Cannabis edibles and oils are growing in popularity as a workout recovery aid and cannabis products are becoming increasingly mainstream.

Popping up on holistic wellness websites and even supermarkets shelve CBD oils, tinctures and salves promise major health benefits. The latest wellness fad: improved exercise results. The most intriguing advantage for exercisers is reduced inflammation.

In 2018, a review published in Frontiers in Neurology concluded that CBD is an effective way of improving pain and mobility in patients with multiple sclerosis since it reduces inflammation.

Any workout, especially a rigorous one, causes microscopic damage to the body's muscles and tissues. It's this inflammation that triggers the body's repair processes, allowing tissues to grow back stronger and fitter. However, too much inflammation left unchecked can contribute to excessive muscle damage and poor workout results. Inflammation is also a hallmark of exercise injuries including strains and sprains.

Athletes put on their diets antioxidant-containing foods to aid the workout process. They also try to curb achy muscles and joints through the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, like ibuprofen. However, overuse of NSAIDs, especially in conjunction with exercise, can damage the kidneys. 

A better alternative to NSAIDs would be the CBD. Some believe that CBD reduces the body's tendency to break down tissues and promotes muscle growth. By taking them immediately after exercise, they aim to recover quickly and effectively.

Currently, there's basically no research on CBD for exercise-induced inflammation and EndoPure intentions is to start one. We want to investigate CBD's effects on inflammatory biomarkers (compounds likeC-reactive protein in the body that occur with inflammation) in athletes and exercise recovery.

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