Your Tendon, Ligament or Connective Tissue Problems Might be From Chronic Magnes

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Your Tendon, Ligament or Connective Tissue Problems Might be From Chronic

Magnesium Deficiency

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by Kerri Knox, RN

Functional Medicine Practitioner

If you have tendon, cartilage, joint, ligament or other connective tissue

problems, it*s a distinct possibility that these were caused from a chronic

lack of magnesium.

I know that you probably think that you couldn’t possibly have magnesium

deficiency, but if you problems with any of these body structures it’s

actually most likely that you absolutely DO have moderate and maybe even SEVERE

magnesium deficiency- and that you’ve had it for many years.

The reason that you probably think that you don*t have magnesium

deficiency is that you simply aren*t aware that the Signs of Magnesium

Deficiency

include common problems like:

- Constipation

- Anxiety

- Insomnia

- Feeling stressed

- Low back pain

And a whole host of other problems that people consider a **normal** part

of living in a stressful society. But these are NOT **normal everyday**

problems, they are distinct symptoms of magnesium deficiency that neither you

nor your doctor recognizes. The fact that everyone has these symptoms

doesn*t mean that they aren*t problems with a real and fixable cause- and there

ARE doctors who DO recognize these problems as being from magnesium

deficiency. The doctors who DO understand this, such as Dr. Caroline Dean

author

of _The Magnesium Miracle_

(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034549458X?ie=UTF8 & tag=onemilliongre-20 & linkCo\

de=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=390957 & creativeASIN=

034549458X) and Dr. Marc Sircus author of _Magnesium Medicine_

(http://naturalallopathic.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=141_6) , know

that

magnesium deficiency is epidemic and actively promote magnesium

supplementation in the vast majority of their patients.

Connective Tissue Synthesis

While most of the problems mentioned above can be corrected within several

weeks to several months of aggressive magnesium replacement, connective

tissue problems are both less recognized as being due to magnesium deficiency

as well as requiring a longer to correct. As a result, most people can*t

imagine these problems as being caused by magnesium deficiency since the

long term nature of the connective tissue degeneration makes it hard to link

the two since it might take years or even decades for this problem to

manifest.

Magnesium is a critical component of collagen formation and repair, but

calcium will fill up cells and **calcify** cells in magnesium*s place when

there is a deficiency of magnesium. This can lead to defective collagen

formation over time in the presence of a chronic magnesium deficiency. One

study

explained it by showing that magnesium **hinders the mechanism by which

fibroblasts (collagen creating cells) degrade defective collagen**. In other

words, when magnesium deficiency is present, the old collagen cells that

need to be replaced get replaced with unhealthy calcified cells rather than

flexible new healthy cells. In the case of connective tissue such as joints,

ligaments and tendons, this can lead to a susceptibility to joint

problems, tendonopathies, fibromyalgia (meaning literally connective tissue

pain),

worn cartilage, osteoarthritis and even certain heart problems that are

related to connective tissue dysfunction.

Quinolone Antibiotic Toxicity

Another extremely concerning area for readers is not JUST the fact that

long term magnesium deficiency can weaken connective tissue and lead to the

problems above, but long-term magnesium deficiency apparently makes one more

susceptible to the damaging effects of a common class of antibiotics

called the _Quinolone Antibiotics_

(http://www.side-effects-site.com/quinolone-antibiotics.html) .

The problems that occur from these antibiotics are called _Cipro

Tendonitis_ (http://www.side-effects-site.com/cipro-tendonitis.html) or

Quinolone

Toxicity and they are of particular interest to me as I*ve done extensive

research and work with people suffering from this disabling life-altering

problem and have written the book _The Levaquin Tendonitis Solution_

(http://www.tendonitisexpert.com/levaquin-tendonitis-solution.html) in response

to

the great need for an effective solution to this problem.

One of the questions about the damage from Quinolone Antibiotics is why

certain people are more susceptible than others to the effects of these

drugs. When millions take these drugs every year and only a small percentage is

affected, the problem is baffling to both researchers and sufferers alike.

One of the answers lies in the fact that magnesium deficiency is epidemic

and long term magnesium deficiency weakens and replaces healthy connective

tissue cells with calcified unhealthy cells. To show this point, a study

done on rats with magnesium deficiency were given dosages of Quinolone

Antibiotics and their joints were examined. (3,4)

The joints of all of the animals showed damage and swelling- regardless of

whether they received the Quinolone antibiotics or not. In other words,

magnesium deficiency BY ITSELF created painful and swollen joint lesions in

these animals from the unhealthy calcium deposits that the magnesium

deficiency allowed. The unhealthy cells created by magnesium deficiency allows

small amounts of damage to the existing healthy cells become a HUGE problem of

cellular death and destruction that can lead to widespread connective

tissue pain and even tendon rupture with just a few doses of these toxic drugs.

While there are certainly other factors involved in being susceptible to

Levaquin Tendonitis, chronic long-term magnesium deficiency is most likely

one of the most predominant risk factors. Unfortunately, for various

reasons, few people or their doctors are recognizing magnesium deficiency. But

when you understand the powerful effects that magnesium has on the body, then

you begin to see many **chronic health problems** through the lens of being

symptoms of the avoidable problem of magnesium deficiency.

Research

1) _Magnesium deficiency in the pathogenesis of mitral valve prolapse._

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3014234)

2) _Synergistic Effect of Ofloxacin and Magnesium Deficiency on Joint

Cartilage in Immature Rats_

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC127237/)

3) _Integrins on joint cartilage chondrocytes and alterations by ofloxacin

or magnesium deficiency in immature rats_

(http://www.springerlink.com/content/p8qb2e3yhpxvhnaw/)

4) _Magnesium deficiency induces joint cartilage lesions in juvenile rats

which are identical to quinolone-induced arthropathy_

(http://aac.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/9/2013)

RELATED

Magnesium and Calcification

A healthy cell has high magnesium and low calcium levels. Calcium can

lodge anywhere in your body and cause serious harm if not balanced with

magnesium, which regulates the action of calcium. For instance, excess calcium

buildup around your bones and joints mimics arthritis. Too much calcium lodged

in your heart imitates arterial lesions. Calcification or calcium

poisoning can manifest as heart disease, cancer, wrinkled skin, kidney stones,

osteoporosis, dental problems, bone spurs, cataracts and many other health

problems. Along with hypomagnesemia, signs of severe magnesium deficiency

included hypocalcemia, low serum potassium levels (hypokalemia), retention of

sodium, low circulating levels of PTH, neurological and muscular symptoms

(tremor, muscle spasms, tetany), loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and

personality changes. " increasing magnesium intake increases bones density[7]

[7]

in the elderly and reduces the risk of osteoporosisWhen you load up your

system with excess calcium, you shut down magnesium’s ability to activate

thyrocalcitonin, a hormone that under normal circumstances would send calcium

to your bones.†Magnesium status is important for regulation of calcium

balance through parathyroid hormone-mediated reactions. [12] [12] When it

comes to magnesium and calcium neither can be divided from the other. One

is not divisible from the other in terms of overall effect. They are paired

minerals yet it is magnesium that holds the overall key for their paired

function. 18 References.

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d-calcification/_

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A Look Inside the Cell - Calcium Magnesium Balance.

by noff PhD

At the cellular level, all cells are surrounded by a membrane. " Inside the

cell there is a lot of magnesium helping to keep calcium outside the

cells. This is a healthy normal cell at rest. " When the cell is triggered for

action - tiny gates in the membrane open so the calcium outside can rush

into the cell. Temporarily the cell is high in calcium which sets off a burst

of activity. If it is a muscle cell for example, it will contract and tense

the muscle. When the trigger is over, the magnesium helps push calcium back

out of the cell. This is a healthy functioning cell. What happens if the

magnesium calcium is not in balance?........... if there is not enough

magnesium to guard the cell, calcium can leak inside the cell and stimulate

cell

activity. The cell cannot fully rest if there is not enough magnesium. It

is forced to stay semi active. This puts the cells at constant

stress.................more ........

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