Frequently Asked Questions
How does Wobenzym® N benefit athletes?
There are a number of ways that
athletes benefit from regular use of Wobenzym®. The first would be the ability of Wobenzym®
N to improve athletic performance by decreasing the inflammatory
consequences of that intense physical activity brings about. While
the demands of athletic performance tend to improve physical health
and cumulatively improve further athletic performance, over training
and excessive strain leads to tissue damage with the undesirable
consequence of inflammation.
Most of us have experienced the increased achiness that is common
after exercise – sometimes it shows up a couple of days after the
workout. This represents a degree of inflammation that the body has
to recover from.
Think of this a micro-trauma. There is not a bruise, sprain or
broken bone, but there is inflammation. Now, as far as the body is
concerned, inflammation is inflammation – so the body’s resources
are being used to react to that inflammation. Specifically;
cytokines – those inflammation promoting molecules we have talked
about – are increased after intense physical exercise.
As we discussed earlier, Wobenzym® N decreases
pro-inflammatory cytokines. As such, it shortens the duration of
post exercise inflammation.
The excellent results have been observed in athletes using Wobenzym®
N can be explained by its ability to interfere with the inflammation
caused by athletic micro-trauma. In this fashion, it improves
recovery time.
What
about the times that there is a little more than “micro-trauma”-
when sports activity actually results in a bruise, sprain or broken
bone? Can Wobenzym® N improve recovery time in those situations?
Actually that is one of the greatest benefits of using
Wobenzym® N - its ability to dramatically improve recovery from
trauma. Learn more at:
Sports Medicine
What we see, and what the literature also discusses, is that
Wobenzym® N shortens recovery from sport injuries, such a sprains
and hematomas. Even in cases where a sports injury required surgery
to repair a break, Wobenzym® N shortened recover time
after surgery. This is beneficial to both the professional athlete,
and to non-professionals – who want to get back in the game and
spend less time recuperating on a couch.
Specifically, a double blind, placebo controlled randomized clinical
trial showed that karate fighters taking 5 tablets or Wobenzym, 3
times a day recovered four times as fast as other sportsmen will the
same injuries. They concluded that top sportsmen who are at a higher
risk of injury can resume training, and have less time away from
work when they take Wobenzym on a regular basis.
Weekend athletes should keep this research in mind.
What
about those sever injuries that require surgery? Does Wobenzym® N
make a difference in those situations?
Absolutely! The ability to shorten recovery time after
surgery is very impressive. Research has showed that taking Wobenzym
for seven days before surgery cut the amount of pre-surgical
swelling due to trauma in half – which is very important since you
want as little swelling as possible before going into surgery.
Patients who did not take Wobenzym while waiting for the surgery had
twice as a much swelling.
After surgery, the swelling in patients taking Wobenzym was once
again cut in half and allowed patients to get off of pain meds much
quicker. They also noted a significant decrease in both CRP and ESR
– which are typically elevated after trauma and surgery. Learn more
at:
Sports Medicine
A prophylactic administration of systemic enzyme support in top
athletes who are at risk of injury results in significantly reduced
duration of injury symptoms and in absence from training and work
due to such injuries.
Wobenzym® N is also the best choice for treating the aches and pains
that can occur after strenuous physical activity. It does not have
the side effects of aspirin and other non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs. It is not as dangerous to the liver as
acetaminophen. I also find that it dramatically reduces the aches
and pains that can happen after working out at the gym.
Many serious athletes, including some who compete in iron-man
competitions, consider Wobenzym to be an important part of their
athletic program. Athletic performance is a real quality of life and
“wellness” issue for many people. So it’s important to know that
Wobenzym® N can also be used for general wellness as well as the
different diseases that it is used for.
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