Anyone had luck with oral BPC for a stubborn Achilles tendinopathy?

Posted by andre_rows in Healing & Recovery - 1 points, 0 comments.

I've been dealing with low grade Achilles pain on and off for like 8 months now, the usual story, tweaked it running, kept training on it, then it just kind of settled in as this chronic achy thing that flares whenever I ramp up mileage. I've done the boring stuff, heel drops, calf eccentrics, reduced volume, no real change in the last 3 months.

I keep seeing people talk about BPC for tendons and most of it is about pinning it subq near the injury. But honestly I'm not super keen on injecting near my Achilles every day, and I've been reading about the oral arginate salt form on here and how it still gets some systemic healing effect through VEGF upregulation even though it's not as potent as the injectable.

Has anyone actually had oral BPC do anything for a tendon issue that was this far gone? I'm not expecting a miracle, I just wanna know if it's even worth running for 6 to 8 weeks alongside my rehab or if tendons that aren't getting direct local exposure basically just shrug it off.

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