Comments on: Tendonitis and gout

By: Felix Horsfall

Felix Horsfall — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:52:03 +0000

They are both manifestations of a system that is overly acidic.

The body can only process so much much acid at a time. Ifit is overloaded, acid gets repressed into soft tissue.

By: Danita Ahrendt

Danita Ahrendt — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:46:52 +0000

Dan: what is your evidence for this explanation?

By: Maybelle Barby

Maybelle Barby — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:54:37 +0000

Evidence for the gout and tendonitis tying in together is only frommy personal experience, the 2 seem to occur at the same time. As forit being tendonitis, I have swellings in both Achilles tendons from1″ to 2″ above my heals. These are painful to squeeze `so stopsqueezing them!’ and make putting any strain in my Achillestendonsinitially moderately painful until they stretch out. When asked my GPsaid it was tendoitis.

By: Maybelle Barby

Maybelle Barby — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:47:37 +0000

Is it the same uric acid in both cases or is there different acidrelated to tendoitis?

By: Marion Langanke

Marion Langanke — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:07:24 +0000

I’m not sure but I don’t think it matters if you look at the issuein a macro sense. There are other types of acids but I’m guessingthey will all create a problem when they are concentrated in the joint.

Another possibility here is that instead of acid being shunted into thethe joints, maybe it’s always there but when the body and blood arebeing subjected to an overly acidic diet/lifestyle, alkaline substances arebeing drawn out of the joints to balance the blood. Hence creating anoverly acidic condition in the joints.

By: Jonas Laramore

Jonas Laramore — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:53:24 +0000

It seems you are quite focused on the overly/underly acidic state ofthe body. This seems to be a really challenging way to tackle theproblem at hand. I can’t imagine what your diet consists of but itdoesn’t sound like fun!

By: Kasha Winfrey

Kasha Winfrey — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:59:02 +0000

But I assure you there are many things in life more important than food…Even so, my diet is quite robust

By: Terrance Molock

Terrance Molock — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:13:55 +0000

Isn’t “gouty tendonitis” actually “gout” in the tendons/ligamentsarea.Isn’t that where crystals actually irritate the tendons andligaments in the synovial area?I read something where MTS(metarsaltunnel syndrome) could be a form of gout as this was actually thecrystals cutting into the tunnel/sheath that holds thetendons/ligaments.occurrence