Wow! This is an aha moment for me! I have recently found out that I am definitely either Celiac or gluten intolerant. I have had so many injuries lately so I just googled injury and Celiac and found this. We have the same injuries! I am 57 now. In college, I had a bad tear of my hamstring where it attaches to the bone. A few years later, I had a bad ACL tear - completely tore off the bone. That hamstring tear still hurt when I was in my 50's (yes, 30 years later). It stopped hurting when I went on a gluten free diet at age 57. Since age 50, I started playing tennis and and have broken my ankle and wrist (surgery), tore my ACL (again) and meniscus (surgery again on same knee), tore my other hamstring (at the ligament attachment to the bone), had shoulder issues, and now have a very tight, sore Achilles. I have also found that when I wake up in the morning, I have very stiff, sore ankles and knees and walk like an old lady! The good news is, that I gave up gluten in June, 2019 and so many things got better!! Aches and pains in morning disappeared, 30 year old hamstring injury pain left, 3 year old hamstring injury started feeling better, shoulder pain went away. I went back on gluten recently to take the blood test (in 2 weeks) for celiac and that's when my Achilles and shoulder started giving me pain again and my morning aches and pains are back (not to mention the brain fog, constipation, restless legs, hot flashes, etc. So, yes, it's a thing! Thank you so much for the post and the comments! I'm hopeful that on a gluten free diet I can get back to tennis!
Celiac disease and sports injuries?
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Wow! This is an aha moment for me! I have recently found out that I am definitely either Celiac or gluten intolerant. I have had so many injuries lately so I just googled injury and Celiac and found this. We have the same injuries! I am 57 now. In college, I had a bad tear of my hamstring where it attaches to the bone. A few years later, I had a bad ACL tear - completely tore off the bone. That hamstring tear still hurt when I was in my 50's (yes, 30 years later). It stopped hurting when I went on a gluten free diet at age 57. Since age 50, I started playing tennis and and have broken my ankle and wrist (surgery), tore my ACL (again) and meniscus (surgery again on same knee), tore my other hamstring (at the ligament attachment to the bone), had shoulder issues, and now have a very tight, sore Achilles. I have also found that when I wake up in the morning, I have very stiff, sore ankles and knees and walk like an old lady! The good news is, that I gave up gluten in June, 2019 and so many things got better!! Aches and pains in morning disappeared, 30 year old hamstring injury pain left, 3 year old hamstring injury started feeling better, shoulder pain went away. I went back on gluten recently to take the blood test (in 2 weeks) for celiac and that's when my Achilles and shoulder started giving me pain again and my morning aches and pains are back (not to mention the brain fog, constipation, restless legs, hot flashes, etc. So, yes, it's a thing! Thank you so much for the post and the comments! I'm hopeful that on a gluten free diet I can get back to tennis!