Tendon troubles: can collagen supplements help with tendon repair?

Tendons play a vital part in helping us move. They are a collagen-infused super-strong bridge that connects muscles to bones allowing you to move your limbs. When overused, overloaded or damaged, these same tendons can cause us a lot of pain and movement impairment. Outside of the well-defined medical treatments and physiotherapy rehabilitation programs that assist with recovering from tendon injuries, there has been growing interest in the role of specialised tendon-targeted nutritional supplements in aiding repair and recovery. And for good reason, hydrolysed collagen is a key component of many of these supplements. In this podcast, I’ll look at where the evidence stands for nutritional supplements helping with tendon healing.

Links referred to in the podcast

• Review of nutritional supplements in the management of tendinopathy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37146985
• Review of collagen peptide supplementation on joint injury and recovery https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521576
• Collagen supplements: the science behind the health benefits https://www.thinkingnutrition.com.au/collagen-supplements-health
• Systematic review of the effect of collagen supplements on skin ageing https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/9/2080

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