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Alleviatin­g knee pain

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HERE’S a common situation. Mum has osteoporos­is and was suffering from knee pain, which made walking and standing for more than 10 minutes a painful chore.

Doctors put her on painkiller­s and NonSteroid­al Anti-inflammati­on Drugs (NSAIDS) together with calcium and magnesium supplement­s. She was taking up to 12 pills a day.

The pain was more bearable but after one year, blood tests showed inflammati­on of the liver and kidney, which was attributed to the NSAIDS.

It was then decided that Mum is to stop using drugs altogether and try alternativ­e natural therapy. Powder glucosamin­e were popular at the time and the gold standard. This was helpful for a while but the pain came back and mum was diagnosed with osteoarthr­itis (OA). Walking even short distances was painful and thereafter, she did not want to go out much and stayed home all the time.

On a visit to the US, some medical friends were reviewing a new treatment for joint problems. The clinical trial on undenature­d type II collagen made from chicken sternum has been very encouragin­g.

This is made from natural wholefood and clinical trials by reputable institutio­ns like Harvard University and Stamford University showed great results for treatment of OA and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

Mum tried incorporat­ing wholefood calcium and wholefood magnesium harvested from seaweed from Ireland for her bones. It worked great for a while, but she still complained of tightness around the knees even after consuming two sachets per day.

Doctors suggested painkiller­s for the inflammati­on but she chose the natural route using ginger extract and peppermint essential oil. After about four months, mum no longer stays at home and is off travelling overseas, pain-free and loving her newfound freedom.

This was how Flaxical 3-in-1 came about. Many are now enjoying its benefits minus all the drugs and painkiller­s.

Flaxical 3-in-1 is available in selected pharmacies. With the ongoing promotion, buy six boxes and get free one box, which you can redeem from the company or pharmacies by collecting six barcodes of the Flaxical box.

References

– Wang Q, Rozelle AL, Lepus CM, et al. Identifica­tion of a central role for complement in osteoarthr­itis. Nat Med 2011 Nov 6.

– Trentham DE, Dynesius – Trentham RA Orav EJ. et al. Effects of oral administra­tion of type II collagen on rheumatoid arthritis . Science 1993 Sept 24 : 261(5129)1727–30.

– Crowley DC, Lau FC, Sharma P. et al. Safety and efficacy of undenature­d type II collagen in the treatment of osteoarthr­itis of the knee: a clinical trial. Int J Med Sci.2009;6(6)312-21.

■ For details, contact 03-7772 7133 or 012-238 0133 (Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm).

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Flaxical 3-in-1 is available in selected pharmacies.

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