MSM Steam Distilled (Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane)

Steamed distilled MSM for pain relief. Research has shown that MSM does provide a significant degree of pain relief for arthritis and general inflammatory pain.

Everyone has aches and pains they find hard to get pain relief from. It could be any number of things that cause pain. Exercise injuries, quite so quickly, and what was once the occasional niggling pain turns into something more substantial and debilitating. There is a natural answer that studies have shown doesn’t have any adverse effects. You are already getting this in small doses in your food, called MSM.

Research has shown that MSM provides significant pain relief and improves conditions that affect the joints, like arthritis and general inflammatory pain. In 2006, a study by the Southwest College Research Institute found that arthritic knee pain could be dramatically improved after four weeks of MSM treatment.

Recently, studies have shown that MSM could provide anti-inflammatory relief for people suffering from hay fever and skin problems. MSM is an antioxidant that helps to clean the bloodstream and flush toxins trapped in our cells. It is also a foreign protein and free radical scavenger.

To maintain good health, we sometimes need a helping hand with supplementing our diets with a little extra. When you take distilled MSM, your body uses what it needs, and after 12 hours will flush out any excess amounts.

What is Chronic Pain?

Chronic pain is a complex condition that continues to exist or be endured over a prolonged period. There are many ways to manage chronic pain: anti-inflammatory medication or over-the-counter painkillers. Unfortunately, if you choose the path of medical intervention for chronic pain, you may suffer from the side effects of the medication.

How Chronic Pain Starts

When you damage your body or are highly stressed, the nerves surrounding the affected part jump into action and send help signals to the brain. These signals carry the message of “I am in pain”. The pain you feel can be mild to start with but later develops into chronic pain. Obviously, the pain intensity will depend on the cause of the damage, where it occurred on or in the body and how long it lasts.

Pain Affects People Differently

We are all different, and pain will affect us differently. One person feels mild pain; another will feel it to be severe. Pain can also depend on your belief about pain and how it affects your daily life. Fear of pain can increase the intensity of pain, and fear of pain not receding or being relieved can have it hanging around for longer than is needed.

Different Types of Pain

Nociceptive Pain

There are different types of pain, but the main types tend to be nociceptive or arise from the stimulation of nerve cells. This is a common type of pain caused by actual damage to the body’s tissues. It is a sharp, hot, stinging and dull aching pain that can be felt as throbbing or cramping within the area of damage. This pain results from straining, sprains, breaking a bone, or cuts and infections.

Neuropathic Pain

Neuropathic pain is caused by damage to the nerves in the brain, to the spinal cord or body tissues. This type of pain feels like stabbing, burning, or tingling pain. You may also feel sensations in your body, such as pins and needles or insects crawling on your skin. Neuropathic pain can include phantom pain in a limb and neuralgia.

How long Does Pain Last

Acute Pain — This kind of pain will start suddenly and only last for a short time, i.e. minutes or a few days. When you suffer from acute pain, you normally will know what has caused it. For example, an insect bite, cutting your finger with a knife or a migraine headache.

Chronic Pain

The length of time and how often it occurs determine chronic pain. Normally, chronic pain is labelled after three months. It will result from a medical condition such as any form of arthritis or fibromyalgia, a rheumatic condition generally characterized by muscular or musculoskeletal pain with stiffness and localized tenderness at specific points on the body. Chronic pain can also continue after the body has healed. It is almost as if the nerves forget to tell the brain the danger is over.

Effects of Chronic Pain

No matter what pain you suffer, it can make life hard work. Chronic pain affects your sleeping patterns, work, and many other activities put on hold for the pain.

Management of Chronic Pain

Chronic pain can be managed in various ways.

Acute pains need attention now with short-term pain relief and possibly repair to the damaged tissue. When you have acute pain, it will disappear after treatment and healing. Chronic pain management intends to bring relief to pain. However, your pain may never stop completely.

Non-Medical Therapies For Chronic Pain

These include exercise, physiotherapy or a combination of both. Hypnosis with a qualified clinical hypnotherapist or self-hypnosis mp3 recording you can play at home can be beneficial in helping relieve chronic pain. Relaxation techniques and hydro or hot salt baths are also good relaxing ways to help yourself to feel better.

MSM and Chronic Pain Relief

Most chronic pain is called inflammation, and what better way to stop the inflammation than MSM (methylsulfonylmethane)? MSM is naturally found in plants, animals, and also us humans. MSM can also be made in a laboratory using chemicals. Organic distilled MSM is the best option if you give it a go because it is made naturally.

MSM is just becoming known as a natural way to stop chronic pain. The big pharmaceutical companies have not taken on it because it comes from nature, and patients for MSM cannot be obtained.

The Many uses of MSM For Pain Relief

MSM has many oral and topical uses. MSM is currently being used by many people for the following health issues and relieving body pain.

MSM orally for the following conditions

• Osteoarthritis,
• Inflamed joints,
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Bursitis
• Tendonitis
• Musculoskeletal chronic pain
• Cramps in the muscle

MSM Topically

• Scleroderma
• Scar tissue
• Stretch marks
• Wrinkles
• Eye inflammation
• Oral hygiene,
• Periodontal disease
• Wounds
• Wound healing
• Herpes outbreaks

MSM is also used for an abundance of different conditions

Allergies, constipation, high blood pressure, ulcers, diverticulosis, PMS, poor circulation, reducing high cholesterol. MSM has been used to help stabilize type 2 diabetes, liver issues, Alzheimer’s, and lung disorders such as emphysema. MSM has also been found to be effective for chronic fatigue syndrome and autoimmune disorders. MSM can be used for eye inflammation, mucous membrane inflammation, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems, migraine headaches and as a general all round boost for the immune system.

MSM Recommended Daily Allowance

There is no recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for the amount of MSM you should take. You cannot overdose on MSM; your body takes what it needs to reduce inflammation, and what is not used is urinated out of the body. It would be best to take MSM daily, or your symptoms will return. If you take blood thinning medication, consult your doctor before taking MSM. If your symptoms persist, talk to your doctor or health practitioner.

Did you know that without sufficient levels of MSM, your body cannot build and rebuild healthy cells effectively? It is essential to feed your body the proper nutrition to build healthy cells. By supplementing your diet with MSM, you will not only be helping every cell in your body to stay strong and healthy and enable your body to heal itself because your body will use the MSM you take wherever it is needed most in your body.

Because MSM is chemically inactive and non-allergenic and has no interfering or undesirable pharmacological effects. MSM can even be used to thin the blood. (Check with your GP before you take MSM if you are on blood thinning medication). You can take MSM without fear of overdosing, as your body will take what it needs and flush any excess amounts out of the body. MSM is also a free radical and a foreign protein scavenger, so it does a great job of cleaning the bloodstream. If you want to maintain healthy cells and their production, take MSM once or twice daily. There is approx. 4000 mg (or 4 grams) of MSM in a measured level teaspoon.

PLEASE NOTE: MSM sulfur has no connection with sulfa, sulfate, sulfite and sulfide. If you react to the above and think that MSM is one of those, it is not. I have never come across anyone who had an adverse reaction to MSM. However, MSM is a natural detox, so you may experience detox symptoms when you first start to take it.

Robert Herschler and Dr Stanley Jacob of the University of Oregon Medical School discovered MSM, and people who are reaping the benefits of MSM are glad they discovered MSM.