Aching joints after a run - gone!

[Sonzi]

I’m 62 and graduated 18 months ago. I still run 2 -3 times a week but have been plagued with really sore sacro iliac joints( back of the pelvis) every evening after a run. Is particularly bad in winter so I presumed it was arthritis. A few weeks ago I started taking high dose Vitamin D 1000 IU and some multivitamins. It has taken me a while to realise that my rise from my armchair to go into the kitchen to make a cup of tea or a G&T is no longer accompanied by grunts and groans as I clutch my lower back!!

I don’t know which tablet did it ( probably the Vit D) but what a difference! Worth a try if you have the same problem!

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

At this time of year it is very easy to become deficient in vitamin D so your aches and pains may well have been caused by that.

[Sonzi Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Yes I knew I was probably deficient at this time of year but never twigged it was causing my joint pain even in the summer - and a holiday in Sri Lanka last Feb just before lockdown! I’m chuffed to bits with the difference it’s made!

[sparky66 Graduate]

Hi Sonia , wonderful 😁 By any chance is one of your suppliments tumeric and black pepper?

These are very good for inflammation of the joints x

But that's so great you feeling the benefits x happy running 🏃

[Sonzi Graduate in reply to sparky66]

No just bog standard Superdrug multi vitamins!

[sparky66 Graduate in reply to Sonzi]

Nutritional facts.org on tumeric and black pepper could be helpful x

[Sonzi Graduate in reply to sparky66]

Thanks I’ll take a look. I’d just accepted I had arthritis! But it wasnt ! Hooray!

[davelinks Graduate]

Yes, especially if you were very low of VitD in the first place, I take it all year round..

[Sonzi Graduate in reply to davelinks]

I can’t believe it was that simple!