"Bob Hoover" wrote

Your rub-on stuff MAY be something I was urged to try by a
professional 'sports trainer,' who described it as keeping the NFL
afloat. Except he vanished down the internet before passing along any
place to buy the stuff. So, yes please. I would love to have the
address. And promise not to tell through at least the first set of
fingernails.

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But it DOES seem kinda odd... back hurts and we do what? Curl up
with our back a bit closer to the clan's fire? (And probably alienate
the clan Medicine Man, who insists it couldn't work... :-)

My wife tried that stuff, for a bum shoulder, so I tried some too.

A couple things that need to be ACCENTUATED with big john's cautions.

Bejesus, don't let that that stuff get in your eye. I had some on my hands and
touched my lips AFTER I washed them carefully, and I though I would die before
the burn went away. I can not IMAGINE how bad it would be in your eyes.

The bit about sweating. The stuff gets hotter with any water, so be very
careful about breaking a sweat for a few weeks after starting to use it.

A story. A lot of you know I teach carpentry, house construction, in high
school. We were out in a late spring warm day, and I had started using the
stuff about a week before. I started to sweat, and all of a sudden.... I was
running around in a circle, going WOOOOOP, WOOOP, WOOOP, as loud as I could,
because it was better than the string of words that I couldn't say in front of
my students. As I was circling, my shirt was coming off, too.

My students were laughing, but later said my back was redder than a fire truck.
It felt like it, and I was very glad when I finally cooled down. I've never
tried it again, cause I can never guarantee that I won't break a sweat.

The stuff is available for the asking at any pharmacy, but it might have to be
ordered. I think it comes in two different concentration, I think.

Sure, give it a try. The back surgery recovery will surely be easier after you
fully recover from the "C".
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Jim in NC