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This is a bit off topic, but it’s such an interesting observation that I’d like to pass it on.
Over the past several years, there have been inevitable bone fractures: People slip on ice, for instance, and fracture a wrist or elbow. Or miss a step and fracture a foot, fall off a ladder and fracture a leg.
People will come to my office and tell me that their orthopedist commented that they healed faster than usual, often faster than anyone else they’ve seen before. My son was told this after he shattered his hand getting slammed against the boards in hockey; his orthopedist took the screws and cast off much sooner than usual since he judged that healing had occured early. (My son was taking 8000 units vitamin D in gelcap form; I also had him take 20,000 units for several days early after his injury to be absolutely sure he had sufficient levels.)
My suspicion is that people taking vitamin D sufficient to enjoy desirable blood levels (I aim for a 25-hydroxy vitamin D level of 60-70 ng/ml) heal fractures much faster, abbreviating healing time (crudely estimated) by at least 30%.
For any interested orthopedist, it would be an easy clinical study: Enroll people with traumatic fractures, randomize to vitamin D at, say, 10,000 units per day vs. placebo, watch who heals faster gauged by, for instance, x-ray. My prediction: Vitamin D will win hands down with faster healing and perhaps more assured fusion of the fracture site.
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Do you know if anything helps for soft tissue injuries? I am still not fully recovered from a foot injury 5 months after the acute phase. The orthopedist expected it to take 4 weeks to heal and I'm a little concerned about how long it will take.
The above blog post is quite informative. Having good information related to bones and its requirements. I was not knowing that Vit D is so important for our bones. But good to know about that. Want to ask what are the natural resources of Vit D in our daily diet?
Quite an informative blog post. I know that inadequate amount of vitamin D in diet can lead to osteoporosis, which is a brittle bone disease. But are there any side effects of excessive intake of vitamin D.
Great post William, my friend is really having some bone problem, so this information will be quite useful for him. Looking forward for more post on the same topic.
I know someone who was in a car accident that resulted in very serious fractures of one arm and wrist. He is in his late 60′s and his injuries were not healing.
I came to know this person about 6 months after the accident. He was taking about 2 grams of calcium per day thinking that this would help his bones, perhaps because the doctor told him to talk more calcium, but no supplemental Vitamin D. I told him that the should be taking at least 5000UI D3 per day pointing out that Walmart has 5000UI gel caps for cheap ($5 per 100 at that time) and that he was likely taking too much calcium. He started taking more D3 although I am not sure how much since I didn’t want to be pushy.
It has been about 9 months now since he started taking more D3 and his injuries have healed and he has had surgery to remove most of the plates and screws that had been put in place. Was D3 the reason for this? I don’t know but I am sure that it didn’t hurt either.