“Whoever does sports gets more out of life!” – following this motto, millions of Germans do sports regularly. Because the soul and body stabilizing effect of recreational sports has long been medically proven. But wherever sports are played, there is also a risk of sports injury: over one million – mostly minor – sports injuries such as bruises, contusions, muscle strains or sprains are registered every year during sports and games in Germany.
Enzymes accompanying measures in case of injury
In competitive sports, people have been using enzymes to treat sports injuries for years. This is because inflammation runs in the first phase of almost every sports injury. Enzyme use is rounded out by the usual measures such as:
- Rest, that is, immobilization of the injured organ.
- Ice, that is cooling the inflammation
- Compression, that is, support bandage for the injured part of the body.
- Elevation, which means elevated positioning of the injured organ to reduce swelling
How enzymes help with a sports injury
- The inflammatory symptoms such as swelling and pain remain within limits.
- The healing of the sports injury is accelerated by the enzymes. Thus, the athlete is ready for use again faster.
- Here, the so-called shock therapy has proven itself in acute injuries, in which a large amount of enzymes is taken at once to achieve an immediate effect.
But many athletes, such as boxers and ice hockey players, take today before competitions – so preventive – already enzymes. A type of enzyme therapy that seems to have proven its worth. When the injury occurs, the enzymes are already present in the body in sufficient quantities. This means that the sports injury usually goes much more smoothly or the expected swelling does not occur at all. But enzyme combinations have also proven effective in preventing muscle soreness.
What is osteoarthritis?
Most people suffer from osteoarthritis to a greater or lesser extent in old age. Particularly affected are the joints that have to bear a lot throughout life: the knee and hip joints. Where the bones in the joints meet, they are covered by a protective layer of cartilage. Through constant stress, the joint cartilages lose their elasticity.
The smooth surface becomes rough and cracked, and cartilage wear occurs during joint movements. The abraded cartilage particles can irritate the joint and later the synovial membrane also becomes inflamed. In this case, we speak of activated or inflammatory arthrosis. Typical of arthrosis is pain initially only during movement or stress. Later, they also occur at rest.
Enzymes in osteoarthritis
Enzyme combination preparations have proven effective in the treatment of activated osteoarthritis, in which the enzymes intervene at various points in the course of the disease: there is a decrease in swelling and an improvement in the flow properties of the blood. The inflammation in the joint is not inhibited, rather its course is accelerated so that better healing can take place.
The result is a decrease in pain and morning stiffness and an improvement in the mobility of the diseased joint. Vitamin E has proven its worth as a combination partner. In soft tissue rheumatism, it is not the synovium, cartilage and bones that are affected, but the soft tissues surrounding the joint, i.e. muscles, ligaments, tendons and bursa. Soft tissue rheumatism is also caused by overuse, one-sided strain and incorrect posture, among other causes.
Epicondylitis, “tennis elbow” or tendonitis, is particularly common, associated with unpleasant pain and impaired movement. Here, too, enzyme combinations lead to a significant decrease in discomfort and the inflammatory process.
