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Anyways, so this came today, and I used some on my lower back, which had mild tenderness. If you've seen me wrestling with our son lately on the hill where we live because he wants to walk where he wants to walk and only where he wants to walk, you'd be thinking it would be worse then mildly tender. But today went great, because I tried using his arm hand over hand to point the direction we were going and I think he was able to track that better and felt better prepared for direction transitions, so I just had yesterday's keeping him from running in front of cars tenderness to sort through.
So first up, there are some safety instructions which it tells you need to be read inside the box. As in, not on a separate paper, but printed on the inside of the box itself, so open it carefully. I honestly think those need to be on the outside so that people can read the following statement and decide whether or not they want to use this product. It says: "..."capsaicin penetrates deep and specifically targets pain transmitting neurons by progressively deteriorating their ability to signal pain to the brain..." basically, it's going to damage those nerves and that's how it's going to get you long term results. I still vote it's better then pain pills or things that cause substance dependence if you've got a chronic pain condition, but I found it totally unpleasant in my own experience and it would take that level of condition to get me to try it again.
It also mentions it could hurt for up to 48 hours after application. So I put this on, and only mild itching for a few seconds so I'm thinking no big deal. And then about an hour later it hit. And boy, did it hurt (it totally felt like a chemical burn), to the point where I couldn't comfortably sit back on anything. And I've got a lovely red mark all over my lower back, I've enclosed a picture, and yes I have stretch marks that wrap around part way to my back because childbirth was a fabulous journey for me that way. My daughter was worth it in every single way and I'd do every last second of it again to have had her come out of it. Now the inside of the box mentions that if you have that much discomfort, you can wash it off. You know, after it's been soaking in for an hour, that's not really going to be effective. You're stuck with it at that point because it's absorbed. After about another hour, it finally stopped burning. At which point, there was my mild back tenderness, but at that point, it was such a relief my back was no longer burning, I was feeling like my lot had been improved.
I can confirm that this has an incredibly neutral smell that I infinitely prefer to bengay cream, which I find offensively over powering when it comes to the stench. An additional thing to be aware of is that you're going to need to wear gloves to apply this, and they recommend if you do put it on your hands, be very careful not to touch your nose, face, and eyes and wait half an hour to wash your hands after applying. Presumably because at that point it's soaked in. I honestly wouldn't want to put this on my hands, I feel like the burning period would definitely make using my hands harder, and as a mom with a kiddo I'm constantly touching with my hands, yep, totally wouldn't want anything on them that could harm him either.
So for me, generally, I don't take anything for mild tenderness anyways. And if I get another nasty knot on my back or shoulder, I'm sticking with the badger balm, which was a great find my hubby made at our local health food store. Which smelled mostly like ginger, which it contains, though it too had capsaicin in it but was a milder preparation, and I had no adverse effects of any kind from that. I think this specific product that I'm reviewing is a novel idea that could be worth trying before you resort to meds, though I personally found it too unpleasant to be worth future use for minor aches of any kind. I can usually just block those out of my active consciousness without too much problem. The burning from this? Not a chance.
Burn Kicks In an Hour After Application, Some Safety Notes, Etc.
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2017
This is a product my husband purchased for me (I totally love you babe and am very grateful you were trying to find things that would work for me!) because I had a nasty knot in my shoulder on Saturday that was causing a wicked headache. I have a history of medication induced liver damage, so I'm very careful about what I ingest and put on my skin, and this is a safe product from the liver standpoint. Anyways, I had a very sleepless night the night before with our daughter who was sick, so the first night I could get some sleep I rolled into a funky position in my sleep and was so exhausted it didn't wake me, and the rest was history. He also went to the store and got me some badger balm, which we used that day, and this we ordered for future reference. The badger balm, I totally 150% enthusiastically loved by the way, and if I'd purchased it from Amazon, that would be a 5 star purchase. And it didn't hurt that he rubbed my knot several times a day, totally reconfirming his rock star status, but I digress.Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2017
Anyways, so this came today, and I used some on my lower back, which had mild tenderness. If you've seen me wrestling with our son lately on the hill where we live because he wants to walk where he wants to walk and only where he wants to walk, you'd be thinking it would be worse then mildly tender. But today went great, because I tried using his arm hand over hand to point the direction we were going and I think he was able to track that better and felt better prepared for direction transitions, so I just had yesterday's keeping him from running in front of cars tenderness to sort through.
So first up, there are some safety instructions which it tells you need to be read inside the box. As in, not on a separate paper, but printed on the inside of the box itself, so open it carefully. I honestly think those need to be on the outside so that people can read the following statement and decide whether or not they want to use this product. It says: "..."capsaicin penetrates deep and specifically targets pain transmitting neurons by progressively deteriorating their ability to signal pain to the brain..." basically, it's going to damage those nerves and that's how it's going to get you long term results. I still vote it's better then pain pills or things that cause substance dependence if you've got a chronic pain condition, but I found it totally unpleasant in my own experience and it would take that level of condition to get me to try it again.
It also mentions it could hurt for up to 48 hours after application. So I put this on, and only mild itching for a few seconds so I'm thinking no big deal. And then about an hour later it hit. And boy, did it hurt (it totally felt like a chemical burn), to the point where I couldn't comfortably sit back on anything. And I've got a lovely red mark all over my lower back, I've enclosed a picture, and yes I have stretch marks that wrap around part way to my back because childbirth was a fabulous journey for me that way. My daughter was worth it in every single way and I'd do every last second of it again to have had her come out of it. Now the inside of the box mentions that if you have that much discomfort, you can wash it off. You know, after it's been soaking in for an hour, that's not really going to be effective. You're stuck with it at that point because it's absorbed. After about another hour, it finally stopped burning. At which point, there was my mild back tenderness, but at that point, it was such a relief my back was no longer burning, I was feeling like my lot had been improved.
I can confirm that this has an incredibly neutral smell that I infinitely prefer to bengay cream, which I find offensively over powering when it comes to the stench. An additional thing to be aware of is that you're going to need to wear gloves to apply this, and they recommend if you do put it on your hands, be very careful not to touch your nose, face, and eyes and wait half an hour to wash your hands after applying. Presumably because at that point it's soaked in. I honestly wouldn't want to put this on my hands, I feel like the burning period would definitely make using my hands harder, and as a mom with a kiddo I'm constantly touching with my hands, yep, totally wouldn't want anything on them that could harm him either.
So for me, generally, I don't take anything for mild tenderness anyways. And if I get another nasty knot on my back or shoulder, I'm sticking with the badger balm, which was a great find my hubby made at our local health food store. Which smelled mostly like ginger, which it contains, though it too had capsaicin in it but was a milder preparation, and I had no adverse effects of any kind from that. I think this specific product that I'm reviewing is a novel idea that could be worth trying before you resort to meds, though I personally found it too unpleasant to be worth future use for minor aches of any kind. I can usually just block those out of my active consciousness without too much problem. The burning from this? Not a chance.
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