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Originally Posted by mrsD
That's great. Biofreeze has trickled down now to more affordable
levels. I got mine on a website for $6.99 a tube a year or so ago so I bought 3.
I don't get the terrible burning often (but I do get it when I eat potatoes), but summer seems to be more of a challenge.
I sometimes put the fan on too. That really cools them down with the Biofreeze on them.
I think the Ilex in that gel has therapeutic effects that other menthol gels lack. Ilex is yerba mate when used as a tea.
It is a potent antioxidant...more than twice a potent as green tea.
I think Alan will enjoy it!
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Well, so far so good. Yesterday was a success.
A few minutes ago, (by the way, it's a horrible day here in Brooklyn, cold, wet, humid and just horrible, with the rain all day), he lay down next to me and his feet were jumping. I got off the phone, went and got the BioFreeze and applied it to his right foot (that's the one that is giving him problems lately).
I then did what I always do right before he takes a nap. I take my two elbows and go over his spine and he goes "oh my god, all the pain is going away".
This DID NOT WORK A FEW DAYS AGO, and that's when he was having a really bad neuropathy day (the weather went from hot to cold and back again), and no amount of my massaging helped him (but then this was BEFORE we got the BIOFREEZE).
So fast forward to today, and in five minutes flat, he is snoring his head off and his feet are calm.
Perhaps it's the combination of the Bio-Freeze and the fact that I massaged his spine.
But whatever it was, IT WORKED.
I don't know why the Methyl B-12 worked for me, and not for him, but hey, I'll take whatever I can take.
I think this BIOFREEZE is going to be a major help in this house.
Melody