and dairy), C to 500mg (peppers and strawberries) and E to 100mg (nuts and seeds). "Vitamin C speeds up the repair process in muscles, connective tissues and cartilage," explains Hunking. But too much can irritate your stomach lining, while A and E can

will be chasing Paula's tail in a few years' time!Old but slow, 4:18 --I was expecting 3:40-3:45, but knew I'd blown that when my knee went at 14 miles. It was a grim old slog after that, with several walk breaks while I tried to massage bits of cartilage

then it could either be the pes enserinus tendon, which is your medial hamstring and adductors, so try and stretch these out. If very specific over the joint line and pain on squatting you need to get checked to make sure there is no meniscal/ cartilage damage

said.My wife Annette, with a 4:09 marathon PB, had a operation on her knee on December 1 to remove cartilage - and her surgeon also said, "You will never run again, so give up that stupid sport and buy a bike" Just what you want to hear!As it was, we

, it gets absorbed quickly.Zinc AgainAnother way to keep your bones healthy is to load up with zinc. This mineral helps manufacture healthy bone and cartilage cells. We need about 15mg a day and the easiest places to get it are from red meat and zinc

impressive injury in my sleep. I went to bed (alone) a relatively healthy, if slightly drunk, person. And woke up hobbling. I’d torn my cartilage…oxymoron I've accidentally set fire to myself. Twice. Farnie I tore my knee cartilage kneeling on the floor

that. – VelociraptorSpending five months recovering from cartilage damage, then getting on a bike for the first time, falling off it in the office car park while stationary and wrenching a thigh muscle, leading to another two months off. What a fool