I’ve spent most of my life working with my hands, first as a mechanic and later doing a lot of woodworking in my spare time. About five years ago, the stiffness in my knuckles and wrists started getting to a point where I couldn’t even hold a chisel properly in the mornings. I tried those generic supermarket glucosamine pills for months, but they didn’t seem to make a dent. I also went through tubes of those cooling gels, which helped for an hour but smelled like a medicine cabinet and left grease marks on everything I touched.
Eventually, my daughter suggested I look for something with a higher concentration of turmeric and black pepper for absorption. I started taking JointRex (i buy here) about three months ago. It’s a two-capsule-a-day routine. The first two weeks, I honestly didn’t feel any different and almost stopped. By the end of the first month, though, I noticed that the “gritty” feeling in my wrists when I rotated them was definitely less intense.
Now that I’m finishing my third bottle of JointRex, I can actually get through a morning in the workshop without having to stop every ten minutes to shake out my hands. It’s got a good mix of things like boswellia and MSM too, which I’ve read are helpful for cartilage support.
A few honest caveats: it’s not an overnight fix. If you’re looking for a magic pill to work in ten minutes, this isn’t it. Also, it contains shellfish, so be careful if you have allergies. I’ve found I have to take it with a full meal, or it can sit a bit heavy on my stomach. But compared to the cheap stuff I was buying at the drugstore, the difference in my flexibility is night and day. It’s made by Primora Labs and they have a 60-day guarantee, which gave me some peace of mind when I first ordered JointRex.