Treatment Heal the Nail Bed

You can do yourself a big favor by taking magnesium supplements (preferably magnesium chloride or magnesium gluconate). Also taking silicic acid as a food supplement. Silicic acid is a water soluble silicon food supplements. You need to take much more than what the internet is telling you. I take about 50-100 mg. per day for a week or so to make my nails AND hair grow faster. Magnesium and silicon are important in making your nails grow faster. Taking knott's gelatin is also helpful as well as taking a large dose of bioavailable vitamin C which is helpful in collagen formation and therefore the roots of your nails.

I was once a sport's nutrition adviser for track and field and sometimes tennis. If you take just one additional supplement such as sodium bicarbonate (1-2 teaspoon, baking soda), this will increase oxygenation to your nails as well as reducing your fatigue factor by about 30%. They call it soda loading.

As an added bonus, it just so happens if you take the recommended dosages that along with helping your nails heal, you will also notice that you will have much more stamina in playing tennis, especially in the heat and in the final rounds. These are one of the best kept nutrition secrets of top players as well.

You might notice that I avoid any mention of calcium. Calcium is tricky and most people nutritionally take far too much calcium as it is, and this caused a fatigue factor as well as heart risks when taking too much in a competitive environment. (Calcium reduces zeta potential which causes blood clotting).

If you redesign your tennis shoes where a major pressure put on toenails are transferred to other parts of the feet - such as especially between the toes. This will relieve a lot of pressure when the front part of the shoes hits against the pavement.