What's up, everybody!
Nathanael Morton here with nathanaelmorton.com.
Within today's video I'm going to be talking about supplements for knee pain, which supplements
are going to be the best for you to take to stop your knee pain and how you can use these
supplements to stay pain free for life.
Nathanael M: All right, ladies and gentlemen.
Now because I do not want to waste any of your time and because I want this video to
be short and sweet and painless and completely understandable, I am just going to get straight
into it and teach you about which supplements you should be taking and how you can use those
supplements for longevity to stay pain free for life.
Nathanael M: I'm just going to get straight into it, but first I want you to know one
very important thing and that is this.
Supplements are just that, they are supplements.
They are going to help speed up your recovery, but they are not going to completely heal
your knees.
In order for you to completely heal your knees you need to be doing two things.
Number one, you need to figure out the cause of your knee pain and eliminate that.
Number two, you need to put in place the proper exercise and stretching routine to strengthen
up the muscles around your knees, strengthen your glutes, loosen your muscles so they're
not so tight.
You need to figure out the cause and you need to either combat or eliminate that cause once
and for all with a proper exercise and stretching routine to rehabilitate your knee.
Nathanael M: So that is that, supplements are just on top of that.
They're going to speed up your recovery process while you have the proper exercise and stretching
routine into place.
By the way, if you want to know anything else about knee pain, specifically patellar tendonitis
and jumper's knee, I have a playlist link down below in the description of this video.
It has tons of videos in there that can help you cure your knee pain.
But without further ado, let's head over to the kitchen and I will give you a complete
rundown of all of the supplements that I take, all of the supplements that you should be
taking to cure your knee pain and stay pain-free for life.
Nathanael M: All right, so we've made it to the kitchen.
I have the supplements that I personally take and then I think you should be taking right
here on the couch or behind me.
Let's dive into which exact supplements you should be taking and why specifically they
are going to help speed up the recovery of your knees.
Nathanael M: First on the list is I have the two of the same thing.
I have a liquid version and a tablet version of Omega-3 fish oil.
So Omega-3s, you have definitely heard of this one before, it's amongst one the most
studied supplements.
It's shown to improve joint health, it's shown to reduce the risk of factors that lead to
knee pain, and it has shown positive results for tendon pain.
So this is one that you should definitely, definitely get if you are trying to heal your
knees or speed up the recovery of your knees.
Nathanael M: Now how much fish oil should you be taking?
There are so many different studies that show different amounts of Omega-3s that you should
be taking.
Some say that you should be taking one gram of Omega-3s per percentage of body fat.
So for example, if you weigh ... if you are 16% body fat, it is saying that you should
take 16 grams of fish oil.
Others say a little bit lower amounts between 2.2 and 2.5 grams of Omega-3s.
Some say one teaspoon of Omega-3s a day, which I think is a little bit low for myself.
What I do and what I've found to be a good number is between 2 and 3 grams per day.
Nathanael M: Now at the end I'm going to show you how I take all these and what I actually
do with all the supplements.
I do it before bed before I go to sleep at night.
I'm going to actually go through the process of taking the pills and making the recovery
drink that I drink, and show you exactly what I do so that you can take that and do it for
yourself, and heal your own pain, and speed up the recovery for yourself.
Nathanael M: Now, you've got to be careful on your fish oil, because not all fish oil
is the same.
Some fish oil is going to say 2-3 grams official, but it actually has a low amount of EPA and
DHA.
I'll try to zoom in so that you can see this, but what you want is 2-3 grams of EPA and
DHA combined, 2-3 grams of EPA and DHA combined.
So what I do is I actually take one teaspoon of the liquid version and two tablets of the
tablet version at a time, and that gets me in between 2 and 3 grams, and that is going
to be sufficient to derive the benefits of Omega-3s and help speed the recovery of your
knees.
Nathanael M: The next supplement on the list is vitamin C. Now, vitamin C has been shown
to improve collagen synthesis, while lack of vitamin C has been shown to decrease collagen
synthesis.
Now, that is very important because the tendons of your knees are actually made up of collagen
fibers.
Nathanael M: Let's take patellar tendonitis, for example.
If you continually beat up your knees due to sports or exercise or whatever it may be
... remember I said you need to find the cause of your knee pain.
Patellar tendonitis, something is causing your knee pain.
Might be squats, might be basketball, it might be jumping, it might be running.
Whatever it is, you are decreasing the collagen synthesis, you are breaking down the collagen
fibers in your tendons.
If you don't allow for enough recovery or you do workouts that are too much load, they
are too hard for your tendons, you're going to continually break down the collagen fibers
in your knees.
Nathanael M: In order to heal your tendons, you need to build those back up.
Vitamin C directly helps you build back up the collagen fibers in the tendons of your
knee.
So specifically [quadriceptical] tendonitis, patellar tendonitis, anything that deals with
tendons, vitamin C is going to be extremely, extremely important because it builds those
collagen fibers back up.
Nathanael M: So how much vitamin C should you be taking?
It is recommended that you take 1-2 grams of vitamin C per day, which for this one would
be one to two tablets.
I have all of this linked down below in description.
I will have all of these supplements down below for you in case you want to get the
same exact ones, but for yourself, just make sure that you get the right amount of fish
oil, the right amount of vitamin C, and the other supplements that I'm going to tell you.
But 1000-2000 milligrams or 1-2 grams per day of vitamin C is going to help speed up
the recovery process of your collagen fibers in the tendons of your knees.
Nathanael M: Third on the list is glucosamine chondroitin.
Now glucosamine chondroitin has been shown to be very beneficial for individuals with
osteoarthritis.
It has also been shown to increase collagen synthesis and repair collagen fibers within
your tendons, very much similar to vitamin C. So this one almost has the same benefits
as vitamin C. However, there have been many studies done that have shown that people,
half the people get benefits from glucosamine chondroitin and half the people don't feel
any effect at all.
Nathanael M: So for myself, I am going to take this, because I want to be taking everything
possible that is going to help heal my knees and help speed up that recovery, but this
one is kind of hit or miss when it comes to healing your knees.
So this one is not as important as the Omega-3s and the vitamin C, but for myself, I'm going
to take it anyway because I don't want to leave any stone unturned.
I want to cross my T's and dot my I's.
So this one, glucosamine chondroitin.
For this one I just take what's recommended on the bottle.
So the serving size for this one is three tablets.
I just take three tablets every day before I go to sleep.
Nathanael M: The last supplement on the list that I have for you is ReconstruXion from
Jeff Cavaliere over at ATHLEAN-X.
If you haven't checked out his channel, I suggest you do.
He's the [goat] ... he is the go-to guy.
But basically what this is in this supplement, it is a blend of glutamine which helps aid
in recovery.
It's leucine, which stimulates protein synthesis and muscle building.
Then it has some other stuff in there, but the main two things that I want out of it
is I want the glutamine for the recovery and I want the leucine for the protein synthesis.
All the other stuff is just extra, it's icing on the cake.
Nathanael M: This one isn't completely, completely necessary, but this one, if you're an athlete,
if you do a lot of activity, which you probably do if you have knee pain, this is just very
good for recovery right before you go to bed, right before you sleep to have that glutamine
in your system while you are sleeping.
It's just like double the recovery.
So that's why I really liked this one.
I just get it from athleanx.com.
Once again, everything's linked down below.
I take one scoop of this before I go to bed.
Nathanael M: With that, let me show you how I put all of this together and how I take
all this before I go to sleep, and then I'm actually going to end this video and go to
sleep.
All right, so here we go.
Nathanael M: I'm going to first take vitamin C. I'm going to take two tablets of this.
This is 2000 milligrams or 2 grams of vitamin C. The one thing about vitamin C is you eventually
want to taper off of the vitamin C, because your body's going to get used to the amount
that you're taking it in.
It's going to start to decrease the absorption into your cells.
Nathanael M: So vitamin C, two tablets for the first five to eight weeks.
Then I would go to one tablet and then eventually you should probably stop taking it if your
knee pain goes away, because you want your body to produce that by itself and you want
to get it from the fruits and vegetables within your diet.
So, but for now, two tablets, 1-2 grams of vitamin C per day.
Nathanael M: Then I'm going to take three tablets of the glucosamine chondroitin, and
then I'm going to say two tablets of the Omega-3 fish oils.
Nathanael M: All right, now this next part is arguably the most important part, the most
important message that I want you to understand about knee pain, and I learned this from an
ancient master.
Because knee pain can be extremely demoralizing, it can crush your soul and your spirit.
If you let yourself get down, then you can go on and you can have this knee pain for
years and years and years and you can start to believe that there's no coming back from
knee pain.
But the main message that this ancient master taught me and that I want to teach you right
now today is this: donut ever give up.
Please don't unsubscribe.
Nathanael M: Now what I do is that take my shaker bottle, I take the reconstruction,
I put in one scoop of the ReconstruXion.
Remember this is the glutamine, it's the leucine going to aid in recovery, aid in protein synthesis.
Then I take my liquid Omega-3.
If you don't want to get the liquid and the tablet Omega-3 you don't have to, you can
get just one or the other.
That's just what I like to do because I want two different sources.
I don't know, I'm weird like that.
I want two different sources just to make sure that all my T's are crossed, all my I's
are dotted, no stone is left unturned.
So I take one teaspoon of the liquid Omega-3.
After I've put the ReconstruXion powder in my shaker, I pour one tablespoon into the
shaker.
Nathanael M: Then I fill it with water and I fill it to the top.
That's just the thing I do, fill all my shakers to the top because you need your H2O in your
life.
Then I take all my pills.
My glucosamine chondroitin, my Omega-3s, and my vitamin C. I shake it up, which in here
I have my liquid Omega-3s and I have my ReconstruXion drink.
Then I pop the top, and I take them all, and then I go to sleep.
Nathanael M: There you have it.
Ladies and gentlemen, these are the supplements for knee pain.
This is exactly what supplements you should be taking, why specifically these supplements
can help you help speed the recovery of your knee pain.
The one thing I want you to remember, at the beginning of this I explained it, you have
to find the cause of your knee pain.
You have to either eliminate that or do an exercise in a stretching routine to combat
that.
A lot of people, a lot of athletes want to keep doing their sport or keep doing the thing
that causes them pain, and if you're not going to completely eliminate that, then you need
to find an exercise and a stretching routine that is going to combat that, it's going to
combat the cause of your knee pain.
Nathanael M: So look at the playlist I have down below.
I give you a bunch of routines, a bunch of exercises that are going to help you, a bunch
of stretches that are going to help alleviate the pain, especially in patella tendonitis
and jumper's knee.
So check that out.
All the supplements will be linked down below.
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