Low vitamin D triples your risk of re-tearing a repaired rotator cuff. Take 500 mg of vitamin C twice daily and eat enough protein to keep albumin levels up. These three diet changes work regardless of surgeon or tear size.
Here are 3 things that everyone could do to improve the chances of their rotator cuff repair healing. Number 1, get a vitamin D level. Studies show that if your vitamin D level is low, your risk of retear is 3 times as high. Easily treatable. Number 2, take vitamin C. Vitamin C, 500mg twice a day, has been suggested in a study to lower the risk of retear. And number 3, increase your protein intake. Data from Japan shows that those people with a low albumin or protein level have a much higher risk of retear. So those are 3 simple things that everyone can do with their diet, regardless of their surgeon tear size, to improve their chances of healing.
