Just read an interesting piece of research about glucosamine - lots of people swear by it for knee pain, supposedly it helps protect or even heal injured knees.  The researchers tested at 7, 14, 21 and 28 days, and found no difference in either pain or function at 7, 14 or 21 days compared with a group on a placebo, but at 28 days, there was a significant improvement in knee flexion and extension for the glucosamine group compared to the placebos - so maybe you need to stick with it for a while to get the benefits?

I know some people swear by it...

my mum has arthritis in her knees, she's been using it for years and says it makes a big difference.

it's a shame there's not more proper research like this on some of these treatments - of course it leaves unanswered what happens after two months, three months, a year?

my knees often bother me - i might give it a try.

i've heard a lot about glucosamine and wondered if it was for real - it's kind of a shame the research ended just as it was starting to show some results.

i used it for a while but didn't notice any difference - maybe i wasn't consistent enough...

I'm not sure about these kinda things - I'm always a little nervous when there's not any long term trial evidence - maybe I'm paranoid.  But I just think if this stuff's so great, why aren't all kind of doctors prescribing it?

 

My friend showed me a new report from Cambridge university last week saying that doctors had misunderstood the structure of bones and that as a result of the new findings they were now saying that it makes sense that glucosamine would help people!

I think it's a long term thing, it's really helped my knees.