Biohacking culture People want to optimize performance and longevity Social media influence Peptides are widely promoted as recovery shortcuts Frustration with slow healing = lack of education by providers on how long tendon/ligament injuries can take to repair Athletes often seek ways to speed recovery beyond natural timelines A Major Concern: Unregulated Products Currently: most peptides are not approved by Health Canada or the FDA manufacturing is largely unregulated quality control is inconsistent This makes it difficult to verify: product purity dosing accuracy contamination risk Current Medical Consensus Peptides show biological promise in preclinical research but lack sufficient human evidence for routine clinical use Important unknowns include: dosing frequency duration long-term safety How Group23 Approaches Regenerative Medicine At Group23 Sports Medicine, we focus on treatments supported by the strongest evidence: structured rehabilitation programs under physiotherapy supervision load management and strength training ideally with strength and conditioning coach platelet-rich plasma (PRP) soft tissue adapted biocompatible hyaluronic acid injections SportVis see www.sportvis.ca high molecular weight cross linked hyaluronic acid injections Monovisc (see www.monovisc.ca), Synolis VA (see www.synolis.com) and Durolane (www.durolane.ca/en/) Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) therapy (see off the shelf and custom bracing strategies These treatments currently have far stronger clinical evidence than experimental peptide therapies
Exercise and Muscle Function A 2024 study compared aged sedentary mice, exercised mice, inhibitor-treated mice and mice receiving both interventions
Gholami MH, Rassouli A, Mirzaei S, Hashemi F (2023) The potential immunomodulatory effect of levamisole in humans and farm animals
However, this is a theoretical benefit which has not been validated by large-scale clinical studies, so it should be considered a potential rather than guaranteed effect
It helps support the skin barrier and reduces some of the background irritation that can keep skin from healing properly
