You probably hate clicking on links, so here’s a quote direct from the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition:
MSM supplementation attenuated post-exercise muscle and joint pain at clinically, but not statistically significant levels.
It seems well tolerated and relatively inexpensive.
Don’t really care about the myriad of other claimed benefits, but if it can take the edge off a little discomfort here and there, it’s worth it.
It’s mainly for my wife and what I assume are years on the netball court catching up with her.
Worth a crack in you opinion, or basically just another collagen?
I think methylsulfonylmethane is on par with collagen and I think the bolded text highlights some of the wishful thinking in the space. If a result is not statistically significant, the result is not reliable enough to mean anything clinically, in general. The opposite relationship is far more useful, where a statistically significant result is NOT clinically relevant, e.g. a small change in testosterone for example.
I don’t think MSM does much of anything reliably. Would not recommend for joint pain.