Back in October when I started planning my lay-off for Physical Therapy I tried the Mediterranean CBD products when they had a bogo sale. I am never tempted to try anything that influencers say to use with their 15% discount code but figured it wouldn’t hurt based on reviews. My favorite is the 750 cooling creme. It certainly aided to help me keep working out hard at therapy without the lingering inflammation as it improved structurally. Before playing I used to use this stuff called absorbine Jr or Liniment Gel 🐎 to get loose. Anyone have any secret remedies? For the record I’ve been able to practice everyday after my layoff trying to fix the swing without using meds. 🍻 to getting right.

Cortisone shot right into the top of my hand. Needle almost went through dude was pushing so hard. I want to try the Medterra stuff. I’m strapped up with some CBD gum for the course today. Maybe cop some Medterra this weekend. PGASS has it.

As mentioned in another thread my wife is big into CBD so much so she started selling it as a side hustle through Green Compass. She swears by the stuff... tincture in the morning and before bed everyday, relief cream for aches and pains, there is another cream that helps with healing so she uses it on the kids when they get scraps, etc... They even make a pet CBD tincture that we give to one of our dogs around certain holidays to help with the anxiety from fireworks. Apparently the tincture you have to be consistent and take regularly to really notice the benefit where the creams is as needed.

Medterra CBD + Melatonin at night for the win!

Moni_SLO I had to resort to melatonin a few nights ago when I went alcohol free for a day but couldn’t fall asleep. Shooting for 3 days starting tomorrow. 🤦🏻♂️

Might be overkill, but in my powerlifting days i would alternate between hot and cold. Classic Biofreeze, then I would use Equi-Block- it's a capsaicin cream for horses 😆 A little dabble goes a long way.. and thoroughly wash your hands lol

Putterho Did you take the Medterra stuff? If so, start with half a pill and see if that does the trick and if not, maybe a fully will work. You should also try meditation at night. I did that for a bit when I was training so much for races that I couldn't shut my mind off. Super helpful. Ping me if you want a good book recommendation or 2 to get started.

When I was playing in the minors the trick everybody used Voltaren which is basically prescription Advil on a cream. We used to get in from Canada or Mexico but recently saw it in CVS for arthritis cream give it a shot

tinkerer "Used to get it from Canada or Mexico".....lol along with "the cream" Barry used 😆

Alternatives for pain? CBD? Other remedies? Anyone have success?

tinkerer

Moni_SLO lol it sounds ridiculous but it was OTC in those places versus an $80 prescription here. I was pretty shocked when I saw it in Target the other day. I highly recommend the stuff, after two elbow surgeries it was the only thing that seemed to help.

granted this was a year or two before the CBD craze

agadawg1717

Deep tissue massage and ice has been the biggest help for me. I go religiously once a week and it works wonders. I use an ice pack 2-3 times a week and for sure the evenings after I play. I’ve also been using Floyd’s of Leadville CBD gummies for about a year. I take one 50mg before bed each night and notice a pretty big difference in recovery. The hardest thing for me to do is loosen up. I may try the @Putterho gel.

ForeLeft

agadawg1717 I may try the @Putterho gel.

Putterho might need to release his own brand of gel. We could be onto something here! lol!

ckay

I can’t do a massage after major physical activity. It just tightens everything up worse than without the therapy.

agadawg1717

ckay I do it a couple days after and then take a day or 2 off from playing.

TFixer5

Putterho same stuff I use Josh. Sleep gummies are the only thing I would recommend.

DaHOF

off_day Funny you should say that. In college in the middle of the season I strained my groin. In one of the biggest brain fart moments of my life, I rubbed some of our training room "Special Sauce" as we called it, onto my inner leg/thigh area. We were 3 minutes into practice when I had the most severe pain in my life as the sweat had finally worked it's way up to my private region. I ran out of the gym straight into a shower screaming in agony. Assistant coach came in to find me in the middle of the shower and couldn't figure out what happened and if I had gotten hurt during warmups.

So I second this...make sure you wash your hands thoroughly after using 😆

Eddie

Am I the only one that pops a few Advil in the parking lot before any hitting? I’m guessing I’m not normal...🧐

Jaybananapantsarthur

Eddie sometimes before I leave the house depending on how I'm feeling

TFixer5

Eddie Sometimes I do that if I am already sore from the gym. Been using the Medterra CBD Focus this week.

agadawg1717

Eddie That used to be my go to until it started killing my stomach from playing so much!

Moni_SLO

Eddie I usually do....i used to pop 5-6 advil in high school before baseball practice and games. Pretty sure I'm immune to it by now but i still do it for the mental side of it lol

DaHOF

Eddie I take 3-4 Advil after stretching in the morning before I even walk out the door...

aharrelson358

agadawg1717 I keep a bottle of tums in the car for this exact purpose. Definitely try and limit it, but I always lead my ibuprofen with 750-1000mg tums by 5-10 minutes. It definitely helps limit the acid exposure, but ultimately, NSAIDs are just brutal on the stomach and duodenal linings.

Moni_SLO

DaHOF I have to stretch for a good 10 minutes before even getting in the shower....no joke lol. No advil required tho....yet.

Putterho

I figured out something that worked well ..... not drinking my face off the prior evening.

DaHOF

Moni_SLO Word to the wise...kids, don't play college sports. Haha. Also, getting old in general just really sucks.

aharrelson358

DaHOF This. I always have something aching when I wake up, and I was just a longsnapper haha. @Putterho a big thing to look out for is alcohol and sugar intake. I know the day after I drink even just a beer or two, my problem joints are noticeably more irritated and bark a lot louder. Also, as much water throughout the day as you can handle. And a reasonable supplement regiment. I take a multivitamin, fish oil, and tumeric, and put cinnamon in black coffee in the morning. There's mixed reviews on how well it helps, but I figured if it's not hurting, then give it a go.

Moni_SLO

DaHOF Haha I played rugby which was great but definitely screwed some things up for sure. But my message is kids....don't get into triathlon and do Ironman into your mid 30's....there is no coming back from that damage lol