Muscle anti-inflammatory creams

[mariettascheer]

Hi all,

Been having a chat other local therapists, and wanted to see what your thoughts are..

If working with someone with muscular pain, during a session or ending a session do you ever use these creams?

Such as:

Voltarol
Deep heat
Tiger balm
Etc....

Look forward to hearing what you guys do..

Danny

 

[Megin]

No, I use massage to get rid of the muscular pains.

 

[al-in-chgo]

I believe they do too... But some seem to use the above creams alongside their healing hands...

My question for all was to see if anyone else does on here?

I don't, but was unsure if it was more common than I thought??

 

[thomassverdwexxx17]

Hi Danny just use massage to get rid of the pain, if you use any creams like your listing and the client in contra-actioned to them you could find yourself in trouble.

I would just use massage and if the problem still persists i would refer him to somebody else like a sports therapist or chiropractor.

Hope this helps

Jon

 

[Kenping C]

Personally, if the oil light came on in my car, and the mechanic told me he needed to remove the bulb I'd not be very impressed.

Before deciding to reduce or eliminate inflammation, we should first try and understand why inflammation is present.

It's important that we do this because inflammation is a primary healing process, it is both the precursor to tissue repair and the important messenger telling us that we need to avoid something, or change something.

If it is not going away, why has it got stuck? Where is the cause?
If our patient cannot wait for the body's necessary functions to run their course, what has happened to their expectations about their body? Are they being realistic about their own human limits? Will they cause themselves more damage if we 'help' this way?

The pain of inflammation is the body's way of telling you exactly when it is ready to continue and at what level of stress. So perhaps microdamage become micro-weakness if adaptation is not allowed to persist.

If I had to do an important tournament, I might well consider the anti-inflammatories, sure. Otherwise, it is easy to put this weekend's practice ahead of our long-term performance and health.

More importantly, what else can we do to help the process reach completion faster, without suppression?

Nutritional support to neutralise and buffer acidic waste? Eg green veg juice etc.
Address deficiencies, other sources of toxicity and stress - take as many other straws off the camel's back as we can.
Other therapeutic interventions to help the metabolites leave the body more efficiently? Eg lymphatic drainage, epsom salts baths, colonics, etc etc.
Adequate rest and hydration?
Vitamins?