Starting from the basis that, when injured or in chronic pain, that prescription medication will not only mask the problem but hinder the body's heyaling process, it is wise to look for methods or supplements which give the body a break from stress and facilitate the natural process of healing to take place. Part of the equation is always how much and how wide-spread the chronic pain is, the age of the person or how severe the injury in question.
Jesse Cannone, Master Trainer, author of The 7-Day Back Pain Cure and co-founder of The Healthy Back Institute, has been researching and employing natural means of healing for himself and clients for decades.One of the most obscure yet powerful in the class of natural supplements is Proteolytic Enzymes, which is offered by The Healthy Back Institute in the Heal-n-Soothe supplement. Proteolytic enzymes break down proteins into smaller parts and eventually amino acids. While the body makes tens of thousands of enzymes and can be found in food sources, when most people hear the word enzyme they link it with the digestive process. While digestive enzymes do not survive in the stomach, those designated as systemic enzymes are able to withstand the digestive process and enter the body through the small intestine and serve as proactive healing agents. Most important, once in system the proteolytic enzymes break down excess fibrin in the circulatory system and other connective tissue, such as your muscles.
Jesse Cannone, who has suffered his share of major injuries and back pain, is a major advocate of the power of Proteolytic Enzymes as evidenced by the three of his radio show podcasts below:
Powerful Proteolytic Enzymes Performs Five Vital Functions for Healing, Health & Happiness
Homeopathics & Herbs for Healing & Health, "Heal-n-Soothe" Most Powerful Enzyme-Herb Product
Proteolytic Enzymes for Reducing Pain, Natural Medicine "Heal-n-Soothe" from Healthy Back Institute
What is fibrin?
Fibrin is an insoluble protein that acts as a first responder whenever your body is injured. When the call for help goes out, fibrin molecules rush to the scene. Shaped like long threads, each fibrin molecule interlaces to form a thin mesh around your wound. This mesh is critical for trapping the platelets and red blood cells needed to form blood clots.As you can see in the image below, fibrin forms a mesh-like web that traps red blood cells and platelets.
Without fibrin, even small wounds would just keep bleeding. Fibrin mesh is the base material for clots, scabs, scars, and eventual healthy skin. When everything is in perfect working order, the fibrin that rushed to the injured site is returned to your body as you heal.
After a few days of repairs, your system sends in a second clean-up crew of enzymes to dissolve the excess fibrin and leave your muscles, nerves, and blood vessels just as they were before you were hurt.Unfortunately, most of our bodies aren't in perfect working order.When we hurt, we take pills, and pain pills cancel the body's signal for enzymatic clean-up crews.
Fibrin keeps rushing to the scene. Over time, the fibrin molecules thicken and stiffen, forming scar tissue masses that can block blood vessels, interfere with muscle function, and lead to chronic inflammation and pain.What happens if I have too much fibrin?This fibrin malfunction is no laughing matter. Excess scar tissue restricts blood flow and oxygen throughout your body, slowing down your healing process and keeping you in pain longer. As the scar tissue thickens, it reduces your range of motion and contributes to chronic pain.
These enzymes work by bringing nutrients and oxygen-rich blood that remove the metabolic waste produced by inflammation.When red blood cells caught in a web of excess fibrin, it restricts your blood flow. The cells actually get stuck. Ultimately, those red blood cells can't get into the capillaries to oxygenate and nourish your muscles and remove the metabolic waste that is causing your pain.
Now that you know that excess fibrin throughout your circulatory system will severely limit the amount of blood flow to areas that need it the most, you may be wondering how your body compensates for this restriction.The answer is simple: by forcing the heart to work harder and increasing your blood pressure.You see, our bodies will do what they need to do to keep us alive – sometimes at great cost to our overall health.
Some possible indicators of excess fibrin in your system include: chronic fatigue, slow healing, inflammation and pain, and elevated blood pressure.There is also a medical test to measure something called "blood monomers." The medical community has long known that excess fibrin presents a cardiac and stroke risk. And only recently, they acknowledged the link between excess fibrin and chronic systemic inflammation, the true root cause of virtually every disease and painful condition known to man.
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Health benefits of proteolytic enzymes:
Fights pain and 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 show that bromelain and papain have wound healing properties and also promote the growth of new tissue.And a study out of Russia in 2017 proved that ficin, which comes from figs, made antibiotics more effective against certain infections, like staph infections.
Still other studies have shown that, when taken following surgery, swelling, pain and bruising were reduced by patients who were given proteolytic enzymes.Eases sore musclesYou know how your muscles get sore after a workout? It's called DOMS, or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Proteolytic enzymes can help with that… and research proves it.
In one study, researchers gave half the study participants a dietary supplement containing the proteolytic enzyme bromelain and curcumin (which also has anti-inflammatory properties) for 30 days. The other half got a placebo.The group who took the proteolytic enzyme supplement reported less pain and tenderness after exercise than the control group. 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 virusesThis is particularly important for people over the age of 65 because they're at a higher risk of complications from the flu, pneumonia and even the common cold. I've already explained how excess fibrin builds up in your body. Viruses like to hide under the fibrin layer that coats the walls of your blood vessels.
This makes it harder for your immune system's white blood vessels to find them and kill them. Systemic enzymes dissolve the fibrin, exposing the viruses, enabling your immune system to wipe them out. But that's not all.
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 SystemProteolytic enzymes make your body's natural killer cells more potent. They also break down pathogens that can interfere with 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.
And since systemic enzymes also prevent the formation of these immune complexes in the first place, this boosts your overall immune response.Helps regulate blood pressureResearchers from Harvard Medical School say excess fibrin gets "lodged" in your blood vessels.
This sticky fibrin enters your bloodstream. It makes your blood sticky and thick. And how does thick, sticky affect your blood pressure? Studies headed by the "father" of blood flow research – Dr. Shu Chien of Columbia University – show high blood viscosity ("thick" blood) causes hypertension (high blood pressure). Studies show proteolytic enzymes naturally eat and dissolve excess fibrin clogging up your blood.
More health benefits of proteolytic enzymes:
Because of their powerful anti-inflammatory properties and their ability to reduce excess fibrin, proteolytic enzymes are a powerful weapon in the war against virtually all chronic disease.
Just look at this list of all the other conditions systemic proteolytic enzymes have been shown to help (and keep in mind, it's only a partial list):?
- Arthritis?
- Atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries) and heart disease?
- Back pain?
- Chronic fatigue?
- Chronic pain?
- Fibrocystic breast?
- Autoimmune diseases like fibromyalgia, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis?
- High blood pressure?
- Herniated disc?
- Hyper-coagulation?
- Sciatica?
- Spinal stenosis?
- Strains and sprains?
- Post-operative scar tissue?
- Traumatic Inflammation?
- Uterine fibroids?
- Inflammatory bowel disease?
- Ulcerative colitis?
- Crohn's disease?
- Osteoporosis?
- Sinusitis?
- Pelvic inflammatory disease?
- Endometriosis?
About Dr. 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 advisors 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 Post-Rehabilitation Specialist, Specialist in Performance Nutrition, Advanced Level Fitness Trainer and Master Fitness Trainer. 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.
About Jesse Cannone:
Known for his no-BS and to-the-point style, Jesse Cannone is one of the top fitness trainers and pain relief experts in the United States. He's known most for his international best-selling program, Lose The Back Pain which has helped more than 70,000 persons put an end to their pain.
You can find hundreds of free videos and articles at his website www.losethebackpain.com