How Collagen Helps with Joint Pain

43 million Americans are affected by joint pain. That's almost 16% of the population. Much of this pain is due to the result of aging and as a result, many adults are looking for ways to deal with joint pain.

Dr. Allan Kramer, PhD was born and raised on a farm in Northwest Iowa where he earned his degree in chemistry and math then attended Kansas State University where he earned his degree in Organic Chemistry. Dr. Kramer. He spent most of his life developing animal vaccines. His work also allowed for the success of the company in producing swine vaccines for the agricultural sector.  Additionally, there were projects related to Chondroitin Sulfate and hormone isolation, both of which allowed him to form Sioux Biochemical and SBEDGE a bovine collagen manufacturer.

Dr. Kramer explains that the majority of joint pain is the result of injuries or aging. Join pain affects our ability to be mobile, to walk and move around and affects the cartilage in our joints. Cartilage is a web that is formed in the joint and is flexible and durable. As time goes by, we put a lot of stress on our joints which reduces the amount of cartilage which in turn creates friction and thus pain. Arthritis is another factor that affects our joints and is an immune reaction where your body is fighting against itself by attacking your joints and the cartilage in your joints. Loss of cartilage is the main reason for pain.

Every joint has two collagen layers. The one that both movable parts are covered with collagen and that collagen is where that interaction takes place also the fact that there's a lubricant in there. By replacing collagen, it can improve the joint’s function and ability to move and reduce pain.

Collagen needs to be stimulated. We do have the method to repair the collagen, but they need to be stimulated by another product and what we are using today is we're looking at bovine collagen. It does trigger an immune response. It starts in the gut and the gut then tells us to go to the joints and it starts the mechanism of remaking the collagen that is being lost. There are cells there that have to be stimulated. Again, we do have the method to repair the collagen, but it has to be told that it should repair it and make more.

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