You Need To Add This Pain Reliever To Your Wardrobe

No one will ever know you’re enjoying a massage except for you. Wahl has come out with a Pulsing Massage Patch that you can wear on-the-go and under your clothes.

Hands-free pain relief in a stick-on gel pad. Genius

I don’t know who first uttered, “If we’re not in pain, we’re not alive,” but lately the word “pain” has become one of the most common and popular topics at many dinner conversations.

It isn’t easy being pain-free.

We may be an active generation; after all, having been raised with Jack La Lanne and Jane Fonda fitness programs can do that to a person but with that comes the inescapable and, at times, insufferable aches and pains.

We bear the toll as body parts wear out, suffering from a host of things that all mysteriously end in “itis”: bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis. (Let’s not leave out stress fractures, pulled muscles and other sports injuries.)

Where and how does it hurt?

Let me count the ways.I am among the many that suffer from Boomeritis, a term coined, not surprisingly, by an orthopedic surgeon. As I’ve conceded (somewhat proudly, though sometimes meekly), to my Pilates instructor, There isn’t a body part left to injure.

Am I complaining? No, I’m not. I’ve faced the fact that while I can’t do what I did in my 20s, I can still do a lot to enhance my health and my quality of life. And this is why I suppose the mantra, “If we’re not in pain, we’re not alive,” bears repeating.

Instead of being petulant, I’ve figured out my own ways to deal with pain in specific parts of my body.Say I wake up with a stiff back, which happens quite often. (You can relate, no?) After I straighten up, I avoid sitting back down. Seriously. It usually works wonders. Fact: Did you know that sitting puts a lot of pressure on your spine something like 40 percent more pressure than standing?

There are other things that can work, too: Like an ice pack for a tweaked knee or a hot bath with Epsom salts for overall muscle soreness. And then there are the natural remedies like capsaicin, turmeric, arnica and more.C’mon, you’re saying, give me a little more information than that. That doesn’t always work for chronic, everyday pain. Give me real, concrete ways to help ease my pain before I run to make a doctor’s appointment...... Read More.....