Professional football players know the toll their sport takes on their bodies. Chronic joint pain and inflammation are often accepted as unavoidable—until now. We conducted this Kre-Alkalyn joint inflammation study with 30 professional football players to determine whether our patented pH-buffered creatine could do more than just support strength. The results were remarkable: every participant reporting initial joint pain saw it disappear completely by week six.
Kre-Alkalyn® & Its Ability to Eliminate Workout-Related Joint Inflammation and Pain in Football Players
Jeff Golini, PhD.
All American Pharmaceutical, Billings, Montana
Background
Sports-related joint and tissue inflammation becomes chronic in professional football players due to the nature of this high-impact and physically punishing sport. These athletes — many of whom weigh 250 to 300 pounds or more– can expect to begin experiencing the effects of excessive joint/ligament overuse early in their careers. Joint stiffness often precipitates additional injuries as the athlete pushes himself in long workouts, further overextending inflamed tissue in an attempt to compensate and improve performance. Over time, this repeated inflammation leads to permanent damage, eventually ending a football player’s career.
For more than 25 years, creatine has been used by athletes who are engaged in high-energy sports. But until recently, the ability of creatine to influence cell surface interactions has been largely ignored. In cell culture studies, creatine monohydrate has demonstrated the ability to modulate certain aspects of cell-surface/pro-inflammatory reactant interactions.
Study Objective
To determine whether a unique, oral alkali buffered-creatine monohydrate compound is capable of reducing or eliminating workout-related joint and tissue inflammation and pain.
Participants and Method
A total of 30 male professional football players were selected to participate. Individuals ranged in weight from 185 lbs to 380 lbs, and all experienced at least one area of chronic, pre-workout-related joint-tissue and stiffness. Eighteen athletes were assigned to take the Test Material (Kre-Alkalyn®); 12 were given a placebo (Maltodextrin).
Volunteers were divided into three groups: Group A (n = 12) received 1500 mg of Kre-Alkalyn® in the morning, daily (a total of 2 capsules) for six weeks; Group B (n = 6) received 1500 mg of Kre-Alkalyn® in the morning, daily for the first 7 days, then 3000 mg daily (1500 mg AM / 1500 mg PM) for five additional weeks; Groups C (n = 12) received two placebo capsules daily for six weeks. In addition, participants were required to report daily to their coordinator all incidences of joint pain and/or stiffness, according to protocol.
Results
All initially reported joint pain/stiffness disappeared before the conclusion of the six-week study.
Summary
Our findings indicate that Kre-Alkalyn® was effective in relieving pain and stiffness among football players. In addition, a general trend toward increased endurance and stamina, reduced fatigue, and decreased total body fat by 1%-3.5% was observed.
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