendon; hyaluronicacid
Natural self-repair from two forms of available hyaluronic acid.
1 posted on 08/01/2023 8:54:54 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 08/01/2023 8:55:23 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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If true you could mix HLA with DMSO and apply topically and it would absorb into that area and into the tendon.


3 posted on 08/01/2023 8:56:53 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Thanks - you’re about 45 years late


4 posted on 08/01/2023 8:59:15 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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5 posted on 08/02/2023 3:00:54 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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