Dr. Brian Schulz, a sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics in Los Angeles, who is also the team physician for the Los Angeles Angels and the
Anaheim Ducks, is completely familiar with the use of creatine and how athletes use it as a supplement, but was at a loss when read the above quote and asked about a test that could measure creatine levels. “Yeah, I’ve never heard of that,” Schulz said in an interview with the Deseret News. And he isn’t alone. Dr. David Cutler, a board-certified family medicine specialist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, agreed.
“There isn’t a blood test that I know of that measures creatine, so that doesn’t make sense to me,” Cutler told the Deseret News. “And most of the studies that I’m familiar with don’t really show statistically more or less cramping with creatine than not taking creatine at recommended levels. Does that either exclude creatine as a possible cause, or support creatine as a potential improving factor in relieving cramps? I don’t think so.”
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