Yesterday was kinda funny. I put the biofreeze on 1 foot, and for about 4 hours that whole lower leg was going crazy. Not really in a painful way, but it felt like I could feel the biofreeze feeling up to my calf even though I didn't apply it there.

I'm going to start a daily journal to better track my progress and triggers, thanks for the ideas. I know stress and exertion are ones, so I try and avoid that as much as possible. Oddly I don't really have a problem with ice or heat, so i can use those as tools when needed.

Perhaps Biofreeze is not for you. I cannot use it on my feet at all but I can use it on my calves, lower back, etc. It is for temporary relief from back aches, arthritis, etc. It is a cold therapy pain relief.

Biofreeze is not for numbing things. Don't expect a total loss of feeling using it.

It only blocks the heat sensing fibers, temporarily as it stimulates the cold sensing fibers, to have priority in getting to the spinal cord and brain. Menthol and camphor work on itch and pain by only working on some of the afferent fibers in the body.

This is a link explaining the various nerve types in your body and feet. Some are highly myelinated (fast speed) and some only a little myelinated, slower speed, and the the unmyelinated ones that are the slowest:

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cv.html

Here is a link as to how it works.

http://www.biofreeze.com/page/en/How...aspx?parent=23