That’s a reasonable question. It really goes back to how the substances cause an anti-inflammatory effect. Anti-inflammatory supplements like fish oil improve the chemical makeup of your cell membranes, and predispose your immune system to less (hyper)reactivity, whereas NSAIDs like ibuprofen actually suppress aspects of the inflammatory pathways, basically blocking the function of some important enzymes that have other functions in your body (like controlling the protective mucus production in your gut). And after all, your best choice is eating an anti-inflammatory diet and not needing any supplements, but I don’t know very many people who have it that dialed in. Hope this helps.

Dallas

It would not be an exaggeration to say that I’ve worked with hundreds of frozen shoulder patients in my 10 years as a PT. It’s a tough, complex diagnosis, and, in my opinion, is a situation where the medical community has failed to connect health/lifestyle factors with an “orthopedic” problem. Is there anything I can help with?

Dallas