Just to clarify for those who dont know why i'm ridiculing Dukac post.
Tendons and ligaments are a tricky thing to develop. Where there is all kinds of doping, mostly steroids, have a very direct impact on muscle growth, strenght and microtrauma recovery, the same is not true for tendons.
There is not a single medication out there that will speed up the recovery of tendon damage trough training or otherwise. There is not a single drug that will increase its strenght and resillience.
The ONLY substance that has a positive effect on tendons, are NSAID's. Tendons improve trough stress and recovery. Naturally, they inflammate a little bit after stress and during recovery. When working high frequency and volumes at a high load, the lingering inflammation builds up to actually inflammation of the tendon. This inflammation slows down the recovery and will decrease the function of the tendon when stressed if it builds up too high.
NSAID's combat this inflammation, allowing tendons to recover at their normal speed, and keeping away actual tendinitis. In strenghtsports, NSAID's are by far the drug with the biggest impact thats not on the doping list.
When a tendon tears however, it needs to recover naturally, without stress so no inflammation is present. and tendons recover MUCH slower then muscles
Ligaments follow the same principles.
Tendons and ligaments are a tricky thing to develop. Where there is all kinds of doping, mostly steroids, have a very direct impact on muscle growth, strenght and microtrauma recovery, the same is not true for tendons.
There is not a single medication out there that will speed up the recovery of tendon damage trough training or otherwise. There is not a single drug that will increase its strenght and resillience.
The ONLY substance that has a positive effect on tendons, are NSAID's. Tendons improve trough stress and recovery. Naturally, they inflammate a little bit after stress and during recovery. When working high frequency and volumes at a high load, the lingering inflammation builds up to actually inflammation of the tendon. This inflammation slows down the recovery and will decrease the function of the tendon when stressed if it builds up too high.
NSAID's combat this inflammation, allowing tendons to recover at their normal speed, and keeping away actual tendinitis. In strenghtsports, NSAID's are by far the drug with the biggest impact thats not on the doping list.
When a tendon tears however, it needs to recover naturally, without stress so no inflammation is present. and tendons recover MUCH slower then muscles
Ligaments follow the same principles.
