Jesse Cannone, co-founder of The Healthy Back Institute and author of The 7-Day Back Pain Cure, has been on a circuitous fitness and health journey since his early twenties. While working as fitness trainer, he suffered a horrible knee injury that refused to heal. During his search to heal the injury Cannone discovered aspects of body movement and health that led him to a whole new path in life. He became a post-rehabilitation and performance nutrition specialist, advanced level and master fitness trainer and founded The Healthy Back Institute with Steve Hefferon. A leading source of back pain solutions, HBI also offers a wide-range of supplements, information and guidance for those seeking to heal their bodies and achieve maximum health and wellness.

One of the most effective supplements in their catalog is Heal-n-Soothe, a Systemic Enzyme Formula that acts to assist in a number of health and healing functions and whose primary element is Proteolytic Enzymes. Blessed with the ability to survive the digestive process, Proteolytic Enzymes enter the body and become a powerful support agent for healing damaged tissues. One of the most important functions it performs is breaking down excess fibrin in the circulatory system and connective tissues, such as muscles. Fibrin is vital in healing injured muscles but, as we get older, the body's ability to flush out the excess fibrin diminishes. As a result fibrin molecules thicken and stiffen, forming scar tissue masses that can block blood vessels, restrict muscle function and lead to chronic inflammation and pain.

Too much scar tissue will restrict blood flow and oxygen throughout the body and force the heart to work harder and thus increase blood pressure. Heal-n-Soothe from The Healthy Back Institute helps to flush out leftover and unneeded fibrin and allows the body to find an equilibrium, which will then give it the ability gain better health and fitness through diet and exercise. Jesse Cannone swears by Heal-n-Soothe, as he relates in the radio show podcast below. Beyond that are explanations of other health benefits of the Proteolytic Enzymes in Heal-n-Soothe.  

Five Health & Healing Functions Helped by Heal-n-Soothe, a Healthy Back Institute Enzyme Formula That Assists Towards Max Health

Benefits of Proteolytic Enzymes:

Fights Pain & Inflammation: 

Proteolytic Enzymes help deliver nutrients and oxygen-rich blood to flush your system of metabolic waste that causes inflammation. 

Speeds Up Wound Healing:

Multiple studies have indicated that Bromelain and Papain have wound healing properties and also promote the growth of new tissue.

A 2017 study conducted in Russia showed that Ficin, derived from Figs, assisted antibiotics in fighting against certain infections such as staph. Other studies have shown that, following surgery, swelling, pain and bruising were reduced by patients given Proteolytic Enzymes.

Eases Sore Muscles:

You know how your muscles get sore after a workout? It's called DOMS, or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness and research points to Proteolytic Enzymes helping with that.In on 30-Day double-blind study, half the study participants took a dietary supplement containing the Proteolytic Enzyme Bromelain and Curcumin (which also has anti-inflammatory properties) while other got the placebo. Those receiving enzyme supplement reported less pain and tenderness after exercise and their bloodwork showed a decrease in C-reactive protein (an indicator of inflammation). Another study found that a proteolytic enzyme supplement taken before and after downhill running improved recovery time and had less muscle soreness.

Kills Viruses:

This is particularly important for people over the age of 65 because they tend to suffer complications from the flu, pneumonia and even a common cold. Excess fibrin in blood vessels creates a layer which coats the inner lining and gives viruses a convenient hiding place, thus making harder for the immune system to  find and kill them. Systemic enzymes dissolve the fibrin, expose the viruses and enabling the immune system to wipe them out. In addition, Proteolytic Enzymes also eat up the protective outer coating of a virus, called a Capsid. Once this coating is destroyed, the virus is harmless.

Boosts Immune System:

Proteolytic enzymes can also assist in making the body's natural killer cells more potent while breaking down pathogens that disrupt normal immune function. These pathogenic immune complexes (when they occur in large amounts) have been linked to kidney disease, nerve inflammation and a variety of rheumatologic diseases. Going on the assumption, as indicated by numerous studies, that systemic enzymes prevent formation of these immune complexes a more sturdy body response  should occur.

Helps regulate blood pressure:

Researchers from Harvard Medical School say excess fibrin gets "lodged" in your blood vessels and makes the blood sticky and thick. Studies headed by the "father" of blood flow research – Dr. Shu Chien of Columbia University – show how high blood viscosity ("thick" blood) causes hypertension (high blood pressure), a major health issue throughout the modern world. As noted above, studies show that proteolytic enzymes naturally eat and dissolve fibrin and should assist in lowering blood pressure.

About Jesse Cannone:

Jesse is the co-founder and visionary CEO of The Healthy Back Institute®, the world-leading source of natural back pain solutions. His mission as a former back pain sufferer is to help others live pain free without surgery and pharmaceuticals.

As a personal trainer and post-rehabilitation specialist, Jesse's hands-on work helped hundreds of clients with special conditions including stroke recovery, Parkinson's and back pain. His success at helping his clients avoid back surgery led him to collaborate with massage therapist Steve Hefferon and a hand-selected board of medical advisers to create the world's first self-assessment and self-treatment program for back pain and sciatica, the Lose the Back Pain® System.

Jesse's earned certifications include . Yet that was only the start of his ongoing journey of discovery. Jesse's passion for helping others find relief and improve their lives has led him to travel the world and interview dozens of world-renowned health experts in search of natural solutions for pain and improved health.